Power Archiver Skinning Contest Update
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 by Stardock Design | Discussion: WinCustomize News
PowerArchiver is a compression utility and archiving solution that has been downloaded by tens of millions of users worldwide. PowerArchiver has been awarded Microsoft's Designed for Windows certification.
Recently, PowerArchiver licensed DirectSkin from Stardock to adding skinning technology to this award-winning application. As part of the launch PowerArchiver has hosted a skinning contest with over a $1000 in prizes.
The contest is complete and the judges are already voting. You can see the skins for yourself at:
http://www.powerarchiver.com/skins/
George Rogers Jr
Reply #2 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:20 PM
Reply #2 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 6:20 PM
Like Z71 I TOTALLY missed this event...do you have to uninstall WindowBlinds in order to use these skins by purchasing PA?? All the skins submitted look awesome! Thx! 
GhoS
Reply #3 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:39 PM
Reply #3 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 10:39 PM
As with any skinned app Windowblinds will should usually not skin it, if it attempts to, you can exclude it. Though I haven't found any issue with other apps that skin themselves and WB.
George Rogers Jr
Reply #4 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:15 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 1:15 AM
I was wondering if there was going to be a conflict since, as I understand it, you have to purchase PA to make these work...GhoS - just asking or anyone here...have you used PowerArchiver?? I hate to ask concerning other apps other than those at SD/WinCus - I'm using IZArc & like it alot, but I'm always looking for better compression utilities. Are the log/off screens skinned??
PixelPirate
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:34 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 2:34 AM
It's just the app itself that's skinned. It doesn't affect the rest of the system, and WB doesn't affect PA either. You can try the 30 day trial of PowerArchiver to see how it works. Personally, I find it to be one of the best compression utilities I've ever tried.
Erk.
Reply #6 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:10 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, June 14, 2006 5:10 AM
Nice to see that some of the good folks from here are entering the comp over there .... good job guys
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Reply #1 Tuesday, June 13, 2006 1:44 PM
There's some nice looking skins submitted.
Good luck, all!