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Published on October 28, 2009 By Jafo In Personal Computing

Skinners like to mess with defaults....we screw up our systems quite well doing it, too.

This one had me stumped.  I just could not get 'control' of the included folders in windows/web/wallpaper/  no matter what I poked and prodded.

The solution is a reg 'hack' to merge...and you can regain ownership of what are otherwise locked folders/images/etc.

http://www.herbystweaks.net/files/TakeOwn.zip 

The only warning is that you are merging and thus altering registry entries...so if you are nervous about that....simply do not do it.

Included within the zip is a reversal option to restore your system to 'normal'.

Read the included text doc for details...


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on Oct 29, 2009

You should try my cooking

Just stick to skinning, my friend!

My wife won't even let me in the kitchen!

on Oct 29, 2009

Like this, had this a while.

on Oct 29, 2009

I normally use a wall of my own choice/something to fit the theme I'm using, but this thread aroused my curiosity so I took a gander at the included walls... piss poor, to say the least, is about all I can manage.  Most of 'em look like those 'less than perfect' models (fashion or nude) who've been photo-shopped to all buggery to hide all the blemishes.

Oh well.... back to walls I like.

 

on Oct 29, 2009

Jim...line dance instructional video...please, say it aint so.

on Oct 29, 2009

Jim...line dance instructional video...please, say it aint so

 

He is a redneck!

on Oct 29, 2009

Hey! there nuthin wrong with line dancing!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

or Possum stew

on Oct 29, 2009

As a matter of interest there's a second location in Win 7 for some default walls.... windows/globalization/mct/

That's where the 'local' images are located...eg if you are in the US they will be US-related walls.

on Oct 29, 2009


Jim...line dance instructional video...please, say it aint so
 

He is a redneck!

 

and if you have any doubts about that just look down a few to "Best Ever Tractor Square Dance"

 

 

on Oct 29, 2009

CarGuy1
Jim...line dance instructional video...please, say it aint so.

My father in law calls square dances and teaches line dance. Also, we do barn dances, and yours truly is the DJ.     DJ Redneck!!

 

I sometimes get videos to view for ideas for our own videos.

I run a CD/DVD duplications service and mass produce CDs and DVDs for people. We shoot video, I edit video and audio for our company. My father in law has owned a recording studio for 42 years. It is called Red Boot Productions. We also have a branch for his son. He is a musician. You should check out the website I created for him here. I am working on one for our branch too.

 

I'm not much for dancing, but I have taken a few lessons...lol. I do enjoy watching the college kids have fun dancing, and I enjoy being the DJ....I love music. We usually have 100- 200 dancers at our barn dances. Most are sponsored by church groups to give college aged kids something wholesome to do.

on Oct 29, 2009

Oh, and one barn dance we do annually is catered by the Firehouse Restaurant...a local place that has the best pulled BBQ this side of heaven!!!  mmmmmm.....

on Oct 30, 2009

Hmm decent tip, for anyone who is in need of the diskspace. I've stopped worrying about stuff like this.. I used to tweak my OS all the way but in the end you always want to tweak it some more and end up going through a whole lot of trouble to gain.. well.. not so much. I'll probably slim down my Win7 install in the future using vLite (or whatever successor it gets) and wallpapers are a nice thing to safe space on. Not sure if it'll work with an upgrade version though

on Oct 31, 2009

Oh, and one barn dance we do annually is catered by the Firehouse Restaurant...a local place that has the best pulled BBQ this side of heaven!!! mmmmmm.....

So named because you have to pull it off the road, pull off all the gravel, pull off any hair remaining . . .

 

on Oct 31, 2009

I almost got arrested for pulling my BBQ....

on Oct 31, 2009

I almost got arrested for pulling my BBQ....

Ah, but you're not supposed to tow... er, pull it behind your car, especially not on a busy freeway that gets bottlenecked somwhars up ahead... when the traffic gits ta flowing again there's you and a bunch of other frustrated motorists chomping down on bbq steaks.

Speaking of BBQs, I just picked up a nice 4 burner one with a bonus side burner for the kettle and built-in stainless steel warming cabinet underneath. The shelf price was AUD$589.99, but I got it for $399, so I bought a swag of BBQ utensils to go with it... and I still had a decent bit of change from 500 smackers for meat and etc.  I've invited the extended family over and we're having a family barbie tommorow to break her in.

Hopefully it fine and

on Oct 31, 2009

Um....where'd this thread fall off the rails?

This is a skinning site....so working out how to alter an OS GUI such as taking control of locked folders is of probable interest to those who skin.

Buggered if I can see where some tin can for burning snags is of any relevance....

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