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The TweakUI component for Windows 95/98 offers a great way to
customize your Windows. It is available in two separate editions: Windows
95 and Windows 98. You must use the edition specific for your version of
Windows.
Please be aware, however, that TweakUI makes changes to your Registry.
By installing and using TweakUI, you are accepting all risk associated with
using the program. The TweakUI help file includes information on features,
installing, and using TweakUI. Microsoft does not provide any
Technical Support for this program.
Windows 98 --
Place Windows 98 CD-ROM in drive. Go to the Start menu and choose
Find then Files or Folders. In the Named field, enter tweakui.inf. In the
Look In field, select your CD-ROM drive. Click the Find Now button. When
the search is complete, right-click the tweakui.inf entry and choose Install.
Follow the instructions. Reboot computer when finished.
Windows 95 --
The most current version of TweakUI available is TweakUI 1.1. If you have an
older version, download this new version. Launch your web browser and go to http://www.microsoft.com/windows95/downloads/. Scroll down to the Power and
Kernel Toys section and click Windows 95 Power Toys Set. At the bottom of
the next page, choose the Download Now button. On the resulting dialogue
box, choose Save Program to Disk (or equivalent). In the file save dialogue
box, go to the Save In field at the top and choose C:. Click on the New
Folder icon (folder with star) and name the folder Powertoys. Click Save
button.
Once the file is downloaded, go to the Start menu and choose Run.
Enter
C:\Powertoys\W95powertoy.exe. Click OK. Once the file is extracted,
launch Windows Explorer, under Start - Programs - Windows Explorer, and
navigate to the Powertoys folder on the C: drive. Locate and right-click
tweakui.inf and choose Install. Follow the instructions and reboot when
installation is finished.
Once TweakUI has been installed, you can access it by going to Start - Settings -
Control Panel. Double click on TweakUI. This launches the
settings area.
Under the Mouse settings tab, you can control settings such as
double-click speed and how fast right-click menus appear. General contains
settings for default file locations, and some other settings for animation,
plus the default Internet Explorer search engine.
The Explorer tab allows you to choose what type of icon you want
overlaid on shortcuts (default: arrow), startup options such as tip of the
day, whether to add "Shortcut to" to shortcuts, and if to adjust the case of
8.3 filenames.
The IE4 tab only appears on Windows 98. You can control whether to
show Favorites and Documents on the start menu, whether to allow log-offs,
and other settings pertaining to IE4 and the Active Desktop.
The Desktop area lets you add, remove, or rename desktop icons you
couldn't otherwise. My Computer has a listing of drive letters. You can
uncheck one to prevent it from being displayed in My Computer if it exists.
Control Panel includes a listing of all items in Control Panel, allowing you
to remove ones you don't want.
Network settings allows you to automatically log on to your network
at startup. The New tab allows you to add or remove items from the
right-click - New menu. Add/Remove allows you to edit the items on the
Add/Remove Progams list. The Boot menu handles boot settings, including
boot menus, available function keys, and other settings.
The Repair menu allows you to repair a many settings that can become
corrupted. Paranoia lets you cover your tracks.
You can restore all of your settings to their factory defaults by clicking the button labeled Restore Factory Settings on the appropriate tabs. Not all sections have this feature.
You can uninstall TweakUI by going to the Control Panel and clicking Add/Remove Programs. On the Install/Uninstall tab, find click TweakUI and click the Add/Remove button. Follow the instructions that appear.