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PART I
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INSTALLATION, CONFIGURATION, AND CUSTOMIZATION
Figure 3.27) displays a tree in the left pane, a collection of settings related to
tree items in the upper right, and the lower right contains explanations —
sometimes very brief — of what each setting accomplishes. Most settings are
per user, some are global, and some require a log off and a log on to change
the desktop.
Figure 3.27. You can turn off desktop animation settings in the General
category.
You can spend quite a bit of time exploring all the settings that Tweak UI
makes available to you; here are a few favorites.
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General. This collection of settings configures many of the animation
“features” of Windows XP. With the exception of the cursor shadow, all
of these get turned off.
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Explorer. Use this section to show or hide various Windows XP folders,
such as ones labeled “My” or options you never use such as Links.
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Taskbar and Start menu\Start menu. This section allows you to choose
which applications will stick around in the most-recently-used section of
Watch Out!
Although PowerToys are written by Microsoft and available from Microsoft,
Microsoft lets you know in no uncertain terms that all PowerToys are unofficial and
unsupported. If you install one and Windows breaks, you’re on your own.
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