NOT using skin settings - no longer an option in WB 5.5?
Sunday, June 10, 2007 by Jakobkraft | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I just recently started using WB 5.5. I had a pretty good experience with WB4 awhile back but I was stuck with a Mac for awhile for work.
But with WB 5.5, I'm looking everywhere and I don't see the option where you can uncheck 'Use recommended skin settings' or something like that...I downloaded a skin which I can apply with no problem. Then I make a few font changes, etc. Then I reboot and all my changes are gone, even though I saved them as a 'Favorite' theme.
Is this no longer an option with WB 5.5?
Bohemy
Reply #2 Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:38 PM
Reply #2 Sunday, June 10, 2007 2:38 PM
Yeh I did same thing us you in the past with same result.It's not an option in WB 5.5 .But it could be in future releases,right?It'd be nice.
Jakobkraft
Reply #3 Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:58 PM
Wow, that really sucks. Going back to StyleXP then; may not be as dynamic but way more flexible...
Reply #3 Sunday, June 10, 2007 10:58 PM
Wow, that really sucks. Going back to StyleXP then; may not be as dynamic but way more flexible...
Daiwa
Reply #4 Monday, June 11, 2007 12:43 AM
Reply #4 Monday, June 11, 2007 12:43 AM
You can make the changes to the skin in SkinStudio, then save the skin and the changes will be preserved. Or you can open the skin's .uis file in Notepad & make the changes there, though it is not as easy to find what you want to change.
What I recall from prior versions of WBConfig was an option to 'Use the skin's color scheme (recommended)' and an option to override the skin's fonts, both of which are absent in the current Config.
What I recall from prior versions of WBConfig was an option to 'Use the skin's color scheme (recommended)' and an option to override the skin's fonts, both of which are absent in the current Config.
MySecret
Reply #5 Monday, June 11, 2007 6:09 AM
Rightclick on desktop..Properties...Appearance, Advanced...Here you can override the skins fonts as well as other settings
It's My Secret
Reply #5 Monday, June 11, 2007 6:09 AM
override the skin's fonts, both of which are absent in the current Config.
Rightclick on desktop..Properties...Appearance, Advanced...Here you can override the skins fonts as well as other settings
It's My Secret
Jakobkraft
Reply #6 Monday, June 11, 2007 10:27 AM
Rightclick on desktop..Properties...Appearance, Advanced...Here you can override the skins fonts as well as other settings
It's My Secret
That doesn't work. It appears to work at first, but once you restart, the skin settings take over.
That WAS true with WB 4 & 4.5, NOT 5.5. Which I imagine is why the choice simply isn't there in the WB config anymore.
Reply #6 Monday, June 11, 2007 10:27 AM
override the skin's fonts, both of which are absent in the current Config.
Rightclick on desktop..Properties...Appearance, Advanced...Here you can override the skins fonts as well as other settings
It's My Secret
That doesn't work. It appears to work at first, but once you restart, the skin settings take over.
That WAS true with WB 4 & 4.5, NOT 5.5. Which I imagine is why the choice simply isn't there in the WB config anymore.
MySecret
Reply #7 Monday, June 11, 2007 10:43 AM
Reply #7 Monday, June 11, 2007 10:43 AM
Ok, then intead try changing the fonts via the main Appearance window & make sure to hit apply after that should work at least for fonts 
It's My Secret
that should work at least for fonts 
It's My Secret
Daiwa
Reply #8 Monday, June 11, 2007 2:52 PM
Reply #8 Monday, June 11, 2007 2:52 PM
Dont' mean to BADH, but I don't recall font changes made through Display Properties ever sticking through a reboot, with WB3 or WB4. They always required changes in WBConfig or the skin itself to "stick" through a reboot. Making such changes in DP would "stick" for the duration of the session, but the skin/WB settings would re-apply on reboot.
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Reply #1 Sunday, June 10, 2007 1:26 PM