Thank you so much for this, I bookmarked it too. This is a great tool.

If you delete the actual object, the recolors are gone too. Be careful what you delete tho because some things draw their textures from something else.  I have a couple of things that actually draw their texture from a stupid teacup, and I have a lot of tables, I don't use, but can't delete because something else I use draws its' texture from the table.  If you're not sure, then I would just use the design tool, choose the item, click on the design tool and get rid of the recolors you don't like.

I did delete the residual files on C drive in the Sim2 folder, then re-installed everything, and bingo-same problem. I went to TSR, redownloaded the steps, and got the scripts fresh, and am going to try that. I am giving up quite a few modular stairs, all from Aussie Top Edders, and the single creations at TSR. I'm just going to try the "sets" and see how that goes. If that doesn't work, I really am going to have a good cry, cause I had some beautiful working modular stairs, and I'm really going to miss them.
Thank you all for your help, I really appreciate it very much.

I had the Scriptorium installed and everything was working fine, all my scripts were working. Then one day while not playing the game, just surfing the net my computer crashed. It crashed completely 3 more times before I figured out what the problem was. My C drive was wiped out completely. I had it wiped by my computer repair man each time in case I had a virus, but the problem is in the Sims2 uninstaller, it wipes my drive when I use it to uninstall the game.
I just finished uninstalling the *#game for the 5th time, cause it crashes at the first subject line upon loading. I really miss being able to play my game, and I'm getting really fustrated trying to figure out what is going wrong. I have to uninstall all the way down to the base game, it still crashes at every level, as I progress down the expansion packs. I have never had this problem before, and just can't figure out why now.
Am going for 6th attempt, will check back to see if someone has an answer.
What I don't understand is why the scripts worked before, and not now.

Ok here goes my attempt to explain my problem. After 3 computer crashes in which my hard drive was wiped completely, I think I have found the problem. In "C" drive, EAGames, the sub folder for "language support" is corrupted, at least according to my computer. For the 4th time I have uninstalled the  ##game, and now before I attempt to re-install it for the 5th time, do I have to purchase new games? How do I tell if the corrupted file is actually installing from my base game or one of the expansion packs?
Actually everything was fine until I tried to put in the scripts for my modular stairs, which have all worked fine before. This time I tried that "Scriptorium" from MTS2, and that is when everything went for "exploded*. After I put the stairs script into the "Scriptorium", the game wouldn't load.

If I choose not to use that program, can I still put all my stairs scripts in like I used to--C drive-Program Files- EAGames- Sims2- blah blah blah. I know you have to put the scripts in the base game.

I'm sorry to be such a bother, but today I finally got my computer back, after buying 1Gig of ram in addition to what I already had, and now I can't even play-----crying profusely----

Collector9, it's at Mod the Sims2, in the game mod section, just search for lotexpander (no space between words).
As for the program itself, I finally took the house I liked so much, mapped it out on graph paper, and built it on the lot size I wanted. That solved my problem, don't know why I was too stupid to think of it before, just lazy I guess.

I was building a house when it came, freaked me out. I play the same neighbourhood all the time, and it has happened twice. My game plays just fine. It never shows up when I'm actually playing my Sims, just when I'm building. Now I'm beginning to think it's going to critique my efforts.

OK, I'm not computer savy, exatcly how do I take a picture providing I see it again? And then how do I upload it, I have never done that. *duh* And it was in broad daylight, it kinda hovered like it was watcing me build a house. Actually now that I've really thought about it, it's kinda creepy.

I'm drooling, these are beautiful.

So.........I guess that means area 51 is actually in Strangetown after all. The funny thing is I've never seen the spaceship in all my hours of play until yesterday. I hope it beams up that stupid energizer bunny!

According to the thread you can change the lot size after the house is built, but it's not working for me.

Has anyone got this program form MTS2. You are supposed to be able to expand lots after you put a house on it. I've tried it 6 time, all complete failures. Just wondering if anyone else has gotten it to work. I sent a pm to the creator, but haven't heard back yet. I made sure it was the only house on the street too, so I wouldn't be bumping into my neighbour.

Thanks for the tip for minimizing,and the spaceship just came out of nowhere, hovered for a while and then left. I don't think it was the "abduct" one cause I don't have a telescope on my lot.
About the helicopter---turn down your sound when it comes, it wasn't just the old girl Sim that was startled, (red face) it shocked me too. lol

I see in some posts, about the game minimizing, how do you do that? And on a funnier note, today for the first time in all the time I have been playing the Sims2, the spaceship appeared. I've had the flying pig, lots of times, but until today I didn't know there was a spaceship.

In my one family, they have 4 adult sons who all go to work on the helicopter, and today my elder female sim got the fright of her life when the helicopter came. Don't know why, but for a minute I thought the poor old dear was going to croak.

Thanks so much for your help, before the crash my Object recolor folder had 30,000 files, most of which I didn't use, now I can keep that folder to a much more reasonable level.