Is it a bug with Iconpackager or is it me being stupid????????
Saturday, December 27, 2003 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: Skinning
I have been trying to update the iCandy Junior Icon packager themes with all the new custom file types which have been released by FOOOD in the past few days however i have run into the following problem. There are about 50 file types and when i customize the file types and save them into the package all seems well however when i reload the package or swop to another package and then return to the iCandy package some of the file types have miraculously changed!!!.
This problem seems to particulary affect the individual files for Midi sequence, Movie clip, Video clip and wave sound and vertually all the Winamp file types plus a few of the images files.
This is driving me nuts..........perhaps i have had too much Christmas beer
Anyway i removed all the other Iconpackage themes and just played with this one and still no joy. I then totally rebuilt my icon cache still no joy. I then uninstalled Iconpackager and reinstalled from scratch and guess what same problem.
I am praying this is something simple that i cannot see but i have got a sneeking suspicion that Iconpackager cannot take what i am throwing at it.
I would love someone to point out the error of my ways before i go totally mad
This problem seems to particulary affect the individual files for Midi sequence, Movie clip, Video clip and wave sound and vertually all the Winamp file types plus a few of the images files.
This is driving me nuts..........perhaps i have had too much Christmas beer
Anyway i removed all the other Iconpackage themes and just played with this one and still no joy. I then totally rebuilt my icon cache still no joy. I then uninstalled Iconpackager and reinstalled from scratch and guess what same problem.
I am praying this is something simple that i cannot see but i have got a sneeking suspicion that Iconpackager cannot take what i am throwing at it.
I would love someone to point out the error of my ways before i go totally mad
 |
|
Page 3 of 3 | |
|
|---|
Leo the Lion
Reply #42 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:01 AM
Reply #42 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 9:01 AM
Thanks Calle.........I'll give that a try.....thanks for the testing offer and i will give you a shout if i need you..........thank you 
Leo the Lion
Reply #43 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:12 PM
Reply #43 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:12 PM
OK.......FYI.......the package is 20 plus MB large.........i have just upped the icon cache to 4096 but that made no difference.......I upped it to the max which is 8000+ and on restart the size of the cache had been changed back down to 1024......took it back to 4096 and then turned off winamp agent ok liked that......had a big fiddle load and reload etc and same thing.....what is really strange is that sometimes it will skin the .zip icon but other times it will not........some times the winamp music files are skinned and other times they are not or jumbled up.......the network connections icon still keeps changing to a totally different icon...........mind boggling.......... 
kongit
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:29 PM
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 4:29 PM
actually you can make icons all the way up to 128 in the system, but things start to not line up properly because windows wasn't designed for that.
And for the file types not loading correctly. It sounds like the programs are reclaiming the icons and changing them. I know winamp can do this. But i will leave you in better hands then me.
And for the file types not loading correctly. It sounds like the programs are reclaiming the icons and changing them. I know winamp can do this. But i will leave you in better hands then me.
I.R. Brainiac
Reply #45 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:01 PM
Reply #45 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:01 PM
winamp was my biggest prob with IP,the file association was still winamp but the icon always changed to wmv.
Essencay
Reply #46 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:54 PM
Don't know if this will help....Have you tried to reset the 'Set Program Access and Defaults' under 'Add or Remove Programs' or reset file types within WM?
Reply #46 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 3:54 PM
| file association was still winamp but the icon always changed to wmv |
Don't know if this will help....Have you tried to reset the 'Set Program Access and Defaults' under 'Add or Remove Programs' or reset file types within WM?
Leo the Lion
Reply #47 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:31 PM
Reply #47 Wednesday, December 31, 2003 4:31 PM
The guys at Stardock are not back until next week so i will have to wait till then for any other possible solutions but i have got some time off tommorrow and i am going to start both packages from scratch and include some of the suggestions that you have all made and see what happens....You never know
roth377
Reply #48 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:15 PM
Reply #48 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:15 PM
Stupid question, but I gotta ask.
Do you have "Custom Files" checked in the include section of the packages tab?
Do you have "Custom Files" checked in the include section of the packages tab?
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
|
|
Page 3 of 3 | |
|
|---|
Reply #41 Tuesday, December 30, 2003 8:00 AM
A good size for icon cache is 4096 btw (I use that size all the time without any problems).
If You want You can also send me the iconpack for testing.
[Message Edited]