[skrilla monkey]

i'm chillin here tryin to configure LiteStep (molly theme) on my computer; its all well and good so far, i love the customization etc that u can get in the popup menu (its so tight!), but I can't find the windows 'FIND' program. what's it called and what's the path? Win98 plz :)

btw i wasn't too sure where to post this, so...
many thanks!

-PETE
-meh!

[skyhawk133]

#Moderation Mode

I think the OS Lounge would be best ;) *moves it*

Moved here

[skrilla monkey]

hmmm - still needin help! :)

-PETE
-meh!

[skrilla monkey]

im still waiting - i seriously need help. come on ppl. THIS is why i didn't want the topic moved here. no one ever comes in here (well, almost never).
:mad:
-PETE
-meh!

[SlashRaid]

Well "find" is a function within Explorer.exe, which I believe is the shell, by replacing it (the shell) with litestep you can only link to explorer as the file manager. I think the only way to use the "find" function is to have explorer.exe running. I came to this conclusion by running Msinfo32.exe on a machine with "find" function up and running. If you view the Software Enviroment under Running Tasks you'll see nothing for the "find." I double checked it by quitting "find" and nothing in running tasks changed. I sent an email to M$ Support, if I get a response from a human I'll let you know the result, but I'm about 99.9% sure this is correct. You can also try contacting the author of the theme for help, they are usually pretty helpful.

Author: project2501
Email: [email protected]

Further Contact info should be in the theme readme file, ICQ # I think is in there.


BTW, I spent well over 2 days trying to get you this answer..... Didn't mean to leave you hang'n. Just sorry it's not the result you needed.  

[SlashRaid]

One other thing you may want to check, see if there is a script available to replace this action.

http://www.litestep.net

I checked this site around 3:10pm EST and it was down for upgrades. Look later and see if you find anything.

[SlashRaid]

LiteStep.net is still down (11:40 pm EST)

*bump* for skrilla

[SlashRaid]

*bump*

[Vetritus03]

you're right slash.  the find function is part of explorer itself.  doing some digging in the registry reveals that it's the shell32.dll file that determines the state of the explorer window to appear in when you click on find.  i'm sure there will be a LS script out there that has fixed this problem.

[skrilla monkey]

thx for the help. decision: ditch LiteStep :) now if only there was some way to configure Windows as easily as LiteStep... :)

-PETE
-meh!

[SlashRaid]

I wouldn't give up on litestep so easily, there a tons of themes, scripts, and warfs out there to fit most of your needs. If you really like it, try'n stay with it for a bit.

Unless you have other issues w/ it....?

(Edited by SlashRaid at 12:17 am on Feb. 18, 2002)

[Vetritus03]

i blew off litestep while i was still running 2k.  i was even using some of the themes that they recommended for new users.  if you want to customize windows further, try Stardock's ObjectDesktop suite.