Folder path in registry where WB-skins must be found is changed after installing WB update
Thursday, January 17, 2008 by bussie | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Hi there, i have changed in the registry the paths where WB must find the skins (my skins are on my e-partition). After installing the latest WB update the path in the registry is reset to the original path (c:\documents and settings\ all users and so on). Is it possible to prevent this with a next update of WB?
Greetings, BUSSIE
Greetings, BUSSIE
tosbsas
Reply #2 Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:01 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:01 PM
They actually did it because of Vista (;-((
Ruben
Ruben
fontinalis
Reply #3 Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:37 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:37 PM
Hi Bussie,
I was concerned about data file placement and space allocation in WB6 too because I always set up machines with a 10 to 15 GB C partition for the OS and applications. Why? Because WinXP runs better with less work for the HDD reading a whole disk when all the OS and Apps are on a smaller partition. D partition is used for data files like my documents, etc. This is also a good method when having to do rebuilds because you don't have to wipe the whole disk, only the C partition, to reinstall a fresh copy of XP.
Anyhow, with WB6, some of the data files for this application are stored in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\...WindowBlinds, IconPackager, SoundPackager, and ThemeManager.
If you download a lot of WB skins, make a lot of Themes, and download a lot of IconPackages; the C partition fills up quick.
Also taking up a huge amount of disk space are:
C:\Program Files\CursorXP\Themes
C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\LogonStudio
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconPackager\Themes
...and so on for other SD apps.
As this is the case and since I like using these products, I used Acronis Disk Director 10 to increase the size of my C partiton. Acronis can do this without wiping the drive unlike Windows computer management, disk management tool which wipes everything if you want to resize a partition.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, f
I was concerned about data file placement and space allocation in WB6 too because I always set up machines with a 10 to 15 GB C partition for the OS and applications. Why? Because WinXP runs better with less work for the HDD reading a whole disk when all the OS and Apps are on a smaller partition. D partition is used for data files like my documents, etc. This is also a good method when having to do rebuilds because you don't have to wipe the whole disk, only the C partition, to reinstall a fresh copy of XP.
Anyhow, with WB6, some of the data files for this application are stored in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\...WindowBlinds, IconPackager, SoundPackager, and ThemeManager.
If you download a lot of WB skins, make a lot of Themes, and download a lot of IconPackages; the C partition fills up quick.
Also taking up a huge amount of disk space are:
C:\Program Files\CursorXP\Themes
C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\LogonStudio
C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\IconPackager\Themes
...and so on for other SD apps.
As this is the case and since I like using these products, I used Acronis Disk Director 10 to increase the size of my C partiton. Acronis can do this without wiping the drive unlike Windows computer management, disk management tool which wipes everything if you want to resize a partition.
Hope this helps.
Cheers, f
scorpNZ
Reply #4 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:41 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:41 PM
Check the SDC configuration settings under tools,there's a setting under INSTALLATION that lets you determine the directory for all apps, there's also another setting that lets you plonk the program file shortcuts where you want too if that's any help.
fontinalis
Reply #5 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:57 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:57 PM
Thanks xscorpx! That's cool! One question though. If I uninstall and reinstall my SDC apps to my D partition (as mentioned above) how will WinXP performance be affected since it has to run the GUI from partition C when the WB6 program files are on partition D?
S J N
Reply #6 Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:45 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, January 17, 2008 5:45 PM
I have all my WB Skins on my D drive, while the main programs are on C. Works perfectly for me. I am running Win MCE with all the latest fixes and updates.
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:32 PM