Cannot Open Desktop Themes After You Uninstall Plus! for Kids (229173)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
- Microsoft Windows 98
- Microsoft Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q229173 IMPORTANT: This article contains information about modifying the registry. Before you
modify the registry, make sure to back it up and make sure that you understand how to restore
the registry if a problem occurs. For information about how to back up, restore, and edit the
registry, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry
SYMPTOMS
After you install and then uninstall Microsoft Plus! for Kids, you are unable to use the Desktop Themes tool in Control Panel.
CAUSE
This issue can occur because when you install Plus! for Kids, it changes the location of the Themes.exe file in the registry to Plus!for kids\themes.exe. However, when you uninstall the program it removes that registry key.
RESOLUTIONWARNING: If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious problems that may
require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft cannot guarantee that you can solve
problems that result from using Registry Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own
risk.
To work around this issue, manually recreate the registry key. To do so, use Registry Editor to view the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App paths\THEMES.EXE
Click this key, and then edit the path to be this new path
drive letter:\Program Files\Plus!\Themes.exe
where drive letter is the letter assigned to the
drive that contains your Program Files\Plus! folder.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 12/20/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbprb KB229173 |
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