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Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

So the "remove Control Panel icon in My Computer on Windows 2000" was a no-go.

Here's my next quest...

How do I remove "Scheduled Tasks" from "My Computer" on Windows 98, without losing the ability to open Task Scheduler?

Removing Web Folders and Printers was easy. I create a namespace for them in "Explorer\MyComputer" and then put a value "Attributes" in them and give them the data needed so they would be hidden. This also worked for Scheduled Tasks, but with that nasty side effect.

Second... Is there any way to "kill the explorer process" on Windows 98? I need to edit the data of StuckRects but Windows won't accept any change to it unless the explorer process is killed. BTW, it has to be a command line utility.

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Interesting. I think I have a copy of KILL.EXE lying around somewhere. Just didn't think of trying it out.

I tried to use PSKILL.EXE which of course only works on NT systems.

Thanks... I'll post back once I can log out of Windows 2000 (editing a video).

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

No idea... but I'll try that too.
(PSKILL.EXE doesn't need a switch)

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

No luck so far. The KILL.EXE I had is looking for some file called NTDLL.DLL (or something like that). Then I found a German version of KILL.EXE which supposedly works in all versions of Windows but it doesn't kill anything.

Still trying....

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

LOL
I got it to working. I first used the switch at the end of the line instead of right after KILL.EXE... :D

But your version is in English so thanks anyway.

Still another thing: how do I close the DOS box afterwards? This seems to be a problem on Windows 98. I've already tried putting "close" and "quit" on the last line.

Questions about Windows 98 this time

j79zlr — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

exit

should 'exit' the command prompt

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Meant to say I tried that one too. Doesn't work either.

This is the content of the batch file:

FILES\KILL.EXE /f explorer.exe
regedit /s FILES\small.reg
start explorer.exe
exit

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Huh, what? :P

No, it's not. Just a batch file that I double-click on.

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j79zlr — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

click on me

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Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Hallelujah, Joe! That did the trick!
LstN'Space: thanks; it didn't exit when removing "start", but you were right I could leave it out so that's an improvement anywayz.

OK. Now the other problem...

Anyone?

Helloooo?

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j79zlr — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

TC, not sure about the CLSID, but look in here:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion
Explorer\MyComputer\NameSpace

and delete the CLSID for Scheduled tasks.

I don't have a machine running Win98 anymore, and I am booted into Linux so youll have to find that your self.

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j79zlr — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

found it:

{D6277990-4C6A-11CF-8D87-00AA0060F5BF}

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Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Lst: Yes.
j79: I tried that too; sorry, I should've mentioned that. When I remove (or edit the contents of) that key, the link to Scheduled Tasks will open the C: drive after a short delay, instead of the regular Scheduled Tasks folder. Once the key is placed back, the link opens the correct folder again.

Questions about Windows 98 this time

Thomas76 — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

Oh yeah... The REASON why I want to keep it enabled is because Norton's Automatic LiveUpdate needs it...

Questions about Windows 98 this time

j79zlr — Tue, 15 Jul 2003 18:25:14 GMT

I don't know TC, I don't remember having that folder in My Computer, its not there in my WinME install, just shows up in Control Panel. Do you have it on your desktop?