Hello, I'm new here, and while I will be the first to admit that AlienWare's AlienGUIse is not Stardock's WB, I must say that it does use an exe file (as seen in task manager) whose name makes me think there is a coding relationship (it was wb[something].exe). As such, I was hoping I might find an answer here to my problem, since there is no answer in AlienWare's KB. I have installed their Theme Manager and one of the free skins. All was working right until I tried to manually (drag and drop) pin an exe (AtomTime.exe) to the Start menu. It would not accept it. It looked like it would, as the shortcut link icon would appear, but it never added the name to the Start menu. I tried this several times, thinking each time was to no avail. Now comes the problem. It turns out that for some unknown reason, every time thereafter that I clicked on some things (not all things) from the start menu, and also many different icons on the actual desk top, they all open up AtomTime.exe instead of what they are supposed to. There is no rhyme nor reason as to what works and what does not work. Some icons work, some shortcuts work, others do not. I have renamed AtomTime.exe for the time being, as I was tired of seeing it time and time again (no pun intented). Here's the kicker to this. Since I renamed AtomTime.exe, and that is the only thing so many icons/shortcuts wants to look for (even though Properties of the items show the correct exe files), Windows now declares to me that 'Windows cannot find.' Next I figure that uninstalling would fix the problem. It will not let me uninstall in standard mode, but only safe mode. So I uninstall AlienWare's product in safe mode and reboot. All should be well, but no. I think the alien's have taken over my computer now, as even with this sw removed, it continues to say the requested file cannot be found by Windows. And it even does it if you are in File Manager and clicking directly on the exact file! To futher show how wierd this is, if I click on Mozilla from the Start Menu, it will work, however, if I click on the Mozilla desktop icon, it will not work. They both have the same properties. I cannot get into my Control Panel items via any route, I cannot get TweakUI to work, the list goes on. Bugger all - it is such a pisser. Naturally, I have run the full multi-hour long Scandisk with both correction options checked. Event Manager returned no errors/no problems found. Here is where Alienware has the theme manager in case anyone wishes to have a look: And you know what. I don't even own one of their computers (too overpriced)! I just wanted to try out the free skin. That'll teach me! Thanks for any help! Schutzhund PS - Am I just having such a hard time, or is there no search function for the forum??? I must need glasses, as I could never find one. ![]() I didn't like having only one theme for my W7 machine. I hope that more people show interest in the alienware themes and they bring it back with support and more themes. Alienguise Stardock, free alienguise stardock. Add an Alienware theme to your computer AlienGUIse Theme Manager dramatically transforms the appearance of your. Latest addition to the popular AlienGUIse™ Theme Manager. The new DarkStar theme is offered with all new Alienware systems at no additional cost and is also available as a free download at the Alienware website, www.alienware.com/prdarkstar. Created in conjunction with The Skins Factory and Stardock Corporation. AlienGUIse™ Theme Manager is powered by MyColors™ technology from Stardock® and dramatically transforms the appearance of your Microsoft® Windows® operating. ![]()
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