RightClick Skins Not To Miss
Clicky, clicky, clickity-click
Thursday, October 25, 2007 by Zoomba | Discussion: WinCustomize News
RightClick is an app that is often overlooked by many skinners and owners of Object Desktop, but for those who have given it a whirl, it quickly becomes absolutely indispensable as a productivity tool. But on top of being incredibly useful, it can be skinned too, so not only is it useful, but stylish as well. The RightClick gallery here at WinCustomize is a pretty busy place, and if you haven't checked it out yet, you definitely should to see what you're missing out on.
Here are a few of my favorite RightClick skins that have recently been uploaded.
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Philly0381
Reply #2 Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:13 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:13 PM
lgspence
Reply #3 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:12 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:12 PM
I have no idea how to use right click so I never use it.
skybright
Reply #4 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:47 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:47 PM
Are there any advantageous using right click verses objectdock plus which I can't live without? Or can they be used together to make my life more resourceful?
Lantec
Reply #5 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:51 PM
I use them together.
I occasionally go without OD+ just to see my taskbar on a new skin. I don't like it but I can deal with it. If for some reason I lost RightClick I'd probably have a nervous breakdown. It's my "CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT" program.
Reply #5 Thursday, October 25, 2007 3:51 PM
Are there any advantageous using right click verses objectdock plus which I can't live without? Or can they be used together to make my life more resourceful?
I use them together.
I occasionally go without OD+ just to see my taskbar on a new skin. I don't like it but I can deal with it. If for some reason I lost RightClick I'd probably have a nervous breakdown. It's my "CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT" program.
JinnRikki
Reply #7 Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:10 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:10 PM
I have a problem, sometime after installing Right Click and a handful of skins, all the skins are now unpacked to the skins folder instead of making a separate folder for each skin (inside the skins folder).
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
skybright
Reply #8 Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:24 PM
Lantec I see we feel the same way only on opposite ends of the spectrum. Maybe I'll try out RightClick just to check it out.
Reply #8 Thursday, October 25, 2007 5:24 PM
It's my "CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT" program.
Lantec I see we feel the same way only on opposite ends of the spectrum. Maybe I'll try out RightClick just to check it out.
Wet Monkey
Reply #9 Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:08 PM
Reply #9 Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:08 PM
I use Object Dock Plus, and have for a long time and have used Right Click off and on since it's release. I tend to go with applications that don't crash on a regular basis as RC does, at least on my systems, but ODP has been rock solid on both my XP and Vista 64 systems. Not sure I see the advantage of running both but if it would be stable, I can see how RC would have a very small advantage over ODP but only in the convenience category IMO.
Fuzzy Logic
Reply #10 Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:14 PM
Reply #10 Thursday, October 25, 2007 6:14 PM
Right Click is the only thing which makes Vista tollerable. You can actually have a proper fly-out programs list instead of using that crappy Vista start menu.
Fairyy~
Reply #11 Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:22 PM
Reply #11 Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:22 PM
If you set up RC properly you barely need your start menu or all programs menus.
Or you can just add your most used items to it. Im like Lantec - I could not live without the program at this point , its how I get around my computer - Id be lost .
Are you talking about skins you downloaded from the RightClick gallery ?
All the skins are zipped and you just unzip them to the RightClick skin folder. Once there each skin should automatically make its own folder and you will find the skins in the RightClick Menu Editor (Click on skins tab )
Are you saying that when you unzip the RC skin to RC skin folder your just getting a bunch of scattered files without a folder ? Can you be specific on which skins your referring to.
Or you can just add your most used items to it. Im like Lantec - I could not live without the program at this point , its how I get around my computer - Id be lost .
I have a problem, sometime after installing Right Click and a handful of skins, all the skins are now unpacked to the skins folder instead of making a separate folder for each skin (inside the skins folder).
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
Are you talking about skins you downloaded from the RightClick gallery ?
All the skins are zipped and you just unzip them to the RightClick skin folder. Once there each skin should automatically make its own folder and you will find the skins in the RightClick Menu Editor (Click on skins tab )
Are you saying that when you unzip the RC skin to RC skin folder your just getting a bunch of scattered files without a folder ? Can you be specific on which skins your referring to.
Jafo
Reply #12 Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:36 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, October 25, 2007 7:36 PM
Are there any advantageous using right click verses objectdock plus which I can't live without? Or can they be used together to make my life more resourceful?
Essentially, using both would be equivalent to a typical LiteSTEP shell theme [alternative shell to Explorer]...and that's probably the most 'enduring' of alternate shells out there....much of which was/is due to its 'right-click' functionality ...
buzzh58
Reply #13 Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:02 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:02 PM
Without a doubt RC is the most useful of all Stardocks applications. If I were to try setting up OD with everything I have on my RC menu my screen would be covered with docks and icons and I still wouldnt have half of it.
Everything is just a rightclick away and no screen real estate is taken up. Now if the developers could just get RC to support png's everything would be perfect.
Everything is just a rightclick away and no screen real estate is taken up. Now if the developers could just get RC to support png's everything would be perfect.
messiah1
Reply #14 Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:47 PM
It depends on how the author packaged them...if they selected all the files inside the folder and zipped them or if they selected the folder with the files in it and zipped the folder. The former will get you no folder, the latter will get you the folder with files contained inside. That's been my experience anyhow.
Reply #14 Thursday, October 25, 2007 9:47 PM
I have a problem, sometime after installing Right Click and a handful of skins, all the skins are now unpacked to the skins folder instead of making a separate folder for each skin (inside the skins folder).
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
Any thoughts on what went wrong?
