i really need some help. i real the documentation on how to uninstall and fix some problems but i dont have access to anything just my limited account. no admin setup. im asking PLZ PLZ someone help me. what do i do. i just wana go back to my old settings in windows. explorer and all. someone help.
and please dont close this thread or ban me for posting again i just really need to get my computer back to normal i have work I need to complete.

i restated the problem im having.



i installed litestep about 10 min ago it worked perfectly fine until i installed a new theme and tried to switch to the theme my computer locked up. i CRL Alt+Delete - shutdown and reboot. when my system rebooted up again i logged onto my account and only the background loaded up but nothing else. the mouse works but i cant click. what do i do i dont want to reformat my comp.

this is the theme i installed.

my system specs are .

Win XP Home
Pentium 4 2.66
512 Ram

and that theme requires 1600 X 1200
thats what i had set up .

please someone help.

run setshell.exe
It is part of your litestep install

And all that happened to you is a bad theme, you can switch themes easily as well: there is a shortcut in your LS folder named "Switch to default theme"
click on that and you have your theme back (austerity)

And if you don't know how to uninstall stuff on Windows, then Litestep is the least of your worries...

If wols' solution doesn't work...
I've had this occasionally in Win2k Pro, but could always get to the task manager, kill and restart Litestep, run explorer, etc.
Does ctrl+alt+F1 work? If Litestep is running, it should. Also, try ctrl-alt-del twice instead of once...I don't know if it does the same as Pro, but try it...you can run stuff from the real (NT/2k) task manager.
If the ctrl-alt-F1 menu comes up, go to run, and you have two basic options for getting things back:
1. Run regedit, then search the registry for litestep.exe. Hhen you hit an entry called "shell" under one of the xxx\Software\Microsoft\whatevers, that should be the one. Change it to explorer.exe (no path should be needed) and restart.
2. Run explorer, then in the listep\themes folder, open the file "themeselect.rc" with a text editor, and make it like this:

thanks but the things is i can use my account at all i cant go to the LS folder to swith to the default theme or run setshell.exe when i logg in only the wallpaper appears and nothing else. the mouse clicks dont work nothing at all

ok...now you have pissed me off. You step into the advanced world of PC Tweaking without any clue on how to fix it. I really don't care how pissed off people get about this flame and if you don't like it you can leave. For someone to not know how to Hit friggin Ctrl + Alt + Del and use a task manager, yet install a replacement shell, is friggin crazy. LiteStep is not an application for all users no matter how many people really want it to be. There are times you will get to points where you REALLY need to know how to use a PC. I feel bad for you...I really do...but you messed with something you really shouldn't have and got burnt.