tweakUI, v 2.10.0.0 -- problem with cpl

[albert]

WinXP Pro, upgraded from WinME. PIII-1000, 640 meg RAM......

At bootup, Rundll keeps asking for tweakui.cpl.

I was using TweakUI 1.33 with WinME. I removed it very soon *after* the
upgrade to XP (and never used v 1.33 with XP). I then installed TweakUI v.
2.1.0.0. But no CPL file was unpacked or installed in that process -- so no
Control Panel applet/link resulted. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling
several times, but no luck.

I have searched my system, and there does not appear to be a "tweakUI.cpl"
anywhere in the system. I have looked through the registry (though I have
little expertise with that) -- and there seems to be no reference to that
CPL anywhere.

TweakUI v. 2.1 resides in the C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 directory --- I placed a
shortcut on my desktop, and TweakUI chugs along just fine when I call it
with the shortcut.

I did a newsgroup search
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...-8&selm=eYo2TMK7BHA.1824%40tkmsftngp05&rnum=2

According to the last post in that thread, v 2.1.0.0 does not install a
control panel applet. If that is so, it is OK by me -- but if so, why does
Rundll keep asking about it at bootup?

TIA

albert

 

[David Candy]

Get the good tweakui (1.33) here
http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

All tweakui work on XP. If you want to edit add/remove programs you need ver 1.
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95PwrToysSet/Default.asp

XP's tweakui is a program (exe not cpl).

Any one cpl can be installed at a time, and unlimited exe (of which there is RTM and SP1 versions)

All versions of tweakui do something that the other versions don't.

I have 95 (1) and ME/2000 (1.33) that I install as needed (only one can be installed at a time) and Ver 2.

 

[albert]

David,

Thanks for the info and the explanation of the difference between v1.33
(cpl) and v2.1 (exe). I will hold on to v1.33 and play with 2.1 for a
while.

Another Q -- Any idea where rundll gets the info that tells it it should be
looking for a tweakui cpl? None of the tabs of information in Msconfig seem
to offer a clue to me.

TIA, again

albert

Get the good tweakui (1.33) here
http://www.microsoft.com/NTWorkstation/downloads/PowerToys/Networking/NTTweakUI.asp

All tweakui work on XP. If you want to edit add/remove programs you need ver
1.
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows95/downloads/contents/WUToys/W95PwrToysSet/Default.asp

XP's tweakui is a program (exe not cpl).

Any one cpl can be installed at a time, and unlimited exe (of which there is
RTM and SP1 versions)

All versions of tweakui do something that the other versions don't.

I have 95 (1) and ME/2000 (1.33) that I install as needed (only one can be
installed at a time) and Ver 2.

 

[David Candy]

rindll32 <dllname>,<case sensitive function name>

A cpl is a dll file that supports some specific named functions.

rundll32 tweakui.cpl,TweakMeUp

 

[Maureen Goldman]

WinXP Pro, upgraded from WinME. PIII-1000, 640 meg RAM......

At bootup, Rundll keeps asking for tweakui.cpl.

I was using TweakUI 1.33 with WinME. I removed it very soon *after* the
upgrade to XP (and never used v 1.33 with XP). I then installed TweakUI v.
2.1.0.0. But no CPL file was unpacked or installed in that process -- so no
Control Panel applet/link resulted. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling
several times, but no luck.

I have searched my system, and there does not appear to be a "tweakUI.cpl"
anywhere in the system. I have looked through the registry (though I have
little expertise with that) -- and there seems to be no reference to that
CPL anywhere.

Kelly's first-line registry tweak is "add XP tweakUI to the control
panel".
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

(I have TweakUI for XP and TweakUI appears in my control panel. There
is no tweakui.cpl on my system, which came new with XP.)

 

[albert]

Thanks Maureen. That's an interesting site.

albert

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Albert,

The entry that is trying to load TweakUI 1.33 is in the Registry. Click
Start, Run and enter REGEDIT Go to:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run

Look in the right pane for a value called Tweak UI. Right click it and
select Delete.

See www.dougknox.com, Win XP Tips, Remove TweakUI 1.33 Manually.

 

[albert]

Doug,

Excellent. You nailed it. Now we boot without even a sigh from Rundll.
Thank you.

albert

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

You're welcome