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No response from "Personalization" option
I get no response from the personalisation icon in the Control Panel or "Personalize" in the desktop context menu.
I have been able to get a response in the Control Panel by changing the "view by" to Category then selecting "Change Desktop Background", this produces the error message :
Windows Cannot Find ::{26EE0668-A00A-44D7-9371-BEB064C98683}\::{ED834ED6-4B5A-4BFE-...\pageWallpaper
I have had no cause to access Personalization for a long time, so there are many possible causes that may have gone unnoticed. However, my most recent installation was the program "Active Desktop Calendar". This created a kind of desktop overlay and substituted my desktop wallpaper with a black background.
I didn't like the way this software had taken over my desktop, so I uninstalled it using Revo uninstaller (to ensure there were no lefftovers). I got back my original wallpaper and everything seemed OK until I tried to access the "Personalization" option ... ... and nothing happened.
So far, I have searched the Windows Seven Forum and the wider 'net. I have installed and uninstalled the program a second time using it's own uninstaller in case Revo had had some negative effect. I have run sfc /scannow and I have created and logged on to another "User". Finally I ran "System Restore" .... but sadly, all without resolving the problem.
As far as I can tell everything else is running normally. Any help would be apreciated.
Last edited by handygrandad; 13 Jul 2015 at 11:34. Reason: to add to background information