Tweak VI for Vista 32 and 64

[Trond Ruud]

I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/tweakvi/tweakvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

 

[mikeyhsd]

general opinion is

it is useless unless you BUY the upgrades. everything there is already available in vista.

it plays on the TweakUI name to try and get users.
and the author has a bad attitude.



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I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/tweakvi/tweakvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

 

[Trond Ruud]

Great to hear that everything there is already available in Vista: But then,
how do I cancel the "shortcut -" prefix on all desktop shortcuts and the
oversized shortcut arrow symbol, and redefine some system folder paths in
Vista, without much risky registry editing?
Btw., does anyone know if there's any chance of Microsoft making a Powertoys
system utilities collection for Vista, like they did for Win98 and XP? If
equivalent functions are present in Vista they are not very obvious.
Trond Ruud

general opinion is

it is useless unless you BUY the upgrades. everything there is already
available in vista.

it plays on the TweakUI name to try and get users.
and the author has a bad attitude.

(e-mail address removed)

I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/tweakvi/tweakvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

 

[Guest]

Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak" programs
for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
Microsoft Corp. itself.
I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the Vista
OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
out.
However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party Powertoys
software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
Have a nice day.

C.B.

 

[Trond Ruud]

Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak"
programs
for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
Microsoft Corp. itself.
I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the
Vista
OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
out.
However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party
Powertoys
software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
Have a nice day.

C.B.

Thanks!
The small blue "FxVisor" arrow is a great improvement on the oversized
default arrow that was more or less hiding the shortcut icons its affixed
to. But it's also the issue of removing all the superflous " - shortcut "
prefixes and of changing system folder paths. I especially want to remove
mail and favorites from C:\ in case I suddenly have to reinstall and
reformat. The mail storage path can be redefined inside Windows Mail and
Outlook, but the Favorites folder requires a tweak UI or registry editing, I
belive. I've had all my e-mail, addresses and favorites on a separate
"internet" partition, (I, ever since Windows 95, and that has saved me a
lot of problems and lost data on several occasions, so the Power "toys" are
definitely not just for fooling around.
But thanks a lot for the "FxVisor" advice. It improved the looks of my
desktop a lot (but I think they could have made the "small" arrow, even a
good deal smaller)
A nice day to you too!
Trond Ruud

 

[mikeyhsd]

locate the Favorites folder in Explorer.
right click and select Properties. Select the LOCATION tab and MOVE it.



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Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak"
programs
for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
Microsoft Corp. itself.
I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the
Vista
OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
out.
However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party
Powertoys
software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
Have a nice day.

C.B.

Thanks!
The small blue "FxVisor" arrow is a great improvement on the oversized
default arrow that was more or less hiding the shortcut icons its affixed
to. But it's also the issue of removing all the superflous " - shortcut "
prefixes and of changing system folder paths. I especially want to remove
mail and favorites from C:\ in case I suddenly have to reinstall and
reformat. The mail storage path can be redefined inside Windows Mail and
Outlook, but the Favorites folder requires a tweak UI or registry editing, I
belive. I've had all my e-mail, addresses and favorites on a separate
"internet" partition, (I, ever since Windows 95, and that has saved me a
lot of problems and lost data on several occasions, so the Power "toys" are
definitely not just for fooling around.
But thanks a lot for the "FxVisor" advice. It improved the looks of my
desktop a lot (but I think they could have made the "small" arrow, even a
good deal smaller)
A nice day to you too!
Trond Ruud

 

[Cal Bear '66]

To add/change folders on the Start Menu, right click on the Start Orb and select
"Open All Users".