right click menus are in the wrong direction
Sunday, August 20, 2006 by werewolf | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Howdy,
My right click menu items are listed horizontally, side by side, instead of vertically, stacked on top of each other. Has never done that before.
I just use the convert to current WB option, but all the preloaded skins are doing the same thing. I can't find which .obskin, .ini, .menuskin file will fix it.
Any suggestions?
werewolf
My right click menu items are listed horizontally, side by side, instead of vertically, stacked on top of each other. Has never done that before.
I just use the convert to current WB option, but all the preloaded skins are doing the same thing. I can't find which .obskin, .ini, .menuskin file will fix it.
Any suggestions?
werewolf
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werewolf
Reply #2 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:38 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:38 PM
Well, I don't have that option checked.
The version I'm using, according to the help>about, is Ver 1.20 build 739
I just built a quick skin and it does it with that file also.
oh, btw, why does the skin edit save the files on the desktop instead of into the right click/skins folder? weird
The version I'm using, according to the help>about, is Ver 1.20 build 739
I just built a quick skin and it does it with that file also.
oh, btw, why does the skin edit save the files on the desktop instead of into the right click/skins folder? weird
Lantec
Reply #3 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:47 PM
Reply #3 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:47 PM
Are you using WindowsFX? It has some settings which effect menu display.
I don't use the skintool.
I usually convert a WB then I'll go in and make a new folder in the skins directory and copy the info out of the WindowBlindsSkins\Currentskin\Common & Popup into the new folder then edit the popup.obskin file with the text editor to change the directory paths and text height. The biggest item is the "ItemTextOnlyBuffer_LeftOfText=" you need to play with it to get your menu text to line up.
I don't use the skintool.
I usually convert a WB then I'll go in and make a new folder in the skins directory and copy the info out of the WindowBlindsSkins\Currentskin\Common & Popup into the new folder then edit the popup.obskin file with the text editor to change the directory paths and text height. The biggest item is the "ItemTextOnlyBuffer_LeftOfText=" you need to play with it to get your menu text to line up.
werewolf
Reply #4 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:50 PM
Reply #4 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:50 PM
Nope, not using WFX.
I'll give your other suggestion a try. The only problem is that I'm using the orange substyle of GUIskin. The skin converter, apparently, only converts the base skin. But maybe modifying the popup.obskin is the answer. Will be back.
I'll give your other suggestion a try. The only problem is that I'm using the orange substyle of GUIskin. The skin converter, apparently, only converts the base skin. But maybe modifying the popup.obskin is the answer. Will be back.
werewolf
Reply #5 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:56 PM
Reply #5 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:56 PM
jeez...
The only thing I can think of is this: hBitmap=Background.bmp
Should that 'h' be 'v'? or just Bitmap=Background.bmp?
The only thing I can think of is this: hBitmap=Background.bmp
Should that 'h' be 'v'? or just Bitmap=Background.bmp?
Lantec
Reply #6 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:02 PM
Reply #6 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:02 PM
No, it looks correct that way here's a snip of the one I'm using
[General]
SkinName=Eminence Menus
NumberOfSectionStyles=1
ItemSpacing.cx=1
ItemWidthBuffer=10
TightItemWidthBuffer=2
ResizeBorderSize=3
EdgeBuffer_Top=7
EdgeBuffer_Bottom=7
ItemHeight=18
ItemIconBuffer_LeftOfIcon=11
ItemIconBuffer_BetweenTextAndIcon=2
ItemIconBuffer_RightTextClip=3
ItemTextOnlyBuffer_LeftOfText=32
Font=Segoe UI
FontSize=-12
TextColor=0 0 0
[TaskbarBackgroundSkin]
hBitmap=Background.bmp
TopHeight=5
BottomHeight=5
LeftWidth=9
RightWidth=2
UseTransparency=0
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
[NormalItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemNormal.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[MouseoverItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemMouseover.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[SelectedItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemMouseover.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[SeparatorItemSkin]
hBitmap=Separator Item.tga
TopHeight=1
BottomHeight=14
LeftWidth=8
RightWidth=8
[LeftArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowL.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowL_Grayed.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[RightArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowR.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowR_Grayed.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[DownArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowD_Big.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowD_Grayed_Big.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[UpArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowU_Big.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowU_Grayed_Big.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[PopupArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowPopup.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowPopup_Selected.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[General]
SkinName=Eminence Menus
NumberOfSectionStyles=1
ItemSpacing.cx=1
ItemWidthBuffer=10
TightItemWidthBuffer=2
ResizeBorderSize=3
EdgeBuffer_Top=7
EdgeBuffer_Bottom=7
ItemHeight=18
ItemIconBuffer_LeftOfIcon=11
ItemIconBuffer_BetweenTextAndIcon=2
ItemIconBuffer_RightTextClip=3
ItemTextOnlyBuffer_LeftOfText=32
Font=Segoe UI
FontSize=-12
TextColor=0 0 0
[TaskbarBackgroundSkin]
hBitmap=Background.bmp
TopHeight=5
BottomHeight=5
LeftWidth=9
RightWidth=2
UseTransparency=0
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
[NormalItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemNormal.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[MouseoverItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemMouseover.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[SelectedItemSkin]
hBitmap=MenuItemMouseover.bmp
TopHeight=7
BottomHeight=8
LeftWidth=15
RightWidth=8
TileCenter=0
TileVCenter=0
UseTransparency=1
TextColor=0 0 0
[SeparatorItemSkin]
hBitmap=Separator Item.tga
TopHeight=1
BottomHeight=14
LeftWidth=8
RightWidth=8
[LeftArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowL.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowL_Grayed.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[RightArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowR.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowR_Grayed.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[DownArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowD_Big.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowD_Grayed_Big.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[UpArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowU_Big.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowU_Grayed_Big.bmp
UseTransparency=1
[PopupArrow]
hBitmap=ArrowPopup.bmp
hBitmapGrayed=ArrowPopup_Selected.bmp
UseTransparency=1
Hippie
Reply #7 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:05 PM
Reply #7 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:05 PM
I would just be happy if they would put some kind of "save" on it, because I keep losing mine, and I have to put everything back in there. 
