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Manually Remove TweakUI v1.33 and Earlier

Posted:
June 03, 2002

Submitted by Doug Knox, Windows XP MVP, Tewksbury,
Massachusetts
For more tips by Doug, visit Doug's Windows Tweaks
and Tips

Before installing the new version of Tweak UI, the
PowerToy tool that lets you make changes to the
Windows XP default user interface, you must
uninstall old versions of Tweak UI.

To manually remove TweakUI v1.33 (and
earlier)

Click Start, click
Search, and search for
TWEAKUI.CPL,
TWEAKUI.HLP and
TWEAKUI.GID. When each of these files
has been located, delete it.
TWEAKUI.GID may not exist on your
system.

Click Start, click
Run and type
REGEDIT.

If you want to remove the Shortcut Icon
customization, navigate to the Registry branches
indicated below and modify or delete the values as
instructed.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell
Icons\29
In the right pane, locate the
value named 29. Right-click this
value, and then click Delete.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control
Panel\Desktop\WindowMetrics
In the right
pane, locate the value called Shell Icon
Size. Double-click this entry and set the
value to 32.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
In
the right pane, locate the value called
Tweak UI. Right-click this value
and click Delete.

Close the Registry Editor.

Warning: Incorrectly editing the registry may
severely damage your system. Microsoft recommends that
before you edit the registry, you back up the registry
and understand how to restore it if a problem occurs.
Read How
To Backup, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows
XP.

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