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re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue'
Wednesday, March 26, 2003 at 8:38 am
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Posted by Ian (4 messages posted)

I found a fix for this issue. This behavior may occur if you install some security updates such as March 7, 2002 or security update313829.TheSecurity updates will update the shell32.dllfile. When you use Tweak UI to change the shortcut arrow, it may use the icons in theshell32.dll file to replace the file icon. However, since the shell32.dll file is updated and the Tweak UI is designed for the original shell32.dll file, the changes will not work for the new shell32.dll. You have to replace the original shell32.dll file. 1. Click Start, click Run, type "sfc" (without quotation marks) in the Open box, and click OK. 2. Click "Extract one file from installation disk", type the file’s name "shell32.dll" (without quotation marks), and click Start. 3. Click the Browse button to select the win98 folder on the Windows 98 CD in the Restore from box. (For Example, E:\win98.) 4. Click the Browse button to select the folder ":\\system" in the Save file in box, and click OK. (Here is the drive you installed Windows 98. is the folder you installed Windows 98.)

On Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 2:44 pm, Ian wrote:
>I don't want to get rid of the arrows. I want to be able to modify them. (Color,
>shape, etc.)
>The critical update that I downloaded and installed doesn't have an uninstall option
>and changed
>something with the arrowws that I cannot see.
>

Written in response to:: re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 at 2:44 pm)

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Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 12:03 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Mac: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 1:08 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (drybo: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 5:19 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Steve Easton: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 2:45 pm)

Steve - FYI (Paul D: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 4:49 pm)

re: Steve - FYI (LarryJ: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 8:20 pm)

re: Steve - FYI (Carol: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 10:23 pm)

re: Steve - FYI (Steve Easton: Mon, Jun 24, 2002, 4:23 am)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (possum: Sun, Jun 23, 2002, 4:13 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Brentsen: Thu, Aug 1, 2002, 1:03 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Wed, Feb 5, 2003, 2:35 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Tue, Mar 18, 2003, 2:44 pm)

re: Question about 'Get rid of Shortcut Residue' (Ian: Wed, Mar 26, 2003, 8:38 am)

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