Tast's Desktop Essentials Series

A complete guide on Windows customization

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Tast has written a series of guides on what you need to really customize your Windows desktop. Check them out below.

Essentials Part I: IconX
Essentials Part II: IconPackager
Essentials Part III: WindowBlinds
Essentials Part IV:  Logons

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Great series. Highly recommended read.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excellent articles all TasT
DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I like them!
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Tast is an exceptional read. A must for everyone. Whether or not(like myself) you can understand all of it or not!
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Guys! And thank you Froggy for bringing them up again.



Whether or not(like myself) you can understand all of it or not!


Try to help me on what you don't understand, that is part of the project. To get myself to write in a manner that can be understood by everyone. It is a problem that I have, many times I talk or write over the head of the intended audience and I can't seem to find the middle ground. The alternative is usually ending up at too low a level making the reader or student feel like I'm treating them like a little kid...... So If I write to far on either end please let me know what I can do to make it better...


Thanks Again!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks for these helpful and well-done articles. How can I save an article locally for future reference (without having to navigate back to this page). I tried saving an article as HTML, but this screws up some of the page formatting and saves all the comments too.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
sorry, accidentally submitted twice when I didn't see anything happen the first time....
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd love to be able to read these articles, but all I get is a wierd ASP error. See below.


Server Error in '/' Application.
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Procedure 'sdnet_GetArticleCommentsList' expects parameter '@AccountTypeID', which was not supplied.
Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Data.SqlClient.SqlException: Procedure 'sdnet_GetArticleCommentsList' expects parameter '@AccountTypeID', which was not supplied.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:


[SqlException: Procedure 'sdnet_GetArticleCommentsList' expects parameter '@AccountTypeID', which was not supplied.]
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior cmdBehavior, RunBehavior runBehavior, Boolean returnStream) +742
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) +45
System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand.System.Data.IDbCommand.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior behavior) +5
System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.FillFromCommand(Object data, Int32 startRecord, Int32 maxRecords, String srcTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) +304
System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable, IDbCommand command, CommandBehavior behavior) +28
System.Data.Common.DbDataAdapter.Fill(DataTable dataTable) +88
SDNetLib.DAL.ExecuteQuery_sp(String StoredProcedureName, ArrayList _param, String DataTableName, String ConnectString) +307
SDSArticles.Articles.ArticleFactory.GetArticleCommentsByArticleID(Int32 ArticleID) +144
Wincustomize.CArticles.GetArticleCommentsByArticleID(Int32 ArticleID) +131
Wincustomize.UC_ArticleCommentsList.DoDataBind() +120
Wincustomize.UC_ArticleCommentsList.Page_PreRender(Object sender, EventArgs e) +26
System.Web.UI.Control.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) +67
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +62
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +125
System.Web.UI.Control.PreRenderRecursiveInternal() +125
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain() +1499




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Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:1.1.4322.2032; ASP.NET Version:1.1.4322.2032
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Stardock seemed to be haveing problems with thier servers last night. All is better now I hope!