aaaarg!

and no I haven't been mucking around in stuff that would have affected this

silly Q, but have you rebooted after setting it to Windows XP?

Then tried WB again?

yes.

Your not using the uxtheme.dll hack file??

what I really don't understand is why those buttons even exist considering at the time of the screenshot windowblinds wasn't even installed, and I had rebooted after uninstalling it.

hmmm. that might be it Esscay, let me go and check. I thought it got replaced during my windows reinstall because it stopped working, but it might have not and the newer windowblinds is messing with it.

restore?

roll back a day

I thought it got replaced during my windows reinstall

Ok....I'm confused...you didn't format before a re-install?

utoh

@IP

...maybe young Grasshopper will enlighten us

no, i didn't reformat because it was actually considered an upgrade. I think it just relpaces the systemfiles. Its an option you have when you choose to reinstall windows. I guess it didn't though.

I can't restore because I turned that off. With the aformentioned reinstall/upgrade it fixes things like systemfile corruption and registry problems. Now I have gotten rid of the buttons by scrubbing the registry of all things dealing with windowblinds. I also put back the original uxtheme file. Now off to reinstall windowblinds and see if it works.

it keeps all data and installed programs as they where so whatever was dkined it is still dinked...

let me comment more on the reinstall upgrade vs. system restore. With it I have succesfully restored my system before. I know it replaces system files because I had changed my shell32 and it was back to the original afterwords. I would rather have clean systemfiles the to use system restore. For the other problems that might occur, If i let them happen and the system restore could of fixed then shame on me, but I wanted the several gigs it was taking up back. I know you can set it on lesser, but Its personally not for me.

Gee, I wish I had StyleXP, too

it keeps all data and installed programs as they where so whatever was dkined it is still dinked..

Yes, but thoughtfully enough I erased the programs/data from hardrive. If it was important I would have left in a place where it couldn't have gotten dinked.

utoh

upgrade

Good or Bad an upgrade saves all your previous windows settings and I believe updated system files. Nice benefit So a hacked .dll with a newer UTdate/version than the one on the install disc won't get replaced.
Does anyone know if that is correct? Can't remember for sure....

I'm typing way too slow answered already
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alright I am mad. I had gotten all references to windowblinds off of my computer. I have returned everything back to it original pristine state. Now after restarting and making sure everything was in order I reinstalled window blinds. The buttons came up in the same damn place in the themes tab instead of the appearences. I don't how it will affect how windowblinds works (the random crashing of it and returning to classic mode) but it doesnt' look good from where I am sitting.

I am just going to have to get all of my system files back into order. I don't know what I did to do that, but I might of done something. So back to the drawing board.

alright. you probably won't hear from me for the rest of the night. I am going to save everything that I need onto disks. Reformat my harddrive and install windows fresh. I probably should do this anyway, a clean start to the new year so to say.

happy new year

Can we make you the poster boy for why not to ever use hacked system files (Just Kidding) Good Luck

Hey IPlural...I am awake actually....I jus forgot to change my nick in IRC

let see I haven't reinstalled windows yet. I am still in the process of backing stuff up. So whilst winRAR is running, does anybody know the best way to save everything (mp3's, icons, etc). I really don't feel like waiting 40 minutes for winRAR to rar my 5 gigs of music (and its all legal).

Its fun watching big programs like office go bye-bye then looking at how much space you have on your disk. My goal is to get it down to about five via deleting or moving stuff onto cds. its only at 15 right now.

does anybody know the best way to save everything (mp3's, icons, etc).

I've found the best method (for me anyway) is to save all that kind of stuff on a second drive. That way it's already backed-up.

....they have music in Texas..???????

Yes yrag....both forms....Country, AND Western....