Tweak UI 2.10

• Popularity:

  #3 in Shell Customization Managers (out of 61 products)

• License:

  Free

• Editor's Rating:

  5.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.5 stars (out of 2345 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  3,418,783

• Requirements:

  Windows XP

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  November 09, 2007

• Previous Versions:

  Select a version Tweak UI 1.33 Windows Power Toys Tweak UI 1.1 Power Toys for Windows 95 (Complete Set) 12/1/96 release PowerToys for Windows 95

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Publisher's description of Tweak UI

The Windows shell-development team did some extra programming and put together a set of tools called Power Toys. If you're a power user, go ahead and try them out, but be forewarned that Power Toys aren't supported by Microsoft because they're not part of Windows. This group of "toys" lets you adjust your Windows user interface, including menu speed, window animation, and Microsoft Internet Explorer. Version 2.1 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

Editor's review of Tweak UI

• 5.0 stars

• "Customize Windows XP"

There's no doubt that the freeware Tweak UI is a tool designed for people comfortable and confident with mucking about in the guts of their Windows XP installation. If that's not you, we strongly caution against using this program capriciously.

However, if you're the kind of person who likes to get your hands dirty with XP customizations, read on. Tweak UI can alter most of the routine behaviors of Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, but it also can affect some of the more advanced ones, too. From customizing the Alt+Tab program switcher to removing the white arrow that appears on shortcut icons, from killing the autoplay feature for specific drives to configuring file and print sharing settings, Tweak UI is a must-have.

The interface is basic, but that's all the program needs. Use the left-nav tree to select settings to tweak, and the subchoices appear in the center pane. Old installation problems have been resolved by a standard self-extracting EXE, making this program not only useful but easy to install. Still, to prevent unwanted or potentially damaging alterations, we recommend that only power users confident in making these changes go ahead and use Tweak UI.

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• Average user rating: 4.5 stars out of 2345 votes
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• 2 stars

  2 out of 3 people found this review helpful

  Version: Tweak UI 2.10

  "Pointless and messed up my registry"

  by skiracer712 on March 24, 2008

  Pros: Puts stuff in one easy place to change some settings. Access's alot of stuff on your PC.

  Cons: If you know about computers, you probably already have your PC set-up to the settings you want. As this is all the program told me, that I already had everything set how I wanted it, so I uninstalled it. I use Revo-Uninstaller to uninstall programs and it works great, much like windows add/remove. It still uses the uninstall from the program you are uninstalling. Although it checks for leftover files and such. Anyways, since uninstalling this program, every 30-45 minutes I get 8 error windows at once about Win32 services. Norton, Spyware Terminator, and Ad-Aware can not find anything on my computer, besides the usual tracking cookies (i keep strong security on my PC).

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• 5 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Tweak UI 2.10

  "Very useful and cool options"

  by chadsalitan on January 16, 2008

  Pros: Lots of cool tweaks you can make.

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• -1 stars

  2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: Tweak UI 2.10

  "Not too useful if you have XP Home Edition"

  by schwaber on January 10, 2008

  Pros: The few things it can do in Home Edition are easy to do and seem effective.

  Cons: First, like one of the other comments posted, I too "lost" the program because it did not install a desktop icon; when I looked using the Start>Programs menu, I could not find "Tweak" shown and only later realized it was under "Power Toys"; there is no help or user's manual which could have told about this issue. Second, there is almost nothing it can do in XP Home Edition that I hadn't done years ago myself; all the really neat tricks are reserved for the higher level versions of XP which I don't have or need.

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• 4 stars

  Version: Tweak UI 2.10

  "OK Product!"

  by prantik91 on April 3, 2008

  Pros: Many options are there in a single window which is hassle free and easy to use,so all round a pretty good software

  Cons: Options which actually enhance the visualisation could be provided here which is actually not there.

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• 4 stars

  0 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: Tweak UI 2.10

  "It works very good."

  by echomark on May 29, 2008

  Pros: Very easy to use.

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