It depends on how the author packaged them...if they selected all the files inside the folder and zipped them or if they selected the folder with the files in it and zipped the folder. The former will get you no folder, the latter will get you the folder with files contained inside. That's been my experience anyhow.
Fairyy~
Reply #15 Friday, October 26, 2007 6:18 AM
Thats why I asked him for more info - I've never come across a RC skin that didn't have a folder. I've downloaded many Rainlendars that did exactly what he said - you need to make your own folder with appropriate name then unzip to the folder you made or you end up with a bunch of loose files - so he can always make a folder in RightClick skins folder before unzipping.
Unless he is having an isolated problem.
Reply #15 Friday, October 26, 2007 6:18 AM
It depends on how the author packaged them...if they selected all the files inside the folder and zipped them or if they selected the folder with the files in it and zipped the folder. The former will get you no folder, the latter will get you the folder with files contained inside. That's been my experience anyhow.
Thats why I asked him for more info - I've never come across a RC skin that didn't have a folder. I've downloaded many Rainlendars that did exactly what he said - you need to make your own folder with appropriate name then unzip to the folder you made or you end up with a bunch of loose files - so he can always make a folder in RightClick skins folder before unzipping.
Unless he is having an isolated problem.
MySecret
Reply #16 Friday, October 26, 2007 6:53 AM
Reply #16 Friday, October 26, 2007 6:53 AM
Having tried RightClick a few years ago I hadn't given it a second thought until recently. Seeing a resurgence of Skins for it I decided to try it again. Now with both Object Dock + & RightClick I have reduced the # of docks. I now cannot live without either of these programs. The best information that I received in making RC much more usable was the included Readme by both Fairyy~ & buzz58 in their RC skins.
If your menus aren't displaying correctly.
Just add more text to one line on a sub menu.
If you have 'wb config' and the menu isn't stretching out far enough, just change that one item to 'Windowsblind Config'
Just a few extra letter on one entry will stretch the sub menu out wider. You can do same on the main menu.
You can also add a clock or date at top and select
' spell out full date' as an option when you config the clock. This will make the difference between a narrow menu and a much wider one.
It's My Secret
If your menus aren't displaying correctly.
Just add more text to one line on a sub menu.
If you have 'wb config' and the menu isn't stretching out far enough, just change that one item to 'Windowsblind Config'
Just a few extra letter on one entry will stretch the sub menu out wider. You can do same on the main menu.
You can also add a clock or date at top and select
' spell out full date' as an option when you config the clock. This will make the difference between a narrow menu and a much wider one.
It's My Secret
messiah1
Reply #17 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:02 AM
Me too, and I think it's just the way it was packaged.
Reply #17 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:02 AM
Thats why I asked him for more info - I've never come across a RC skin that didn't have a folder. I've downloaded many Rainlendars that did exactly what he said - you need to make your own folder with appropriate name then unzip to the folder you made or you end up with a bunch of loose files - so he can always make a folder in RightClick skins folder before unzipping.
Unless he is having an isolated problem.
Unless he is having an isolated problem.
Me too, and I think it's just the way it was packaged.
ZubaZ
Reply #18 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:26 AM
Reply #18 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:26 AM
Zubaz still likes ObjectBar more . . but RC is sweet.
Fairyy~
Reply #19 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:35 AM
Reply #19 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:35 AM
One thing I would like to bring up about RightClick .
I have noticed since the initial update of RC in September that was for the most part just to make RightClick Vista compatible that the downloads on all RightClick skins have dropped off by 75%. A RC skin associated with a windowblind would usually have a high download count. Now , most RC skins average around 200 or less since the middle of september.
The only 'probable' reason that I can see is that after the update if you did not leave RightClick program RUNNING during update - you lost your entire menu configuration.
A decent RightClick menu can take hours to set up in you add everything to it.
I suspect that is the reason for the lower downloads in RC gallery - too many may have lost their menus and just didn't bother to redo them again.
It would be a huge plus to the RightClick program if the next update included a " Save configuration " to avoid this issue.
Also - PNG support instead of BMP's and magic pink would be a huge added bonus and making skinning RC even more fun to skin.
The very least would be perhaps a little note in Stardock Central saying " Please leave RightClick running during update " to avoid this loss of configuration.
I have noticed since the initial update of RC in September that was for the most part just to make RightClick Vista compatible that the downloads on all RightClick skins have dropped off by 75%. A RC skin associated with a windowblind would usually have a high download count. Now , most RC skins average around 200 or less since the middle of september.
The only 'probable' reason that I can see is that after the update if you did not leave RightClick program RUNNING during update - you lost your entire menu configuration.
A decent RightClick menu can take hours to set up in you add everything to it.
I suspect that is the reason for the lower downloads in RC gallery - too many may have lost their menus and just didn't bother to redo them again.
It would be a huge plus to the RightClick program if the next update included a " Save configuration " to avoid this issue.
Also - PNG support instead of BMP's and magic pink would be a huge added bonus and making skinning RC even more fun to skin.
The very least would be perhaps a little note in Stardock Central saying " Please leave RightClick running during update " to avoid this loss of configuration.
Fairyy~
Reply #20 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:40 AM
And here I thought no one ever read those "Read me " texts
Reply #20 Friday, October 26, 2007 7:40 AM
Having tried RightClick a few years ago I hadn't given it a second thought until recently. Seeing a resurgence of Skins for it I decided to try it again. Now with both Object Dock + & RightClick I have reduced the # of docks. I now cannot live without either of these programs. The best information that I received in making RC much more usable was the included Readme by both Fairyy~ & buzz58 in their RC skins.
And here I thought no one ever read those "Read me " texts
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Reply #1 Thursday, October 25, 2007 1:09 PM