hi i need help removing the brico pack

i got it when i downloaded the crystal dlb-2 because it looked good but i don't want it anymore. I don't have enough space and my computer is slow

i have switched the theme to windows classic but they are still saved even after i clicked uninstall from the start menu folder.

also i want the windows xp folders & icons back not the brico pack ones, how do i do that?

thanks for all help in advance

hasan

Hi Hasanz,

usualy Bricopack don`t slow down your system, they need the same ressources as windows-default-files ...

Do you have UNINSTALLED the Bricopack ?

You need to clear the iconcache: Download TweakUI (from Microsoft, right side), install it and run it - at the bottom you have the option "REPAIR", chose repair icons (reboot) ...

I have already got tweak ui (powertoys for xp) and i tried that but it wont change the icons back to the normal windows one. also my basic xp programs like notepad, paint, character map & stuff like that are not there no more

Sounds like the Bricopack is not uninstalled - how do you uninstall it ?

Uninstall it using the uninstaller: start menu --> Programs --> BricoPacks --> Uninstall or by Add/Remove Programs?
(you can uninstall it in Safemode too (hit F8 during boot))

hi again

as i stated in my first post it was uninstalled from the start menu.
i.e.: start menu --> Programs --> BricoPacks --> Uninstall

i have checked the add/remove programs in control panel, its not in the list

the bricopack folder is still in c:\windows\bricopacks

how should i delete it from safemode (i know how to login in safe mode but wat do i do once there?) do i just delete this folder or what?

Please check your filesize (in MB) for the shell32.dll in \windows\system32\ressorces\

When you realy removed the shellpack this should be worked: TweakUI, repair iconcache

When you realy uninstall the Bricopack you can simply delete the folder: c:\windows\bricopacks

\windows\system32\ressorces\ does not exist so instead i went to C:\WINDOWS\Resources\
there is only one folder in there called "Themes"

in themes:
crystal clear folder- 10.3MB (Shell folder & crystal clear.msstyles)
crystal dlb2 folder - 7.54MB (Shell & crystal dlb 2.msstyles)

i think i have to do somethings with these maybe?

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also couldn't find the shell32.dll so i did a search on it (see attachment)
so, erm... wat do i do next???

My fault, I must been busy, I meant \windows\system32\shell32.dll

You can delete all shell.32.dll-files/folders with the name "$NTuninstall" and
"$hf_mig$" - these are backups from old updates ...

What I see is C:\windows\bricopacks\sysfiles has the backup from your system before
the bricopack, it`s 8 MB, this is the original-files. You are using now a shell32.dll with
16 MB, thats must be the pimped one (Bricopack) - so after all you`re don`t uninstalled
the Bricopack and all my tips can`t work ...

Do you have a system-restore-point before the bricopack ?

You know how to replace, best with startdisc in DOS, to replace the 8 MB shell32.dll against
the 16 MB shellpack (because Windows fileprotection) ?

Something goes completly wrong at your end - usualy all this is not necessary ...

just go to my pc> hard drive c> program files> search for the bricopack file and delete it

ok... i really havent understood wat u said there...

but i have no restore point before brico packs because it was ages ago wen i first got it, also i have made many other changes since then that i dont want to undo

and when u said startdisc did u mean the windows xp disc? because i havent got that i bought the computer off somebody else & xp was already on
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edit- vista crystal i will try your idea now

Do you do install all windows-updates ? Maybe the update change the shell32.dll, Microsoft often do that ...

I am trying to uninstall BricoPacks.  The files themselves are deleted, but it is still on my computer even though it doesn't show in 'Add/Remove Programs'.

Can anyone please tell me how I completely uninstall this?  Is there some sort of sweeper program I can get that will clean out the last few traces of it?

Thanks!

Add/Remove entrys, try this ...

Microsoft got this ...

It *doesn't* show on the Add/Remove list though, that's the problem..

Ok, but I don`t understand it ...

You uninstalled the Bricopack - Files are deteed - even on 'Add/Remove Programs' - thats the way an uninstall should look like  

You mean the Vista bricopack?

Start--> Programmes --> Vista Inspirat --> Uninstall/delete Vista insprirat

that's the exact same problem that i have. Men, just tell us how to get rid of this flipping thing. You've just gone over the same fucking process all over again.

Read my post here before posting again

I'm not kidding with such a behavior.

URGENT!!!!! can someone pls help?! recently one of my HDDs crashed. The brico pack was installed there. so what i did was replace the crashed hdd and wiped all of my files in an instant. when i returned to the win xp desktop, i saw that the crystal xp bricopack was still installed. i need to remove it so i can install a new one! PLS help!

I'm scared of uninstalling it because there might have errors!! I must have courage... I want to uninstall it because when i install seti@home it says that there is Illegal System Dll Relocation... I love this theme but' I really need to uninstall it...

thanks breakfast club!! It works like a magic with no problems while uninstalling it.
 
1. I installed TweakUI
2. I rebooted to Safe Mode
3. I go to Start, Programs, Packs, Uninstall Crystal XP 3.00
4. Then I go to TweakUI and Repair Icons.
5. Then I Shut Down the computer and there FINISH!!

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!! I HOPE YOU CAN HELP MORE PEOPLE!!!   YEHEY!

Start Menu --> Programs --> BricoPacks --> Uninstall

Did you try to remove it by Control-Center/Software/'Add/Remove Programs' ?

If it domn`t work search the forum for "remove.exe and the name of your bricopack"

Yaaay, good news  

i also get the illegal dll relocation thing when i use calc. its not bcoz of the pack. it has somethin' 2 do with the hotfix that  ms releases.

hahaha 4 u!  

the files itself were missing. but the link was still there. i found the folder "C:\WINDOWS\Packs\SysFiles" which i think contained the old files that the pack made a backup.