DesktopX crashed my display in XP! I need help recovering.
Thursday, March 13, 2003 by Chris Geroy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
I tried DesktopX last night with one of the setups found on this site. I decided it was to busy for my tastes and unloaded it. This is when everything went haywire. My screen (for this particular user account) is mostly black except for the few desktop icons I have. I cannot see the Start Button, Quick Launch, or basically anything (and yes the toolbars have been activated). When I right click on the desktop, I only get the option to Refresh, no properties. Big problem is that this account is where my emails, address book, sensitive documents are/were and the I cannot return the desktop to the original state. I've uninstalled the WinStyles, DesktopX, WinBlinds and other programs and deleted the remaining directories from another account, but the primary account is still unusuable. I've been able to copy most of my docs, files, etc to a public folder, but I don't want to delete the primary user as I'll lose my emails and address book. I need big help fast. Thank you!
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brazil
Reply #22 Friday, March 14, 2003 1:25 AM
Reply #22 Friday, March 14, 2003 1:25 AM
WinStyles is what ruined my last computer.It never recovered fully from a version install,I do not remember which one.This happened before my close and intimate relationship with System Restore.But as of today of all the programs available on OD I can use less than half of them with confidence.CursorXP.I have booted into a frozen cursor since the new version many times.FX,drops all viewable content on restore.DX,hence this thread.Litestep,never again.Objectbar,Mac Mimic and bugs.WinStyles,crash city with lots of error screens,and maybe a new computer,hehe.And for the finn-ally,the "Premium Themes" are delivered to us in what? Winstyles,see above.
kona0197
Reply #23 Friday, March 14, 2003 1:34 AM
Reply #23 Friday, March 14, 2003 1:34 AM
Hey Brazil...
After I installed objectbar and DX and webblinds and windowsblinds I made my computer look like a mac (before the big apple controversy) with the help of logonstudio and bootXP. DX and objectbar screwed up my system so bad system restore didn't even work. I had to use partition magic to resize my HD, then I had to move my MP3's to the other drive, and then I had to reformat with windows ME. After a while I reinstalled XP PRO then got Style XP. Never had a problem after that. Told stardock about all this to.
After I installed objectbar and DX and webblinds and windowsblinds I made my computer look like a mac (before the big apple controversy) with the help of logonstudio and bootXP. DX and objectbar screwed up my system so bad system restore didn't even work. I had to use partition magic to resize my HD, then I had to move my MP3's to the other drive, and then I had to reformat with windows ME. After a while I reinstalled XP PRO then got Style XP. Never had a problem after that. Told stardock about all this to.
brazil
Reply #24 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:07 AM
Reply #24 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:07 AM
I dunno kona,just had a look at StyleXP.I didn't dig it nearly as much as here.I think without a doubt this is the dopiest site on the Skinning thang.They are the best and they have the best,BoXXi,TreeTog,Jake11,Esorant,Ingui,DuoPixels,Voodoo_Freak,and there are so many more too.I know it is an impossible task to take into consideration all of the different configurations of all the OEM's.And until this last move Stardock has busted everythings been very smooth for the most part.There is no doubt all will be in order very soon and better than ever.I am sorry to hear about your disaster though,,do you think it was LogOn Studio and BootXP clackin' heads that caused your downtime?You made it sound like things were going well until that conflict.Just curious.
IPlural
Reply #25 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:15 AM
Reply #25 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:15 AM
oh hell, kona and brazil, your from Razor art huh? 
pipwell, I do apoligise, I was thinking of Aston going blewy on me like that...
DTX and or OB can be shut down with a three finger salute anytime any day... IF for any reason one had to go about it that way...
my bad...
pipwell, I do apoligise, I was thinking of Aston going blewy on me like that...
