Litestep help please!

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I downloaded Litestep and a theme for it that I found on Wincustomize. When I applied the theme in the Litestep program, all of my windows bars disapeared. Now all that remains is my wallpaper image, and nothing else. Clicking the mouse does nothing, and the keyboard does nothing else except for the CTRL-ALT-DELETE function, and using that does nothing. I'm on a friends computer now. Someone please help me! What can I do?? I think my computer is done for...
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, you can wipe the drive. But I wouldn't want to do that. Just reinstall Windows. Follow the directions and you should start off with the computer just like when you first took it out of the box.

But I hope you find another way to fix this.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
it sounds like you don't have a shell running. You'll need to set it back to explorer. How you do that will depend on the OS version you are using.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Please, don't reinstall windows until you have exhausted all possibilities. It is needless 99% of the time.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm running Windows 98 Second Edition. I don't have extensive knowledge of these things, so I have no idea how to rectify the problem. I'm desperate for help!
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
DO NOT REINSTALL WINDOWS.

You do not need to.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Uninstalling LiteStep from Windows 95/98/ME
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So you have decided that LiteStep just is not your thing and want to get rid of it like
a bad habbit. First thing you are going to want to do is open your favorite text editor.
From your text editor open your c:\windows\system.ini and find the
shell=c:\litestep\litestep.exe
line. Comment that line out by placing a semi-colon, ";", in front of it and delete the
semi-colin in front of your
shell=explorer.exe
line. If you do not have a shell=explorer.exe line commented out just add it in there.
Reboot your computer when you are finished and you're good to go.

For those unfortunate people who can't open their favorite text editor in Windows,
DOS edit is gonna have to do. Shutdown your computer and reboot to DOS mode.
To do this hold down the F8 key when you see "Starting Windows 9x" appear on
your screen and choose Command Prompt Only from the menu. Once there type
"edit c:\windows\system.ini" and then follow the instructions above.
Note: Many users, both during the installation and un-installation process receive a
message stating "Cannot find (insert executable) You must Re-install windows."
By no means is this necessary. Just reboot your computer and check your shell= line.
You didn't spell something right or missed a character.
This by far is one of the most common complaints I hear, don't be fooled.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
already caught it on the other string, jafo
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks baker...but like two condoms...'to be sure, to be sure'...
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
lmao, if you need to be that sure, put yer pants back on...

No word back in an hour or so, so I am assuming it worked or he had a long drive home.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
No....I bet he's re-installing windows.

Needless to say, he isn't the first, nor will he be the last....
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
He said he didn't have a the CD or a boot disk, lol. Maybe he decided it was a good time to upgrade. DOS does seem to scare people.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
MotoHota...and bakerstreet, too...
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I remember going through this back in '99. I bet I re-installed Windows 4 or 5 times before I RTFM and figured all I had to do was change that one line in the system.ini file.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Shakey....never, NEVER, NEVER admit to that....
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'd definitely advise installing a shell-manager with recovery capability (like Carapace) before messing around with alternate Shells. That way you can always easily switch back to the original in case a shell hangs. Win98 might be the problem, too, if the theme contained any transparency calls.