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    She who must be obeyed Super Moderator piaqt's Avatar
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    Because of the date -- that's the only one I ran that day, and the exit code=0, aka successful. The stand-alone file is for xp, not vista. and since I'm clueless as to when this went blooey, system restore is out.

    Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know.
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    Solution: I reinstalled Vista. winsat works just fine, but when I right-click the desktop and select personalize, nothing happens. Can't open it from Windows Help, Control Panel. Can't find the desktop control panel in system 32. wtf?

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    Do you have to "run as" Administrator?

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    Dunno. But: I extracted 101.xml from themeui.cpl.dll, and if I copy the applet to the run box, I can access and change the desktop settings. Also, regsvr32 can't find the entry point for themeui, even in a "restored from previous version" copy.

    Go figure.

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    It sounds like something went missing during the re-install.

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    Yeah. My sanity. My workaround: I copied the commands from the XML file and created shortcuts, which I've placed in the admin tools shortcut folder on the start menu. So I can access most functions, but not the "customize desktop icons" applet.

    Every other posting I've seen on the subject has to do with a problem with nVidia drivers, but mine's a Mobile Intel chipset driver.

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    Gee, that is a weird problem... are there newer drivers that you can install? or perhaps different O/S versions like XP or Server2003?

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    The reinstall fixed it.

    Last night, I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas, I'll never know.
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