Good Morning Folks,

I am a newcomer to this board and am very impressed with the expertise that I have 
seen.  Already, thanks to a suggestion that I saw here, I fixed a problem that this 
third party software caused.  But there is still one annoying problem that remains. 
Anyway, here is my situation.

I have Windows ME software.  Sorry, I know these boards are for windows 98 but I 
hope you'll make allowances for me since there is not an ME Board yet.

Because of the troublesome software (not mentioning it because I'm not sure if you're 
suppose to do that or not), the icons on my control panel, desktop and menu bar settings, 
became messed up.  Thanks to a suggestion on this board about deleting the shell 
cache icon file, everything is fine except the menu bar settings.

No matter what color I set it in display settings under the menu bar option, it continues 
to be an ugly gray color that I despise.  Here is what I have done to try and solve 
the problem:

1.  Reinstalled ME.  Not a clean reinstall.  Caused more problems than it was worth.

2.  Tried using the restore function as I downloaded the software on 6/3.  There 
weren't any points I could have gone back to in June and for some reason, I couldn't 
go back to May.

3.  Deleted all entries that I know of in the registry that referenced the troublesome 
program. Used the search function on the computer to delete all other entries pertaining 
to the software.

4.  Used Ad-ware and reg. cleaner to delete unnecesary files in the hope that maybe 
they would get files that I had missed.

It seems that my only remaining option is to do a clean install of ME, which I am 
very reluctant to do.  So if anyone has any other suggestions, I would greatly appreciate 
it.

Many thanks in advance for your help.

AA

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re: Third Party Extreme Annoyance Saturday, June 9, 2001 at 10:40 am Posted by Carl Soard (124 messages posted) Sounds like BonziBuddy. It will always help to give more info. What is the 3rd party software? What is the problem it is causing? Are you trying to get rid of it or just make it work? Most who come to this forum can attest to the fact that I am no expert but there ARE a lot of "experts" who frequent this forum and can offer some very good help. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Third Party Extreme Annoyance Saturday, June 9, 2001 at 11:35 am Posted by aa (2 messages posted) Carl, In answer to your question, the troublesome software is desktop cycler. What I wanted to do was change the icons on my desktop so I downloaded this software last Sunday. This software did more than what I wanted and changed my wallpaper, the icons on my start menu, and goodness knows what else. I tried to get back my original settings but it seems like no matter what I did, including following the company's instructions, the problem worsened. Finally, I thought that if I used clean sweep to delete the program, that would solve the problem. Not! So I tried reinstalling the program and then deleted it from the Add/Remove Panel. No dice. I had Microsoft Windows icons on my control panel, an ugly gray desktop that refused to change no matter what, and of course, the gray menu bar. As I mentioned in my first post, I have solved the first two problems but the gray menu bar remains. There is no way in heck that I want to use the program again, I just want to know how I can make that ugly gray menu bar go away and respond to the settings that I set up in the display settings properties. Are there any other steps that I can take besides what I mentioned in my first post? I hope I have answered your questions, Carl. Again, thanks in advance for your help. AA [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum