WINDOWS DESKTOP THEME

[STUMPED_2002]

I downloaded a program from pcworld.com called WINxp Themes. It gave my win98 se the look of win xp. After installing, I didnt like the look so I uninstalled the program. Even though I uninstalled it, my desktop icons still resemble the xp theme. Is there any way I can go back to my original look.

[Spider]

Originally posted by STUMPED_2002:
I downloaded a program from pcworld.com called WINxp Themes.
...Even though I uninstalled it, my desktop icons still resemble the xp theme

Hi STUMPED_2002,

Theme installations go pretty deep into WindowsXX. I am always "crying"
here at Cyber Tech Help about uninstalls. Add/Remove Programs, or the
uninstall script provided by programs, just don't have the dig-deep smarts
to perform a clean swipe of all the components and changes to the registry
that were made during the install.

Uninstaller from Mcafee is what I use and I never have had one single
problem with uninstalls since I've used it.


There are a couple of things you can try.
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Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs
Windows Setup(tab)
un-check-mark Desktop Themes
click on
OK(button)
[*]
There is a hidden file
C:\Windows\ShellIconCache
delete it and reboot