werewolf
Reply #8 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:06 PM
Reply #8 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:06 PM
hmm, that's what mine looks like as well.
I guess I need to let Stardock Support know about this. They might check this out Monday anyway.
Thanks so much Lantec. I appreciate your effort.
I guess I need to let Stardock Support know about this. They might check this out Monday anyway.
Thanks so much Lantec. I appreciate your effort.
aimzzz
Reply #9 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:24 PM
Reply #9 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:24 PM
Ummm, I'm sure you already tried, but I just grab the side of the menu with the cursor & drag it to the width I want-- don't know if it would work with side-by-side items-- don't remember having them 
boss0190
Reply #10 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:25 PM
Reply #10 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:25 PM
I've had it happen to me once or twice and a reboot took care of it. One time I needed to do a Sys-Restore. Not sure at all what caused it, but it was very weird.
Hippie, make a back-up of desktopmenu.obbar and rightclick.ini and hide them somewhere. I usually just copy the whole folder and save it. Then when (not if)
RightClick loses it's menus, I just overwrite the whole folder with my backup. I had way too many times I had to rebuild it from scratch before.
Hippie, make a back-up of desktopmenu.obbar and rightclick.ini and hide them somewhere. I usually just copy the whole folder and save it. Then when (not if)
RightClick loses it's menus, I just overwrite the whole folder with my backup. I had way too many times I had to rebuild it from scratch before.
werewolf
Reply #11 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:29 PM
Reply #11 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:29 PM
aimzzz, can't resize anything, just moves it around the screen.
boss0190 am going to try the reboot thing.
Thanks folks.
boss0190 am going to try the reboot thing.
Thanks folks.
aimzzz
Reply #12 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:36 PM
Reply #12 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:36 PM
Hippie:
To save the Right Click menu, make the desired changes &
- Exit RC. Exiting saves the changes. It's OK to restart RC before doing the rest:
- Go to RC program directory & create a new folder named Backup (or whatever similar)
- Add copies of the following files to the Backup folder:
RightClick.ini
desktopmenu.obbar
- If RC crashes & the menu is lost, copy the files from Backup to
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\RightClick\
(or wherever the proggy directory is located)
To save the Right Click menu, make the desired changes &
- Exit RC. Exiting saves the changes. It's OK to restart RC before doing the rest:
- Go to RC program directory & create a new folder named Backup (or whatever similar)
- Add copies of the following files to the Backup folder:
RightClick.ini
desktopmenu.obbar
- If RC crashes & the menu is lost, copy the files from Backup to
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\RightClick\
(or wherever the proggy directory is located)
werewolf
Reply #14 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:57 PM
Reply #14 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:57 PM
hi again...reboot did nothing. Will wait for Support to show up.
boss0190
Reply #15 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:57 PM
Reply #15 Sunday, August 20, 2006 4:57 PM
Yayyyy, I beat aimzzz. Now I can go take my nap. That was too much work.
aimzzz
Reply #16 Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:22 PM
Reply #16 Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:22 PM
Terrible things can happen when a person is napping... 
Werewolf-- did you try an uninstall / reinstall using SDC?
Werewolf-- did you try an uninstall / reinstall using SDC?
werewolf
Reply #17 Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:41 PM
Reply #17 Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:41 PM
aimzzz, not yet. I was thinking about doing that. Oh why not. Can't dance
Hippie
Reply #19 Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:39 PM
Reply #19 Sunday, August 20, 2006 6:39 PM
aimzzz and boss0190, I've tried that. Did'nt work. I'll try again. Maybe I was trying to think to much. Just gives me a headache. I just generally use GoBack, and go back a few seconds, but that's getting old. Seems like somebody could come up with a "Save Configureation". Someday maybe. Thanks ppl.
werewolf
Reply #20 Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:15 PM
Reply #20 Sunday, August 20, 2006 7:15 PM
well, I found the file to edit to change all this mess. It is in the .../stardock/rightclick folder and is called desktopmenu.obbar. Just open it in notepad or whatever and you can change all kinds of things. This would be the file to copy somewhere as a backup as aimzzz said.
Is there a file somewhere which explains what each and every entry in these files is?
Is there a file somewhere which explains what each and every entry in these files is?
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Reply #1 Sunday, August 20, 2006 3:23 PM