desktop customization

Suddenly a white bar on the top of the desktop appeared as shown on the attached. It is a search bar & there is no way to delete it. Can you help to get rid of it please? .......thanx .......nick

Hello, i have a big problem with the photo app. Thing is i don't wanna use it! i hate it! i dont wanna be working on the desktop, and then click on an image and have to go to the app, and then go back and forth between the app and the desktop to work, its annoying and time consuming! what can i...

I want to change the default icon in Windows Explorer for all files with the extension *.dat. How can I do this? Related question: Is it required to have a new icon with a certain size at hand? Assume I have an icon file "newicon.ico" with a dimension 256x256 available and assign this...

I've downloaded a custom theme for windows and custom folders , i then removed the themes and the folder icons are broken. Here are some screenshots that might help. http://i.imgur.com/jwNsTUZ.jpg http://i.imgur.com/g3PqQzh.jpg Would be much appreciated if someone could help me , ive...

There are MANY Threads around the Internet, how to change Icons: Change shortcut icons, change folder icons, change windows icons (for a specific file like jpg). But what I want to change, is a icon of a .exe. Strange, that I can't find anything about that. Everyone is explaining about...

Hello all, First things first... please dont' flame due to the OSX-ness of my desktop, I'm a software developer and rotate between Windows, Linux and OS X on a daily basis. I've taken bits of all three to comprise my desktop for what I like best. Anyways... I am wondering if you can disable the...

So, this morning my computer had to go through startup repair but when my computer rebooted afterwards, everything was classic XP style. Ever since this morning I've been unable to change it back to my custom visual styles like Appows Nite and Leopard OSX. I've tried going through performance...

Hi, first post (and I have searched for an answer) so be gentle! I have Windows 7 Ultimate, and I use my PC for general use, gaming, and web development – each of these currently done through a separate admin account -> simply so that I can personalise them for their purpose, i.e. desktop...

Well i have been searching about & tried different things such as dexpot n desktops.exe from ms but they dont do what i need. Basically im looking for something that will run when windows runs & i can set the number of desktops i want but each desktop i can have different icons, shortcuts &...

My friend set up a guest account on his computer for me to use. Windows7 copied the administrator's desktop icons to the guest account desktop, where I deleted them. Deleting those icons also deleted them on the administrator's account. Is this the way it's supposed to work?

Hey guys, I've download windows 7 orb change v4 made by keshian something like this, but when I try to change from my administrator account it works well, but in my non-admin user, I right click on it, run as administrator and change the orb, but when it changes it shows my administrator...

Hello , I would like the log on process to mirror the classic old login process so I have used GP editor to force Ctrl+Alt+Del and also to hide access points for user switching .. so now when I login I do have to do the 3 finger salute, then I get a screen that has the 2 users...

using Windows 7 Start Button Changer v 2.6 on my second laptop that i just bought and cant get the orb to change when hovering or clicked it just stays the same in all modes. works fine on my first p.c. can any one advise plz? the orb application: Link Removed - Invalid URL

I just started using windows 7 and I some problems are driving me nuts. First the disc mount widget on the tray again. Why are they so darn slow to show? Is there something I'm missing, or is that just how they are? Is there something I can disable to make it show up as fast as XP? Next is...

If you're familiar with windows 7, you've probably noticed that when you resize a windows explorer window horizontally, the horizontal icon spacing is automatically adjusted. My computer used to do that, but now it just adds blank space until another column of files will fit. This is not a life...

I did a search and read through a few posts of peoples problems with the taskbar, but none of them really helped with what I am having trouble with. The programs that I am seeing this happen with is Windows Live Messenger and AIM (AOL Instant Messenger). On my XP machine, and on Vista, when...

Hi all, i,ve downloaded a new gadget, the continuum gadget, that looks like these: and i want to know if have some way to enable this transparency on all windows of our win7 =) thanks!

I am reposting this under Desktop Customization as I feel the sub-forum entitled Tweaks, Guides, and HOWTO's under the support section does not get enough traffic and easily overlooked. I feel this is an important improvement for your desktop I'm going to provide a whole series of registry...