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Help installing a winamp skin

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July 13, 2006 11:59:51 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Would anyone body know how to install a winamp skin? usually on winamp.com its just a double click and it installs but there are all these files when i download a skin from this websight..

can anyone help
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Reply #1 July 14, 2006 12:07:34 AM
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If your download is a 'zip'...rename that suffix to 'wsz' and double click.

A Winamp 'skin' is simply a renamed zip archive...

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Reply #2 July 14, 2006 12:16:37 AM
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yes but how could i simply rename it? i would have no clue in doing so
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Reply #3 July 14, 2006 1:43:00 AM
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right click on the file, choose rename, change the .zip part to .wsz

ignore the warning
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Reply #4 July 14, 2006 12:47:12 PM
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im kind of a computer beginner so i actually dont get what u mean by rename the zip part
this is what i am getting
some picture for u to understand my view

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Reply #5 July 14, 2006 12:48:28 PM
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ok so now there some picture posted? could anyone help me??
or is the soultion still renaming it? if it is how do i do that? visual images?
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Reply #6 July 14, 2006 1:59:57 PM
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hold on....
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Reply #7 July 14, 2006 2:12:21 PM
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Reply #8 July 14, 2006 2:14:32 PM
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Reply #9 July 14, 2006 3:02:31 PM
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You forgot to number the steps Bichur. Back to the drawing board.
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Reply #10 July 14, 2006 3:14:32 PM
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right click the picture(s) - choose "properties".  

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Reply #11 July 14, 2006 3:16:11 PM
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Bravo Bichur...

I think that was one of the first problems I encountered a few years back. You could tell me to rename that zip 10000 times...but show me in a picture- that I can grasp.
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Reply #12 July 14, 2006 3:23:18 PM
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Yep. I noticed in the poster's pic it looks like it was renamed it to multipass.wsz.zip

maybe it's a WinRar thing? I don't have WinRar.
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Reply #13 July 14, 2006 3:28:28 PM
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If the poster does not have Windows explorer set to show extentions . . they can rename until the cows come home and it will always end in zip.

Lesson learned the hard way when fixing the bosses PC once.
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Reply #14 July 14, 2006 3:43:02 PM
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Zubaz

are you talking about, say...

open "My Documents"
click 'tools', then 'folder options'
click the 'view' tab
scroll down and uncheck 'Hide extensions for known file types'?  I'm technically challenged.




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Reply #15 July 14, 2006 3:43:09 PM
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Here's a link explaining the process of renaming files. http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/it/itaids/factsheets/mswindows/WI-001.shtml
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Reply #16 July 14, 2006 3:45:48 PM
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hey, cool Hankers. Thanks.
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Reply #17 July 14, 2006 5:57:40 PM
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5 hrs

Looks like another wasted effort.    
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Reply #18 July 14, 2006 6:16:03 PM
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If renaming is a problem you can just unzip the contents into C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins. Right click on winamp - skins- choose your skin. It should still accept it. Good luck
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Reply #19 July 14, 2006 8:42:31 PM
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If renaming is a problem you can just unzip the contents into C:\Program Files\Winamp\Skins. Right click on winamp - skins- choose your skin

Or you can copy the zip into that \winamp\skins folder and choose.

Unzipping isn't 'needed'...

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Reply #20 July 15, 2006 3:52:59 PM
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thank you everyone for helping me the folder option part really helped thumbs up guys
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