"Timers Gone Wild!" help

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OK, so errr, ummm, I created this script with a timer. When the timer goes off, is triggers a MsgBox.

Only problem is that I forgot to stop the timer... You can probably see where this is heading...

Start up the object. Every 1/2 seconds a pop up MsgBox appears. After a few seconds of these constantly popping up, DX crashes.

So the thing is when I reload the desktop, it reloads this object, & then crashes. D'oh!

The object was never exported to a .dxobject, so it's not like I can delete the thing and then startup DX

Is there a way to either:

a) Startup DX with all scripts disabled
or
b) With DX NOT loaded, edit a theme's object so I can delete or disable/rename the offending object(s)?

If not, well, you should do this! I've loaded others' objects and they crashed DX before too...

Thanks,

Brain21
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you tried rebooting in safe mode and then deleting the object?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
If I reboot into safemode, will it load DX and disable all scripts?

Brain21
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can read files in your desktopx objects cache and get the script back.

Or edit it there.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Cool. Editing them in my cache under C:\Documents and Settings did the trick.

Thanks!

Brain21
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No problem. I got hit with that using debugging msgboxes spam too many times.