Help associating wallpaper to windowblinds skins
Monday, December 18, 2006 by abster | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Hi! could anyone please tell me how do I associate the specific wallpaper of a windowblinds skin to it? some skins i downloaded come with their own wallpaper, for example skins like grave paradise, dogmaX4, x360, jitter, etc. but some skins didnt have wallpapers.... the wallpapers were available for download separately. some examples of such skins are: blackcomb, picp tea, saurora, plasmatron, neutronium, etc. I downloaded these skins & the wallpaper for that particular skin, now i want to associate the wallpaper to the skin, so that when i apply the skin, the wallpaper also is applied. How do i do this? can someone please help? thanks in advance!
abster
Reply #2 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:15 AM
Reply #2 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:15 AM
hmm... nope.... there are only 2 options when i rt click the tray icon: configure & unload. i have windowblinds 5.00.
Erk.
Reply #3 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:33 AM
Reply #3 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:33 AM
Double-click the tray icon ...this should open the WB config panel.
As wiskyjon said [in his own way
] ...you can change the settings for WB and the way it applies things from the config panel. Wallpapers too.
Hunt around in there and see what everything does. It's the best way to learn.
B.T.W... are you using the full, or trial version of WB5? ...I have the full version, and I'm not entirely sure what you can change with the trial version. It may just be that you can't change the wall settings in the trial vers.
As wiskyjon said [in his own way
] ...you can change the settings for WB and the way it applies things from the config panel. Wallpapers too.Hunt around in there and see what everything does. It's the best way to learn.
B.T.W... are you using the full, or trial version of WB5? ...I have the full version, and I'm not entirely sure what you can change with the trial version. It may just be that you can't change the wall settings in the trial vers.
abster
Reply #4 Monday, December 18, 2006 4:29 AM
Reply #4 Monday, December 18, 2006 4:29 AM
I'm using the full version, erk. i hunted everywhere & i couldnt find the wallpaper tab....... do i have to access it through per application tab or override tab?
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #5 Monday, December 18, 2006 6:18 AM
Reply #5 Monday, December 18, 2006 6:18 AM
I understand your question. What you are asking needs to be done in SkinStudio. Move the wallpaper you want associating to the skin's folder. Open the skin in SkinStudio and navigate in the left panel to 'Desktop'. In the right panel select 'Desktop Wallpaper' and use the 'Adjusted Image' drop down box to browse the skin's folder for the wallpaper image. When that is done apply and save changes (the WB icon on SkinStudio's toolbar).
Then in WB configuration > Change my Wallpaper, select 'Use Skin Wallpaper' and 'Apply my changes'.
abster
Reply #6 Monday, December 18, 2006 1:34 PM
Reply #6 Monday, December 18, 2006 1:34 PM
But in WB config there is no "Change my Wallpaper" section/tab at all! Here's a list of options i have in wb config:
Settings:
skins
toolbars
animations
basic settings
user overrides
per application
WindowBlinds:
Apply changes
UI settings
Unload windowblinds
close window
system information
Thats all there is! on the right is the preview section with the skins present below!
Settings:
skins
toolbars
animations
basic settings
user overrides
per application
WindowBlinds:
Apply changes
UI settings
Unload windowblinds
close window
system information
Thats all there is! on the right is the preview section with the skins present below!
abster
Reply #7 Monday, December 18, 2006 1:37 PM
Reply #7 Monday, December 18, 2006 1:37 PM
will that tab be added after install SkinStudio, fuzzy logic?
_02
Reply #9 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:54 PM
Reply #9 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:54 PM
Its under the basic setting tab that shows in your list. Click on it and you will see.
| Settings: skins toolbars animations basic settings user overrides per application |
abster
Reply #12 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:11 PM
Reply #12 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:11 PM
What? i dont have a menu like that at all! my version is WB5 (5.00 build 49x86)
my menu setup is different also. i would send the image, but i dont know how to take a screenshot & how to post it here....... what software did you use, fuzzy logic?
my menu setup is different also. i would send the image, but i dont know how to take a screenshot & how to post it here....... what software did you use, fuzzy logic?
Bebi Bulma
Reply #13 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:18 PM
Reply #13 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:18 PM
Just use print scrn and paste it into Paint, then upload it to someplace like imageshack.
ZubaZ
Reply #14 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:24 PM
Reply #14 Monday, December 18, 2006 10:24 PM
Let's take it back a step
In the WB config window there should be an option for System Info.
Click on it and paste the results here.
If, by chance, you aquired this version of WB through "creative" or "unknown" methods, post the aquisition method too.
In the WB config window there should be an option for System Info.
Click on it and paste the results here.
If, by chance, you aquired this version of WB through "creative" or "unknown" methods, post the aquisition method too.
abster
Reply #15 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:45 AM
Reply #15 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 12:45 AM
I re-installed windows & after the basic updates (to windows & norton), i installed WB 5.1.....
Now i see the wallpapers section, & the skins also seem to apply/ change faster.... the pc was relatively slower previously, now it seems faster.... but it was faster (ever so slightly) before installing WB.... anyone feel the same way? My sys specs are:
Win XP Pro with SP2 (with office XP) (& everything is updated to the latest version automatically)
2.4 GHz P4 processor
1 GB DDR 400 RAM
80 GB HDD
512MB NVidia 6800 XT AGP GPU
And, here are the system info results as Zubaz asked:
WindowBlinds 5.1 System Information Report:
STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
You have one monitor in total.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
(As *We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook with integrated graphics the office gave you...*, i've already posted my system specs!)
Now i see the wallpapers section, & the skins also seem to apply/ change faster.... the pc was relatively slower previously, now it seems faster.... but it was faster (ever so slightly) before installing WB.... anyone feel the same way? My sys specs are:
Win XP Pro with SP2 (with office XP) (& everything is updated to the latest version automatically)
2.4 GHz P4 processor
1 GB DDR 400 RAM
80 GB HDD
512MB NVidia 6800 XT AGP GPU
And, here are the system info results as Zubaz asked:
WindowBlinds 5.1 System Information Report:
STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.
You have one monitor in total.
(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 6800 XT
(As *We don't know what's in that Dell you bought last July or the notebook with integrated graphics the office gave you...*, i've already posted my system specs!)
abster
Reply #16 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:11 AM
Reply #16 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 5:11 AM
Whew! Now i've installed everything & i'm happy 2 say everything seem 2 be working fine. Thanks 2 all for their input!
_02
Reply #17 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 6:51 AM
Reply #17 Tuesday, December 19, 2006 6:51 AM
Would have been nice to see the list of dll's along with your other WB specs. Those are the most important part, but looks like you got it fixed.
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Reply #1 Monday, December 18, 2006 2:03 AM
Have a Happy!