SDC 1.3 : another problem...
Wednesday, March 10, 2004 by PaulEric | Discussion: Stardock Software
Well...
When you set up this new version of SDC, the "Skins and Themes" section started to mess up !
Impossible to get a fresh "updated skins" list. The thumbnail panel is absolutely useless as it looks now. Takes ages to show this one skin I want to see... when it shows anything at all.
Very often shows 30-40 times the same skin in a section.
Tried to install every single update, but it's always the same. Boy, why the heck did you change it...? It was working very fine before !!
Sorry if I read a bit negative, but I'm as much disappointed as I was happy before.
Paul-Eric
When you set up this new version of SDC, the "Skins and Themes" section started to mess up !
Impossible to get a fresh "updated skins" list. The thumbnail panel is absolutely useless as it looks now. Takes ages to show this one skin I want to see... when it shows anything at all.
Very often shows 30-40 times the same skin in a section.
Tried to install every single update, but it's always the same. Boy, why the heck did you change it...? It was working very fine before !!
Sorry if I read a bit negative, but I'm as much disappointed as I was happy before.
Paul-Eric
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yrag
Reply #22 Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:54 PM
Reply #22 Sunday, March 21, 2004 2:54 PM
Hey Diane... just wrote a very long game plan for this and when I went to submit it, it logged me out ....grrrrr (sometimes, this site just....).
Anyway, the short of it is, I don't think it's a registry problem. Try this ..right click on WC Tray Component (not the SDC Tray Component) and click on Settings/Advanced/Refresh WC Libraries. If that doesn't do the trick, let me know and we'll attack the WC Browser install...I think that's where the problem is...
Anyway, the short of it is, I don't think it's a registry problem. Try this ..right click on WC Tray Component (not the SDC Tray Component) and click on Settings/Advanced/Refresh WC Libraries. If that doesn't do the trick, let me know and we'll attack the WC Browser install...I think that's where the problem is...
yrag
Reply #24 Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:18 PM
Reply #24 Sunday, March 21, 2004 6:18 PM
That's what I Thought... 
In SDC/Software under the Wincustomize tab you'll see an install for Wincustomize Tray...make sure you have checked 'Show Pre-release Verisons' in lower left corner of SDC. Install and do as noted above. Now see what happens with SDC skins.....
In SDC/Software under the Wincustomize tab you'll see an install for Wincustomize Tray...make sure you have checked 'Show Pre-release Verisons' in lower left corner of SDC. Install and do as noted above. Now see what happens with SDC skins.....
dabe
Reply #25 Monday, March 22, 2004 6:24 PM
Well, Gary, you sure got me pegged.
But, I did have the latest SD tray installed. I just never used it. But, as you instructed, I refreshed the libraries. Nada. The skin libraries are still all screwed up. So, I'm waiting for what you advise on the WC browser install. TIA
Reply #25 Monday, March 22, 2004 6:24 PM
| That's what I Thought... |
Well, Gary, you sure got me pegged.
But, I did have the latest SD tray installed. I just never used it. But, as you instructed, I refreshed the libraries. Nada. The skin libraries are still all screwed up. So, I'm waiting for what you advise on the WC browser install. TIA
yrag
Reply #26 Monday, March 22, 2004 6:54 PM
Reply #26 Monday, March 22, 2004 6:54 PM
Diane...it's not the SD tray...it's the WC tray. You should have both in your system tray. If you do then continue on.....
Open SDC and un-install WC Browser and the WC tray (if you do have it installed). Delete folders: C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\SkinBrowser and C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\Tray and C:\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\SkinBrowser. If, by chance, you have two instances of any of those folders (I think you installed both from SDC and the site version, so you may have more then one) then Delete those too. Re-boot. Open SDC and install both WC browser and WC tray and if prompted to do so, then re-boot....in either case let WC Browser update the libraries (it will appear when you click on Skins & Themes that nothing is happening, but it is, so give it a couple of minutes. When it's done you will see the # of new skins to the right of each library.
....now try SDC and see what it does...
