Tweak VI for Vista 32 and 64

I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...kvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

general opinion is

it is useless unless you BUY the upgrades. everything there is already available in vista.

it plays on the TweakUI name to try and get users.
and the author has a bad attitude.







"Trond Ruud" <> wrote in message news:383DFCDF-4F4C-4C10-9C44-...
I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...kvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

Great to hear that everything there is already available in Vista: But then,
how do I cancel the "shortcut -" prefix on all desktop shortcuts and the
oversized shortcut arrow symbol, and redefine some system folder paths in
Vista, without much risky registry editing?
Btw., does anyone know if there's any chance of Microsoft making a Powertoys
system utilities collection for Vista, like they did for Win98 and XP? If
equivalent functions are present in Vista they are not very obvious.
Trond Ruud

"mikeyhsd" <> wrote in message
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general opinion is

it is useless unless you BUY the upgrades. everything there is already
available in vista.

it plays on the TweakUI name to try and get users.
and the author has a bad attitude.



"Trond Ruud" <> wrote in message
news:383DFCDF-4F4C-4C10-9C44-...
I found this TWEAK VI application, when searching for a Tweak UI "powertoy"
for my Vista 64.
http://www.totalidea.com/content/twe...kvi-index.html,
and it seems to be able to do about the same as the Tweak UI for XP, plus
some more. The basic version is free, but there are a number of optional
add-ons that cost money, but the free basic version seems to cover my
immediate needs with a good margin. The only negative difference from Tweak
UI for XP I have found, is I have to do more reboots after tweakin', and the
organizing is a little different from Tweak UI for XP, so I had to hunt
around a little for the old tweaks.
Are there anybody else here that have tried it? And, who know whether it's
safe to use?
It has a stunning Vista Aero style user interface - and so far, it has
performed as hoped, here on my machine.
Trond Ruud,
Norway

Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak" programs
for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
Microsoft Corp. itself.
I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the Vista
OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
out.
However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party Powertoys
software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
Have a nice day.

C.B.

"CB" <> wrote in message
news:E2B7FF80-F55C-4542-AE25-...
>
>
> Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak"
> programs
> for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
> actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
> Microsoft Corp. itself.
> I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the
> Vista
> OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
> out.
> However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party
> Powertoys
> software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
> eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
> download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
> Have a nice day.
>
> C.B.
>
Thanks!
The small blue "FxVisor" arrow is a great improvement on the oversized
default arrow that was more or less hiding the shortcut icons its affixed
to. But it's also the issue of removing all the superflous " - shortcut "
prefixes and of changing system folder paths. I especially want to remove
mail and favorites from C:\ in case I suddenly have to reinstall and
reformat. The mail storage path can be redefined inside Windows Mail and
Outlook, but the Favorites folder requires a tweak UI or registry editing, I
belive. I've had all my e-mail, addresses and favorites on a separate
"internet" partition, (I, ever since Windows 95, and that has saved me a
lot of problems and lost data on several occasions, so the Power "toys" are
definitely not just for fooling around.
But thanks a lot for the "FxVisor" advice. It improved the looks of my
desktop a lot (but I think they could have made the "small" arrow, even a
good deal smaller)
A nice day to you too!
Trond Ruud

locate the Favorites folder in Explorer.
right click and select Properties. Select the LOCATION tab and MOVE it.







"Trond Ruud" <> wrote in message news:38A184D4-EDE6-496D-BE98-...

"CB" <> wrote in message
news:E2B7FF80-F55C-4542-AE25-...
>
>
> Microsoft Corp. does not develop and supply "Powertoys" or "Tweak"
> programs
> for their operating systems. These "Tweak" programs from Microsoft are
> actually developed by employees of Microsoft and are not supported by
> Microsoft Corp. itself.
> I would think these employees will indeed write programs to tweak the
> Vista
> OS once the OS has reached the "SP1" stage and most of the bugs are worked
> out.
> However, I would stay away from Tweak VI or any other third party
> Powertoys
> software. You don't get much from the free versions. If you only want to
> eliminate or reduce the size of the shortcut arrows I would suggest you
> download the Frameworkz "FxVisor".
> Have a nice day.
>
> C.B.
>
Thanks!
The small blue "FxVisor" arrow is a great improvement on the oversized
default arrow that was more or less hiding the shortcut icons its affixed
to. But it's also the issue of removing all the superflous " - shortcut "
prefixes and of changing system folder paths. I especially want to remove
mail and favorites from C:\ in case I suddenly have to reinstall and
reformat. The mail storage path can be redefined inside Windows Mail and
Outlook, but the Favorites folder requires a tweak UI or registry editing, I
belive. I've had all my e-mail, addresses and favorites on a separate
"internet" partition, (I, ever since Windows 95, and that has saved me a
lot of problems and lost data on several occasions, so the Power "toys" are
definitely not just for fooling around.
But thanks a lot for the "FxVisor" advice. It improved the looks of my
desktop a lot (but I think they could have made the "small" arrow, even a
good deal smaller)
A nice day to you too!
Trond Ruud

I'm with you Trond. I'm also trying to re-customize my system and it'
been a pain in the ass. I'm also trying to change my default folde
paths to my external hard drive and it took me a while to figure out ho
to organize the quicklaunch bar ... it operates differently than it di
in XP.

I would like to use the features on the new start menu, but since
haven't found a way to add new menu folders, I might have to resort t
going back to classic view

--
UrbanPioneer

To add/change folders on the Start Menu, right click on the Start Orb and select
"Open All Users".

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"UrbanPioneer" <> wrote in message
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>
> I'm with you Trond. I'm also trying to re-customize my system and it's
> been a pain in the ass. I'm also trying to change my default folder
> paths to my external hard drive and it took me a while to figure out how
> to organize the quicklaunch bar ... it operates differently than it did
> in XP.
>
> I would like to use the features on the new start menu, but since I
> haven't found a way to add new menu folders, I might have to resort to
> going back to classic view.
>
>
> --
> UrbanPioneer