biox Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 I'm having a problem I've never encountered before with display properties. I'm currently using a shell extension application, and in order to make some of the themes function properly, I need to switch from Classic to XP style. Even with the application killed, and with no other programs running on the desktop, doing so hangs the machine. Short of formatting, I am at a loss to solve the problem. Does anyone have anything they could suggest? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mementh Posted September 12, 2005 Share Posted September 12, 2005 reboot to safe mode.. and you should be able to switch it there The following statement is true. The previous statement is false. 60% of all statistics are made up 90% of the time andrew i love you & want you to have my babys!!! Finally, I get to save the Earth with deadly lasers instead of deadly slide shows! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veiva Posted September 13, 2005 Share Posted September 13, 2005 Shell extenstion app? Like StyleXP? Or Windowblinds? If its StyleXP, you should use a patched uxtheme.dll instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biox Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 No, it's Blackbox. Mementh, safe mode hung the machine too. I gave up, I'm dealing with it and looking for another theme to use with BB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatsilverwyrm Posted September 14, 2005 Share Posted September 14, 2005 Shell extenstion app? Like StyleXP? Or Windowblinds? If its StyleXP, you should use a patched uxtheme.dll instead. StyleXP is a patched uxtheme.dll. Just with a fancy frontend. How that's worth $20 I fail to see.. Ever heard of LiteStep, biox? Supposedly it's really cool, and I think does the same thing blackbox does.. On topic, though, I really don't have any ideas, sorry... Except... have you tried the event log to see if any errors are showing up there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
biox Posted September 14, 2005 Author Share Posted September 14, 2005 I used to run LS years ago Wyrm, it is a very good shell. I was thinking about using it when I read that BB does close to the same thing without too much hassle of config, or the risk of replacing system files. BB is easy - run the exe, and it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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