can't see my screen after theme switch

[Chris Jackson]

i was switching my theme, and i'm not sure what i did but
now i can only see the icons on my desktop and the rest
of my screen is black. i can't get back into the
displays control pannel because the windows and menus
won't show. what can i do to fix this?

[Richard]

Hi Chris,

If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than click on display.
This should open the Display Properties screen and than change it to a good
theme.

Another way.

You should be able to open the start menu by pressing the " Win Key "
The key between Ctrl and Alt.

Than open Control Panel and click on Display.

After that delete the theme which caused this problem.

Richard

"Chris Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> i was switching my theme, and i'm not sure what i did but
> now i can only see the icons on my desktop and the rest
> of my screen is black. i can't get back into the
> displays control pannel because the windows and menus
> won't show. what can i do to fix this?

[Richard]

Hi Chris,

If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than click on display.
This should open the Display Properties screen and than change it to a good
theme.

Another way.

You should be able to open the start menu by pressing the " Win Key "
The key between Ctrl and Alt.

Than open Control Panel and click on Display.

After that delete the theme which caused this problem.

Richard

"Chris Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> i was switching my theme, and i'm not sure what i did but
> now i can only see the icons on my desktop and the rest
> of my screen is black. i can't get back into the
> displays control pannel because the windows and menus
> won't show. what can i do to fix this?

[Chris Jackson]

Well the thing is i can't see any window. i can't see my
anything my control pannel opens. it seems that the only
thing i can see are icons. i'm really stuck.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Chris,
>
>If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than
click on display.
>This should open the Display Properties screen and than
change it to a good
>theme.
>
>Another way.
>
>You should be able to open the start menu by pressing
the " Win Key "
>The key between Ctrl and Alt.
>
>Than open Control Panel and click on Display.
>
>After that delete the theme which caused this problem.
>
>Richard

[Chris Jackson]

Well the thing is i can't see any window. i can't see my
anything my control pannel opens. it seems that the only
thing i can see are icons. i'm really stuck.


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Chris,
>
>If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than
click on display.
>This should open the Display Properties screen and than
change it to a good
>theme.
>
>Another way.
>
>You should be able to open the start menu by pressing
the " Win Key "
>The key between Ctrl and Alt.
>
>Than open Control Panel and click on Display.
>
>After that delete the theme which caused this problem.
>
>Richard

[Richard]

Hi Chris,

Try booting into safe mode and making the change from there.

Click on F8 following the bios screen and choose Safe Mode.

Richard

"Chris Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> Well the thing is i can't see any window. i can't see my
> anything my control pannel opens. it seems that the only
> thing i can see are icons. i'm really stuck.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than
> click on display.
> >This should open the Display Properties screen and than
> change it to a good
> >theme.
> >
> >Another way.
> >
> >You should be able to open the start menu by pressing
> the " Win Key "
> >The key between Ctrl and Alt.
> >
> >Than open Control Panel and click on Display.
> >
> >After that delete the theme which caused this problem.
> >
> >Richard
>

[Richard]

Hi Chris,

Try booting into safe mode and making the change from there.

Click on F8 following the bios screen and choose Safe Mode.

Richard

"Chris Jackson" > wrote in message
...
> Well the thing is i can't see any window. i can't see my
> anything my control pannel opens. it seems that the only
> thing i can see are icons. i'm really stuck.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Chris,
> >
> >If you can open explorer, go to Control Panel and than
> click on display.
> >This should open the Display Properties screen and than
> change it to a good
> >theme.
> >
> >Another way.
> >
> >You should be able to open the start menu by pressing
> the " Win Key "
> >The key between Ctrl and Alt.
> >
> >Than open Control Panel and click on Display.
> >
> >After that delete the theme which caused this problem.
> >
> >Richard
>

[cw]

I had this problem myself a while back.

The only way round it that I found was to create a new
user account.

Windows do show but are just all black - even going to
control panel etc and changing themes back with the
correct key stroke sequence didn't resolve it.

Definitely appeared to be acorrupt user profile.

cw

[cw]

I had this problem myself a while back.

The only way round it that I found was to create a new
user account.

Windows do show but are just all black - even going to
control panel etc and changing themes back with the
correct key stroke sequence didn't resolve it.

Definitely appeared to be acorrupt user profile.

cw