Tweak UI Power toys in Vista

M

Marcus

Does anyone know if Microsoft plans to release power toys for Vista, I've
used Tweak UI for years and I miss some of it's tweaks, I hope they do.

Marcus
 
R

Richard Urban

Microsoft didn't release PowerToys. They were done by Microsoft employees in
their spare time (sort of a gift to the Window user community) and were
unsupported by Microsoft. Maybe the employees currently do not have any
spare time.

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Regards,

Richard Urban MVP
Microsoft Windows Shell/User
 
J

John Barnes

TweakUI has no current plans. There is a paid utility that has some free
tweaks called TweakVI which you can Google to find download locations
 
M

Marcus

Richard Urban said:
Microsoft didn't release PowerToys. They were done by Microsoft employees
in their spare time (sort of a gift to the Window user community) and were
unsupported by Microsoft. Maybe the employees currently do not have any
spare time.
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Lets hope now Vista has been released they'll be getting board soon :)
 
G

Guest

Since if I remember correctly, "Vienna" is supposed to be released in 2009 as
of right now, I don't think they'll be getting bored anytime soon.
 
S

Synapse Syndrome

kpwood said:
Since if I remember correctly, "Vienna" is supposed to be released in 2009
as
of right now, I don't think they'll be getting bored anytime soon.
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They've got a lot to fix for SP1 in the mean time, anyway...slackers..

ss.
 
M

Marcus

kpwood said:
Since if I remember correctly, "Vienna" is supposed to be released in 2009
as
of right now, I don't think they'll be getting bored anytime soon.
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In only 2 years time, will it be a minor upgrade ??
 
D

David B. Mathews

great program. I've been using it now for about 2 months without a hiccup.
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K

Ken Blake, MVP

Does any one know how 2 remove the shortcut arrow off the icons without
installing somthing like System Mechanic? I used 2 use Tweak UI under
XP but now i am using Vista.
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Others have told you how. I will recommend that you do *not* do this.
The arrows serve an important function--providing quick visual
identification of a shortcut. If you remove the arrows, you run the
substantial risk that sooner or later you will delete something you
wanted to keep, thinking that you were just deleting a shortcut to it.
 
S

Steve

Ken Blake said:
Others have told you how. I will recommend that you do *not* do this.
The arrows serve an important function--providing quick visual
identification of a shortcut. If you remove the arrows, you run the
substantial risk that sooner or later you will delete something you
wanted to keep, thinking that you were just deleting a shortcut to it.
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I always removed the shortcut arrows in XP and earlier and not one time have
I ever had what you describe happen.

Mostly I think this is because my shortcuts are on my desktop and the
important files are elsewhere.

I mean what need a shortcut if the stuff is right there on your desktop with
one-click access.
 
R

Ryka

Have you tried Frameworkx.com? They have Vista Shortcut Overlay Manager
that works well.
 
K

Ken Blake, MVP

I always removed the shortcut arrows in XP and earlier and not one time have
I ever had what you describe happen.
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That's fine. I didn't say it always happens. I said you increase the
risk of it happening.

Mostly I think this is because my shortcuts are on my desktop and the
important files are elsewhere.
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The same is true here. Nevertheless, I think that's what makes the
risk greater, not smaller. Because we are used to nothing but
shortcuts being on the desktop, if very rarely we put something else
there, it's easy to forget and assume that it too is a shortcut.

Most of the time most of us are alert, and a problem like that doesn't
occur. But sometimes when you're tired, had too much to drink, had a
bad day at work, or had a fight with your wife, your guard gets let
down. That's the time when accidents often happen. My view is that
almost anything you can do to reduce the risk of an accident is
worthwhile.

My recommendation is not to remove the arrows. Removing the arrows
increases the risk, for a benefit that's paltry at best. But it's just
a recommendation. It's your computer, and you should feel free to do
whatever you think best.
 
B

Baudouin de Spa

Ken Blake said:
That's fine. I didn't say it always happens. I said you increase the
risk of it happening.




The same is true here. Nevertheless, I think that's what makes the
risk greater, not smaller. Because we are used to nothing but
shortcuts being on the desktop, if very rarely we put something else
there, it's easy to forget and assume that it too is a shortcut.

Most of the time most of us are alert, and a problem like that doesn't
occur. But sometimes when you're tired, had too much to drink, had a
bad day at work, or had a fight with your wife, your guard gets let
down. That's the time when accidents often happen. My view is that
almost anything you can do to reduce the risk of an accident is
worthwhile.

My recommendation is not to remove the arrows. Removing the arrows
increases the risk, for a benefit that's paltry at best. But it's just
a recommendation. It's your computer, and you should feel free to do
whatever you think best.
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I may be wrong, but it seems that the french version of Tweak UI works under
Vista. You should give it a try.
 

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