What to do with all the stupid and unnecessary "other/guest" user accounts and directories?
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From: Tim Meddick on 5 Jan 2010 17:55 If you love TweakUI (the old "control panel" version as well as the newer XP ".exe" version) I still use the older (cpl) versions as well as the new XP one. Some of the functions are the same and are easier to find in the old one. If you liked TweakUI then you should also like FreshUI !! Now here is an application that really *does* need a "search" function. Despite all this - it's still a brilliant program, and, especially if you like TweakUI, because it's really just an extension of it. FreshUI is available [free] from www.freshdevices.com/freshui.html Follow the various links and input your email address to receive the free registration code. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "thanatoid" <waiting(a)the.exit.invalid> wrote in message news:Xns9CF5DF4008521thanexit(a)188.40.43.245... > "Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in > news:eY$5ADMjKHA.2780(a)TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl: > >> You could just copy all the shortcuts from the "All Users" >> start menu into your profile's Start Menu. >> >> Transferring all the shortcuts across, like, all the links >> in Accessories\Games to the corresponding >> Accessories\Games folder in your profile's Start Menu. - >> >> Then delete all the shortcuts and sub-folders in the "All >> Users" menu and effectively you WILL only have to worry >> about ONE Start Menu. >> >> All you will have to worry about is when installing a new >> program - usually they place their shortcuts into the "All >> Users" menu. >> >> Alternatively - do it the other way round and transfer all >> the shortcuts to the "All Users" menu and just use that. > > Thanks, I will follow this specific route I think. > > <SNIP> > >> TweakUiPowertoySetup.exe > > I could NOT live without TweakUI which I have been using since > 1997 (when I bought my first, a 95B machine) but I NEVER COULD > understand what MS means by "special". > >> Double-click on the [downloaded] setup file and after it's >> installed type : TweakUI.exe into the "Run" BOX or make a >> shortcut to : c:\windows\system32\tweakui.exe and start >> it from that. >> >> After you start TweakUI.exe, go to the item called "My >> Computer" > "Special Folders" then choose "Start Menu" from >> the drop-down list and click on the "Change Location" >> button. > > I will try, although laden with fear... Change location to > WHERE? > >> There's loads of other groovy stuff you can "Tweak" with it >> as well - hours of fun! > > See above. One thing that kind of boggles me about the XP > TweakUI is the "Group Policy Editor". Also, WHY isn't there a > search function in something as complicated as this XP version? > It can take an HOUR to find the setting you are looking for > unless it VERY basic! > > Thanks again, Tim.
From: thanatoid on 5 Jan 2010 23:35
"Tim Meddick" <timmeddick(a)gawab.com> wrote in news:uV6U4oljKHA.3792(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl: <SNIP> > FreshUI is available [free] from > www.freshdevices.com/freshui.html > > Follow the various links and input your email address to > receive the free registration code. I think I tried it early on and everything it offered had "already been taken care of"... But I may try it again on your recommendation... Thanks, t. (I found it sadly amusing to see someone else complain about all the redundant and pointless accounts in the other group... At least I'm not alone...) |