XP PowerToys on Vista

Question

Upon booting my Vista Home Premium edition, I got an XP PowerToy popup informing me that 'this app requires Windows XP or greater to operate, please visit microsoft.com/windowsxp for an update'. There is no indication of what program it refers to, nor why my Vista isnt detected (it should be considered 'greater' than XP). What programs would illicit this and what am I supposed to download?

Probaton · Answer

TweakMCE was the only sort of program that looks like a PowerToy. Would that be it?

mombodog · Answer

Have you installed any new programs lately?

XP powertoys will not work on Vista, remove them.

Check Programs and Features in Control Panel to see if there are any XP powertoys installed, remove them.

Go to this link and look on the right side for a list of all the XP power toys, look for them in the programs and features list.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/Downloads/powertoys/Xppowertoys.mspx

mombodog · Answer

Yep, thats it, TweakMCE is for Windows Media Center only. Remove it.

kirkd · Answer

TweakVI is what you are looking for.

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