Dup listing in Theme Manager for wallpapers

Friday, May 9, 2008 by MrBiggZ | Discussion: Object Desktop

Hiya!

This is a strange behavior and I've seen it for sometime now. I'll put one copy of a wallpaper in my theme managers wallpaper folder and when I go to that section in theme manager it shows up twice and if memory serves me right three times.

I did look in my windows folder and even did a search to see if it shows any place else and it doesn't. Is there a reason why? Something I need to turn on of off in the preferences? Interesting to know!

Thx for ur assisstance!

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MrBiggZ
Reply #1 Friday, May 9, 2008 5:01 PM
Here's my proof ..

The theme manager program you can see there are multiple entires for this wall.



Where the wallpaper is. For some strange reason a .bmp copy gets made. Not sure it the manager is doing this or windows.


ZubaZ
Reply #2 Friday, May 9, 2008 5:10 PM
Very odd.
Can you search for that wall's file name and see if it turns up elsewhere in the file system?

MrBiggZ
Reply #3 Friday, May 9, 2008 6:30 PM
Zubaz ..

I just dump the walls in my Theme Managers wall folder. No place else!

ZubaZ
Reply #4 Friday, May 9, 2008 6:54 PM
I just dump the walls in my Theme Managers wall folder. No place else!
But windows may move them.
Also, vista or XP.  Not sure TM2007 is vista certified.

Wizard1956
Reply #5 Friday, May 9, 2008 7:16 PM
TM and My colors puts mine in C/Windows/Web.(Same directory as Windows wallpaper, and I've never seen it "clone" copies like that. Strange. Vista 32bit

ZubaZ
Reply #6 Friday, May 9, 2008 7:30 PM
TM and My colors puts mine in C/Windows/Web.(Same directory as Windows wallpaper, and I've never seen it "clone" copies like that. Strange. Vista 32bit
That's what I'm thinking . .Windows or some other app drops the walls in windows\web and then Biggz here puts them in OD\thememanger\walls . . and we see dups.

MrBiggZ
Reply #7 Friday, May 9, 2008 8:54 PM
Becuase all I do is unzip it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\ThemeManager\Wallpapers

I wonder something! Lets say you see a wall you like and you right click on it in the browser and say "set to background." Would that make it a .bmp file? Curious!

Wizard1956
Reply #8 Friday, May 9, 2008 10:35 PM
Ahh, when the WB from the theme with an assigned wp appears in WB Config, it will load the wp into "web" I think. Go to WB config,wallpapers,go all the way to the right. You'll see the ones WB inserted. If TM and WB is installing it in two seperate folders,you'll get dups. I did have that happen once or twice while rebuilding my skins list. Forgetful in my old age.   [Edit] Only some are assigned,to be put w/the Windowblind. No idea how that works.

Wizard1956
Reply #9 Friday, May 9, 2008 10:52 PM
In theory, you could have Diamond and Quest WP in TM , WB, MyColors and in c/windows web all at the same time. I just deleted the extras.... And the Quest MC theme to,accidentally....D'oh!  

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