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Reply #26 June 9, 2013 12:28:47 PM
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Quoting bhast23,
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I have a problem that if I change the show desktop button

under the task bar section it doesn't change it fully.

it is pulling the image from the Edit Controls section- Button image

 

In my experience the show desktop button should never be wider than 15 pixels for a single state. I find that a total canvas width of 45 pixels is pretty much the best you can have without weird distortion happening. Try side by side states rather than stacked too.

 

An example of one of my typical show desktop button:

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Reply #27 June 15, 2013 10:06:36 AM
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SkinStudio is missing the section for the classic progress bar, aka the [Progress] section.  When creating my skin, I had to manually add the section in Notepad.

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Reply #28 June 15, 2013 10:12:52 AM
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Quoting BFeely,
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SkinStudio is missing the section for the classic progress bar, aka the [Progress] section.  When creating my skin, I had to manually add the section in Notepad.

Why are you trying to add that section?  It is obsolete and has been for a very long time.

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Reply #29 June 15, 2013 11:58:50 AM
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Quoting bhast23,
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the problem is that when I press the show desktop button it show a different image than what it should


The show desktop section is build up with "three images" if you use one and dont change the value it will take parts of the skin you are building your skin on.
there should be also a box that says "image count 3" ( look at the screenshot ) 

ALso make sure that the alpha channel is premultiplied is - not checked

Then go under extra tab and set " blend against taskbar " to enabled ( if the image has transparency )

Edit: in Windows8 you will only see it if you click it ( normal and mouseover do nothing )
 

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Reply #30 June 15, 2013 6:47:28 PM
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The "edit in SKS" button in WB Config opens a web page to download SKS.

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Reply #31 June 16, 2013 10:05:43 AM
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Quoting RedneckDude,
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The "edit in SKS" button in WB Config opens a web page to download SKS.

 

That is because the path to SKS is set wrong in WB8 Jim. SKS8 installs to a different location than SKS7 did. I have no idea why they did that though, SKS8 lists as an upgrade, yet it installs to an incorrect location.  For instance, because of font issues I have pointed out for when I try to change Windows 7/8 fonts, I had to install SKS7 and SKS8 on my Windows 8 in order for the SKS8 to work. But in WB8 when I click the Edit in SKS link, it launches SKS7 and not SKS8. Lots of issues to still work out.

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Reply #32 June 16, 2013 10:33:50 AM
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Quoting LightStar,
reply 31

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 30
The "edit in SKS" button in WB Config opens a web page to download SKS.

 

That is because the path to SKS is set wrong in WB8 Jim. SKS8 installs to a different location than SKS7 did. I have no idea why they did that though, SKS8 lists as an upgrade, yet it installs to an incorrect location.  For instance, because of font issues I have pointed out for when I try to change Windows 7/8 fonts, I had to install SKS7 and SKS8 on my Windows 8 in order for the SKS8 to work. But in WB8 when I click the Edit in SKS link, it launches SKS7 and not SKS8. Lots of issues to still work out.

Uninstall the build of SKS you have and install the latest version.  Those issues were resolved.

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Reply #33 June 16, 2013 12:03:55 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
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Uninstall the build of SKS you have and install the latest version. Those issues were resolved.

I have SKS 8.0 beta....."open this skin in skinstudio" does nothing (WindowBlinds 7.98 (014 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS).

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Reply #34 June 16, 2013 12:55:07 PM
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On W7 HP x64.

I wish WB 7.98 would open SKS like it used to. Now I have to search for it in the Start Menu. Also, I can't pin it to the task bar.

 

* Sorry, Tim. Was on page 1 and didn't see your reply.

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Reply #35 June 16, 2013 12:58:13 PM
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Also, I can't pin it to the task bar.

Pin something else there then change the target and label....bingo!

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Reply #36 June 16, 2013 1:15:55 PM
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Pin something else there then change the target and label....bingo!

Well that kinda works. I pinned mspaint there and edited the target, label and icon. The icon on the taskbar never changed but it did open sks. I tried a log on log off and the shortcut was gone.

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Reply #37 June 16, 2013 3:07:04 PM
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Quoting 2of3, reply 35Pin something else there then change the target and label....bingo!

Well that kinda works. I pinned mspaint there and edited the target, label and icon. The icon on the taskbar never changed but it did open sks. I tried a log on log off and the shortcut was gone.

 

Yep, does it to me too, after rebooting it was gone.

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Reply #38 June 16, 2013 3:16:18 PM
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I did however work on pinning it to the startpanel.

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Reply #39 June 16, 2013 5:44:08 PM
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Well here's a good question. Where did you put the settings for the task bar toolbar buttons (horizontal and vertical) and related settings at? They are no longer in SKS8, and now I have to put the old SKS back just to change them. Extremely disappointed, major oversight.

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Reply #40 June 16, 2013 6:28:12 PM
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Which settings?

I see the taskbar button sections for horz and vert taskbars here.

You should remember some older unused sections (AKA XP only) have been removed from SKS.

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Reply #41 June 16, 2013 6:40:16 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
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Which settings?

I see the taskbar button sections for horz and vert taskbars here.

You should remember some older unused sections (AKA XP only) have been removed from SKS.

I think he means quicklaunch buttons

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Reply #42 June 16, 2013 6:42:03 PM
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They are still used for toolbar arrow mouseover.

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Reply #43 June 16, 2013 6:47:00 PM
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Quicklaunch and pinned app settings are only shown in tree mode view. The are omitted from the section based view.

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Reply #44 June 16, 2013 6:55:47 PM
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Quicklaunch and pinned app settings are only shown in tree mode view. The are omitted from the section based view.

 

Well that's downright ridiculous, I don't use tree mode. Hope they put it back into Section Based view.

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Reply #45 June 16, 2013 7:01:00 PM
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Well that's downright ridiculous, I don't use tree mode. Hope they put it back Section Based view.

I never use tree mode either. It's ironic, though. Remember going over from sks 5 to sks 6? That was one of the things us skinners were adamant about....."we NEED to have the tree mode back" (it wasn't in the first betas of sks 6). I did use it in the very start but gradually stopped.

Still kinda miss the click-able preview from sks 5, though. 

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Reply #46 June 18, 2013 9:45:28 AM
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Quoting LightStar,
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Quoting 2of3, reply 43
Quicklaunch and pinned app settings are only shown in tree mode view. The are omitted from the section based view.

 

Well that's downright ridiculous, I don't use tree mode. Hope they put it back into Section Based view.

 

Hey Neil, can these items be put back in the Section Based view please?

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Reply #47 June 21, 2013 10:44:22 AM
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The latest release of SKS8 keeps crashing a lot on Windows 8. I am in the middle of checking a skin out for issues, and 7 times now (yesterday and today), SKS8 crashes and gives you a dialog that saying so and that the application will close and Windows 8 will tell me what happened, but nothing comes up at all. This problem is not occurring on Windows 7.

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Reply #48 June 21, 2013 11:21:37 AM
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Tom...SD has a utility to collect a log file for you to send to Support. Pm Zu (or write to Support). I think you'll get an answer faster that way.

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Reply #49 June 21, 2013 11:26:49 AM
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http://sd.stardock.com/SDSupportTool.exe

This is a tool that we use to gather relevant log files and basic information about your computer. Once the utility finishes running, please send the .zip file it creates on the desktop to support@stardock.com with a description.

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Reply #50 June 21, 2013 11:29:34 AM
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Thanks Doc, I emailed support.

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