TweakUI problem

[b smile]

I had TweakUI for XP (part of the Powertoys apps)
installed and now the shortcut in the Start Menu is gone
so I can't access it. I checked in Add/Remove Programs
and the program is still in there. I then entered:
\windows\system32\tweakui.exe in RUN and nothing was
found. I tried uninstalling the program in Add/Remove
Programs but get a blank window and the program is still
listed. Anybody have a clue what's going on? FYI, at one
time I had another tweak app, TweakIE, installed at the
same time as TweakUI. I removed it a while ago. Thanks
for any help!

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Remove the reference from here and then re-install it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

And/or: Start/Run

%windir%\rundll32.exe syssetup.dll,SetupInfObjectInstallAction
DefaultUninstall 4 %windir%\Inf\Tweakui.Inf

New TweakUI version out: 2.10.0.0 for XP SP1 - http://tinyurl.com/h8zs

http://download.microsoft.com/downl...a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tip:

Add TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

 

[b smile]

Hi Kelly, thanks for the reply. I'm a newbie so please
bear with me. I followed the path you first gave me
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...etc.) by using RUN>REGEDIT to get
into the registry. I found TweakUI 2.10 in there, now I
want to be sure I'm following your instructions
correctly: I delete that TweakUI I found there and I'm
done & it should be removed from the system and not show
up in Add/Remove Programs? Do I need to restart the
system after removing it? Then if I want to reinstall
TweakUI I can download and install it again? Thanks for
your help- very helpful! - b smile

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Remove the reference from here and then re-install it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

And/or: Start/Run

%windir%\rundll32.exe syssetup.dll,SetupInfObjectInstallAction
DefaultUninstall 4 %windir%\Inf\Tweakui.Inf

New TweakUI version out: 2.10.0.0 for XP SP1 - http://tinyurl.com/h8zs

http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-

9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tip:

Add TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util

I had TweakUI for XP (part of the Powertoys apps)
installed and now the shortcut in the Start Menu is gone
so I can't access it. I checked in Add/Remove Programs
and the program is still in there. I then entered:
\windows\system32\tweakui.exe in RUN and nothing was
found. I tried uninstalling the program in Add/Remove
Programs but get a blank window and the program is still
listed. Anybody have a clue what's going on? FYI, at one
time I had another tweak app, TweakIE, installed at the
same time as TweakUI. I removed it a while ago. Thanks
for any help!

.

 

[Alex Nichol]

I had TweakUI for XP (part of the Powertoys apps)
installed and now the shortcut in the Start Menu is gone
so I can't access it. I checked in Add/Remove Programs
and the program is still in there. I then entered:
\windows\system32\tweakui.exe in RUN and nothing was
found. I tried uninstalling the program in Add/Remove
Programs but get a blank window and the program is still
listed

I think something has done a botched uninstall on it. What I would do
is get a new download (it isn't big) and install it again - if you have
installed XP SP1
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/downloads/powertoys.asp

If you have not installed SP1, the earlier version can be found at
http://download.microsoft.com/download/whistler/Install/2/WXP/EN-US/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

 

[b smile]

Kelly- also, should I do the next suggestion you made,
the And/or: Start/Run
%windir%\rundll32.exe...etc? If so, I type it in exactly
as it appears, with spacing as it appears? Thanks!

-----Original Message-----
Hi Kelly, thanks for the reply. I'm a newbie so please
bear with me. I followed the path you first gave me
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...etc.) by using RUN>REGEDIT to get
into the registry. I found TweakUI 2.10 in there, now I
want to be sure I'm following your instructions
correctly: I delete that TweakUI I found there and I'm
done & it should be removed from the system and not show
up in Add/Remove Programs? Do I need to restart the
system after removing it? Then if I want to reinstall
TweakUI I can download and install it again? Thanks for
your help- very helpful! - b smile

-----Original Message-----
Hi,

Remove the reference from here and then re-install it:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

And/or: Start/Run

%windir%\rundll32.exe syssetup.dll,SetupInfObjectInstallAction
DefaultUninstall 4 %windir%\Inf\Tweakui.Inf

New TweakUI version out: 2.10.0.0 for XP SP1 - http://tinyurl.com/h8zs

http://download.microsoft.com/download/f/c/a/fca6767b-

9ed9-45a6-b352-839afb2a2679/TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe

Tip:

Add TweakUI Icon to the Control Panel
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP
[AE-Windows® XP]

Troubleshooting Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com

Utilities for Windows XP
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_u.htm#xp_util


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[b smile]

Alex, Thanks. I have a new system with SP1 installed. I'm
not sure I want to install over a possibly existing
TweakUI and/or its files.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

Just simply try to reinstall it. Good luck!




Hi Kelly, thanks for the reply. I'm a newbie so please
bear with me. I followed the path you first gave me
(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE...etc.) by using RUN>REGEDIT to get
into the registry. I found TweakUI 2.10 in there, now I
want to be sure I'm following your instructions
correctly: I delete that TweakUI I found there and I'm
done & it should be removed from the system and not show
up in Add/Remove Programs? Do I need to restart the
system after removing it? Then if I want to reinstall
TweakUI I can download and install it again? Thanks for
your help- very helpful! - b smile

 

[Alex Nichol]

Alex, Thanks. I have a new system with SP1 installed. I'm
not sure I want to install over a possibly existing
TweakUI and/or its files.

It will install fine over any previous XP version, if you use that 'for
SP1' download

 

[b smile]

Well, that's interesting, all references to my posts in
this thread with MVP Kelly are gone!? I wanted to say
that I tried his/her instructions about removing TweakUI
again from the registry and reinstalling TweakUI (I first
back-ed up the Local_Machine branch to a file on my
desktop. )from a new download. When I did that and
installed it, it showed up in Add/Remove Programs, as
well as in my Programs listing under Powertools for XP.
When I clicked on the icon in Programs, though, I got an
error message saying a shortcut was missing and it
couldn't find it.??? I tried uninstalling TweakUI again
from Add/Remove Programs- got the empty window again.
Then I went thru the steps to remove the reference in the
Resigstry successfully- no sign of it in my system. Think
I'll just forget about installing the stupid thing now!
(grin) Would ahving the backed-up registry on my desktop
somehow interfer with a clean install? Thanks if you are
still out there Kelly! If not, I tried to thank you for
your help!

 

[b smile]

Ok, thanks for that. See my post to Kelly about current
futile status with installing TweakUI! Funny how the
posts between us disappeared??

 

[b smile]

Problem solved! I removed TweakUI reference from
registry, didn't have a saved backup registry file in the
computer as before & after downloading/installing TweakUI
again it installed fine. Whew. Thanks for all help. -b
smile

 

[Kelly]

Glad all is well. )