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Cannot get WB to skin all windows

July 3, 2002 4:45:36 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Hi to everyone and thank you in advance
I have the latest version of WB. I am running XP pro.
I cannot get the skins to work globally as shown in previews. My favorite so far is Interceptor (blue) Thx Mike It works great on the main windows (IE: Explorer) but I get the classic view (ewe) on windows such as "display properties"
I tried this skin over at my brothers where he runs WindowsME and to my my surprise he has slightly different complications (but that's another issue) what I did discover was that his "display properties" window does skin. So, I'm wondering if anyoone has any sage advice or offerings to assist me.
I love this program.

Thanks again all AwS
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Chef Garry
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Reply #1 July 3, 2002 5:21:59 PM
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Old news - Display properties is purposefully set not to skin as a protection against bad skins. There is a workaround described in the newsgroups several (like 1000 times). Apparently Stardock is going to make skinning DP an option in the future but I don't think it's much of a problem myself.



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Reply #2 July 3, 2002 6:02:45 PM
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Thank you Garry,
I did look for any articals and was unable to find them. Upon receiving your feedback I have looked again...still unable to find them.
I thought it was my system since DP skinned on another OS. Ofcourse its not "a problem" I prefer ... "a mystery"
Thanks for de-mystifying.
AwS
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Reply #3 July 3, 2002 7:33:36 PM
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Add SkinDisplay=1 to the [Global] section of wb.ini in your Windows directory.
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Reply #4 July 3, 2002 10:42:30 PM
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Ahhhh Thanks sooo much! That fixed it.

Thanks for the solution and saving me from investigating further.

AwS
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Reply #5 July 3, 2002 11:54:40 PM
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Your question should probably appear in a faq if one gets developed.

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Reply #6 July 4, 2002 12:20:58 AM
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Who'dya think's writing them, eh? Heck, if it saves me having to answer it 10 times, it'll be worth it.
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Reply #7 July 4, 2002 1:53:11 PM
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GR probably answers more questions than pretty much everyone else put together. You're a great guy to have around!


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Reply #8 July 4, 2002 3:30:51 PM
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Hey I have another one for the future FAQ...
Q - Why can I get Explorer to be transparent? I have it selected in WB settings.

A - You must have Windows Classic view selected in folder options. (using XP neways)

ok I have another mystery...

Why doesn't my Favorites sub-menu skin?
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Reply #9 July 4, 2002 3:32:45 PM
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I mean drop down aw heck you know what I mean?
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Reply #10 July 4, 2002 4:43:48 PM
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Hi AwSehme,

Favorites is not skinned because Microsoft did not implement it as a menu. Instead, they made it a toolbar and then reoriented it to open like a menu. This means that WindowBlinds would skin it with the toolbar graphics and it would just look aweful. So, WindowBlinds just ignores it.

P.S. I'm glad you like Interceptor.

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Reply #11 July 4, 2002 7:41:51 PM
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hey mike! thank-you
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Reply #12 July 5, 2002 11:05:00 PM
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If anyone's interested, take a look at https://www.stardock.com/support/support_faq.asp?product=7. If you can't see your favourite Q&A there, ask it below and I'll answer it there.
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Reply #13 July 6, 2002 2:49:52 AM
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I have a question. WindowBlinds doesn't use the fonts specified in skins for menus. Is it me or is this something that WindowBlinds can't do as of now?
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Reply #14 July 6, 2002 6:58:06 PM
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I'm pretty sure that it's something that WindowBlinds can'd do, but I can't quite remember the reason why. I'll ask the developer when I see him next.
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