sidebar customizing
Monday, June 22, 2009 by gmc2 | Discussion: Docks
when I double click on an image to modify for the sidebar it opens up with mspaint. where can I change the setting to open up with another graphcis program
Reply #2 Monday, June 22, 2009 12:44 PM
under "edit sidebar" window there doesn't appear to be any right clicking available. only allows a double click to open the file???
Reply #3 Monday, June 22, 2009 2:11 PM
Are you using Sidebar Styler to edit? If so, you should be able to rightclick on an image and select edit in photoshop for instance. I don't have Sidebar Styler in front of me right now (on XP at the moment). If you don't have SS, I'd suggest getting it, (http://www.stoyanoff.info/blog/2007/01/17/windows-sidebar-styler/) it's loads easier. Are you using SKS to build the sidebar?
What graphics programs do you have installed? Whatever filetype that image is, it's being associated with Paint. You need to change that. Find an associated image in the sidebar folder and do what I posted in the first reply. See if that helps.
Reply #4 Monday, June 22, 2009 6:22 PM
just started this leg of the journey and must have lost the map.
I opened the sidebar graphics through windowblinds which just has the sidebar not the gadgets. the png file association is linked to my paintshop pro program so why paint is opening it is confusing. but it sounds like I may be going about this from left field. you can change the sidebar through SKS? did a quick look see at SKS and didn't see anything but...
I'll take a look at the sidebar styler, thanks
Reply #5 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 11:40 AM
I'm not entirely sure. I thought it could be made that way also as some SD ones have matching sidebars. I'd still say use sidebar styler though. That's what I use. Just use the default or something else and then start changing it. One of the most complete Sidebars is the one I did for Plastic Fantastic. Everything is skinned on it. 
Reply #6 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 12:56 PM
In Skinstudio preferneces ADVANCED tab you can set the sidebar to pick up the colors from the applied skin.
To change the program that you want Skinstudio to open for editing, go to the ADVANCED tab in Skinstudio preferneces and selct Custom then browse for PSP, and save. Unless this gets set, Skinstudio will open paint as the default unless you change it.
Reply #7 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:32 PM
paint is not the default out of SKS, psp7 is. I did check just to be sure and it is. it's kind of a non-issue though, it only allows one to alter the background image and quite frankly, the default looks good. I had the freebie version of object dock, I may look at this one again.
thanks for responding, I appreciate your help.
Reply #8 Tuesday, June 23, 2009 9:46 PM
Are we talking about ObjectDock here or Sidebars? Now I'm confuzzled.
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Reply #1 Monday, June 22, 2009 8:19 AM
Right Click on the image and select Open With. Then select Choose Program. Scroll to the program you want to use and highlight it. Check the box that says Always use the selected program to open this kind of file. Hit OK.