Microsoft KB Archive/229173

= Cannot Open Desktop Themes After You Uninstall Plus! for Kids =

Article ID: 229173

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows 95

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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.



RESOLUTION
WARNING: 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



where  is the letter assigned to the drive that contains your Program Files\Plus! folder.

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