skin settings in wincustomize, skins not showing up

Friday, January 16, 2009 by Vampothika | Discussion: Skinning

when i download a new skin, i go to settings so i can choose the skin..... but the skin isnt there, ive rebuilt the list and even restarted my pc a few times, but nothing seems to work, here is my windowblinds info:

 

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.7
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.3 (build 110 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(BenQ T705) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT

Wblind.dll      2008/09/23 07:59:20
Wbsrv.dll      2008/09/23 07:59:22
Wbconfig.exe      2008/09/23 07:59:32
Wbload.exe      2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll      2008/04/28 11:35:07
Tray.dll           2008/04/28 11:35:21
Wbload.dll           2008/04/29 02:34:28
Screen.exe      2008/07/22 10:10:09

Snowman
Reply #1 Friday, January 16, 2009 3:01 PM

This is typically because in the .wba there are more than one .uis file, or backup files (eg .uis~) zipped with the skin by SKS (Fffffffu**ing annoying)
Rename the .wba to .zip and open/unzip it. Remove/delete all unneeded files and repack it.

Vampothika
Reply #2 Friday, January 16, 2009 8:32 PM

ahhh thanks snowy!!!

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