Things gone awry!! Locked out of Active Desktop

I'd uninstall Norton, and reinstall the operating system. Then reinstall Norton, and update the program before running it.

If that didn't work, I'd back up my files, format the drive, and reinstall the operating system on a clean partition. If the system restore function doesn't work, this might be your best option. It sounds like there are several files in the system that are corrupted, including those related to Norton, possibly some Windows system files, and there may even be damaged or missing Registry keys.

You could also have accidentally downloaded a virus when you installed TweakUI. It happens.

Note: Active Desktop is a memory hog, and can sometimes cause system instability. I'd give some due consideration to whether or not it's really needed, since it's primarily just for "looks". A nice wallpaper, that's "easy" on the file size is less of a drain on your system resources. If you are looking for better system performance ... turn it off.

Toejam31

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