Navigation Pane Corrupted - need fix

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  1. Posts : 11
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    Navigation Pane Corrupted - need fix


    Help!

    My son has used Windows 7 customisation tool UX Style Core (Beta) to customise our PC. Whatever he did has changed the background colour of the Explorer Navigation Pane to black, making it unreadable. I can't correct it. Does anyone have any idea what to do to fix?

    Last edited by richard127; 12 May 2015 at 14:29.
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  2. Posts : 71,975
    64-bit Windows 11 Pro for Workstations
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    Hello Richard,

    If you like, you could do a system restore using a restore point dated before this happened to undo it. :)
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  3. Posts : 11
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    Already tried. Not sure what he did (kids!) but there are no restore points before this change!
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  4. Posts : 2,774
    Windows 7 Professional 64-bit
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    What happened when Windows 7 customisation tool UX Style Core (Beta) was uninstalled, still left side black? I'm wondering if installing Classic Shell would fix this problem; and maybe after fix, remove ClassicShell...just straw-grasping.

    CTL-PNL-Personalization-Window Color-[within that grey box]Item are given numerous things that can be adjusted. I've never tried adjusting left or right pane background color, but, why not experiment with it?
    Make sure you SAVE the current theme [overwrite the older same name] with every measure of success.
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  5. Posts : 11
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    Thanks Roland

    Uninstalling UX Style did indeed leave the panel black. Tried using classic shell and under that theme the navigation pane does change back to a white background but reverts to black when returning to Aero. Basically it looks like UX Style has altered something in Aero that can't be put back from within the program. I can't see any option in the Classic Shell customisation to alter navigation panel, everything else but that.
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  6. Posts : 1,025
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    Go to Personalization and choose a High Contrast theme, the wilder the better. Apply. Then select Aero again, and Apply.
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  7. Posts : 11
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    Thanks Paul, but that doesn't work. I need to find something that will customize the panel to reset it, I think. Tried a few things but nothing working so far.
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  8. Posts : 1,025
    Linux Lite 3.2 x64; Windows 7, 8.1
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    Darn. I thought that would do it. I guess the next thing I would do is either a SFC /SCANNOW, or try creating a new user account if that would be an acceptable solution (note: if that doesn't do it, something is wacked with the OS fundamentals rather than mere settings). Or couldn't you reinstall the customization prog and change things back?
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  9. Posts : 11
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    No Paul, I think I'm screwed as none of that works. Trying to re-install the program just brings up a message saying some of its files are corrupted and aborts installation. I think my son panicked and tried god knows what to fix it. He's so stressed now that he can't remember what he did.
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  10. Posts : 1,025
    Linux Lite 3.2 x64; Windows 7, 8.1
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    Something wrong under the hood - not just in settings - would explain why the Theme shift didn't rectify the problem. SFC didn't pick anything up? Otherwise, the only other thing I would try is to manually replace explorer.exe with a known good, using a boot disk or tethering the drive to another computer. Or a repair install - after backing up data.
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