DTX and or OB can be shut down with a three finger salute anytime any day... IF for any reason one had to go about it that way...
my bad...
kona0197
Reply #26 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:32 AM
Reply #26 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:32 AM
nope cuz i am still using both boot xp and logonstudio. it was everthing else.
kona0197
Reply #27 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:33 AM
Reply #27 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:33 AM
what the hell is razor art? I'm not from anywhere. I just like this site is all
brazil
Reply #28 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:48 AM
Reply #28 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:48 AM
FWIW,The three finger salute works just fine when the program actually loads itself completely,,if not the Task Manager is a million miles away,having tea with Sting.Good luck getting it's attention.I do indeed like RazorArt but in no way connected to it.Shucks,I'm just a simpleton wanting to click to download then click to apply.Thats why I have given Stardock lots of money.I was hoping someday everything will be as easy to choose and apply as Windowsblinds.
brazil
Reply #30 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:56 AM
Reply #30 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:56 AM
Those clever folks over there at HoverDesk have a very clever way to drag the Zip file directly onto to mainform and it applys instantly.This to me is a very good idea.It would be very nice if we could do that with Sysmetrix.Just a thought.
kona0197
Reply #31 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:57 AM
Reply #31 Friday, March 14, 2003 3:57 AM
Here's a thought: ONE CLICK STARDOCK PROGRAMS without DX.
brazil
Reply #32 Friday, March 14, 2003 4:09 AM
Reply #32 Friday, March 14, 2003 4:09 AM
DX is ultra-cool and should not be thown to the Bandwidth Hog yet,,,but as far as the clicks,,,one sounds good to me.Lets even make that a right click just to make the Mac er's mad..
c242
Reply #35 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:08 AM
Reply #35 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:08 AM
I can really not understand why people always blame stardock software for their wacky systems... I use all alphas and betas from OD since over 3 years now and none of them made me restore or even re-format my harddrive nor re-install windows or gave me any data-loss. Why ? Because they are simply not able to.
kona0197
Reply #36 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:14 AM
Reply #36 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:14 AM
Thats not the point c242. For me the point is I don't like running 5 programs (DX, Objectbar, Webblinds, Windowblinds, and Logonstudio) just to do one thing and one thing only, making XP look different. StyleXP does everything those 5 programs do and does it better.
jcg
Reply #37 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:33 AM
Reply #37 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:33 AM
I have used WindowBlinds for years (including many alpha's beta's etc.) and it never hosed my system. If any version gave me trouble at all, I simply rolled back. I played with DX, it did everything they said it would. Then I found Litestep and DX was gone forever, mostly due to overhead issues. StyleXP does none of the things DX does, and its disingenuous to suggest it does. If you play with alpha's and betas expect problems, if you stick with release versions, your alright.
Litestep is not newbie friendly, but it is not hard either. I RTFM, and managed to learn how to use it, never once doing anything to my system that a reboot didn't cure (shell switchers are amazing creatures).
BTW, if you're looking for something like Litestep to work out-of-the-box, it won't be as cheap
Litestep is not newbie friendly, but it is not hard either. I RTFM, and managed to learn how to use it, never once doing anything to my system that a reboot didn't cure (shell switchers are amazing creatures).
BTW, if you're looking for something like Litestep to work out-of-the-box, it won't be as cheap
c242
Reply #38 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:39 AM
Reply #38 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:39 AM
As I see from Your answer You don't even know, what those 5 programs are able to do You find StyleXP superior to.Can You create special menus that fit Your needs with it ? Can You make Your system icons zoom when You mouseover them ? Can You do special objects on Your desktop that do exactly what You want them to do ? Can You prevent popup-windows wit it ? (And that is just a small list of the possibilities You have with them.) No. I eagerly await the next MS service pack that makes the hack unusable for an amount of time and all the people that use it whining about MS (which isn't guilty for that).
kona0197
Reply #39 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:43 AM
Reply #39 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:43 AM
I have ydock to make my icons zoom when I move my mouse over them. Works awesome. Take a look at my screenshot. See the dock on the top? Works just like a macs. I can and have created special menus. I don't like anything on my desktop except my taskbars. And pop up windows have never happened to me because my ISP blocks them and so does XP. AND BY THE WAY I DID NOT HAVE TO HACK MY WINDOWS .DLL FILES TO GET SYTLEXP TO RUN!!
c242
Reply #40 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:48 AM
Reply #40 Friday, March 14, 2003 8:48 AM
Ydock is a complete different thing. I meant desktop icons, not icons attached to a bar.
And for the hack : Sure You didn't have to. StyleXP did that for You.
No need to shout, btw.
And for the hack : Sure You didn't have to. StyleXP did that for You.
No need to shout, btw.
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Reply #21 Friday, March 14, 2003 12:00 AM