Skin Limit?
Monday, May 15, 2006 by robertwnielsen | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Is there a limit to the number of WindowBlinds skins a person can have on their PC? I ask because sometimes I will download a skin, but it won't show up in the list of available skins (and yes, the WB icon shows in the taskbar and says the skin has been installed).
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
PS - I own OD legally!
Bob
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Reply #2 Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:01 AM
Reply #2 Tuesday, May 16, 2006 1:01 AM
Just click 'rebuild list' in WB and all your valid skins should show up.
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Reply #1 Monday, May 15, 2006 11:26 PM
If you're using IE, the way it handles the download can be dodgy on some rigs as IE has a tendency to rename compressed files I understand (the skin files are standard .zip files with a .wba extension so that WB is the handler rather than WinZip). Try right-clicking the Download button, select "Save Target As..." and save the .wba file on your hard drive somewhere. You can then either double-click the .wba file to install it or open WB Config, select "Install Skin from Disk" and navigate to the .wba file and select Open. The benefit to doing it this way is that you have the .wba source file & you can re-install the skin if you ever need to without having to go to the net for it.
If the skin still doesn't show up in the installed skin list after either of those maneuvers, there may be something about the skin file that is wrong - maybe it's a .wba file inside a .zip or some other problem.