Open SDC and un-install WC Browser and the WC tray (if you do have it installed). Delete folders: C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\SkinBrowser and C:\Program Files\WinCustomize\Tray and C:\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\SkinBrowser. If, by chance, you have two instances of any of those folders (I think you installed both from SDC and the site version, so you may have more then one) then Delete those too. Re-boot. Open SDC and install both WC browser and WC tray and if prompted to do so, then re-boot....in either case let WC Browser update the libraries (it will appear when you click on Skins & Themes that nothing is happening, but it is, so give it a couple of minutes. When it's done you will see the # of new skins to the right of each library.
....now try SDC and see what it does...
dabe
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:08 PM
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:08 PM
Gary, I finally got the opportunity to uninstall the browser and tray, and reinstall, etc. It seems to work great right now. I'm just hoping it stays that way. Yet again, thanks.
One more thing..... I get a new message now when I open SDC. "Please make sure that you are launching Stardock Central from a shortcut to loader.exe rather than sdcentral.exe". I click OK, and SDC loads up. I don't know what this is about, but it seems to work anyway.
One more thing..... I get a new message now when I open SDC. "Please make sure that you are launching Stardock Central from a shortcut to loader.exe rather than sdcentral.exe". I click OK, and SDC loads up. I don't know what this is about, but it seems to work anyway.
yrag
Reply #28 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:25 PM
Reply #28 Wednesday, March 24, 2004 10:25 PM
Knock on wood, but everything should work from here on in....
The prompt is for any shortcuts you may have created to open SDC....change the shortcut path to: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\Loader.exe
The prompt is for any shortcuts you may have created to open SDC....change the shortcut path to: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\Loader.exe
dabe
Reply #29 Sunday, March 28, 2004 7:05 AM
Reply #29 Sunday, March 28, 2004 7:05 AM
Screwed up again 
All I did was update a few programs through SDC that appeared last night. Now, I cannot access the message boards, as it causes the entire program to just shut down. I'm writing this through the WC Browser. Also, the skins library is all screwed up again. I'm going to do the uninstall reboot, install, reboot thang again, but this is getting ridiculous. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?
Dabe (who is really frustrated)
All I did was update a few programs through SDC that appeared last night. Now, I cannot access the message boards, as it causes the entire program to just shut down. I'm writing this through the WC Browser. Also, the skins library is all screwed up again. I'm going to do the uninstall reboot, install, reboot thang again, but this is getting ridiculous. WHY IS THIS HAPPENING?Dabe (who is really frustrated)
yrag
Reply #30 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:36 PM
Reply #30 Sunday, March 28, 2004 1:36 PM
Diane - something is wrong with your set-up...just not sure what it is. Mine, no matter what I do, works flawlessly. One thing you have to remember, as I said before, is do not update the Libraries using the SDC Tool Settings...both WC Browser and SDC auto update the skins when you click on Skins and Libraries. Again, it takes a minute or so to do it (Broadband) and it doesn't appear to be doing anything (re:updating skins), but it is.
A couple of questions:
Do you use IE as your default web browser?
Do you have a Firewall, cookie killer or pop up stopper installed...if yes..who's?
You should only have two Stardock folders containing all your apps...are these the only two you have (any will be in the Program Files Folder)?:
#1 C:\Program Files\Stardock
#2 C:\Program Files\WinCustomize
Finally, is the SDC version installed: 1.30.264 built 46 and the WC Browser version: 1.29c(
.003 ?
Un-installing and re-installing, at this point, is a waste of time, so refrain from doing it until we figure out what's going on.
A couple of questions:
Do you use IE as your default web browser?
Do you have a Firewall, cookie killer or pop up stopper installed...if yes..who's?
You should only have two Stardock folders containing all your apps...are these the only two you have (any will be in the Program Files Folder)?:
#1 C:\Program Files\Stardock
#2 C:\Program Files\WinCustomize
Finally, is the SDC version installed: 1.30.264 built 46 and the WC Browser version: 1.29c(
.003 ?Un-installing and re-installing, at this point, is a waste of time, so refrain from doing it until we figure out what's going on.
bagginz
Reply #31 Monday, March 29, 2004 10:16 AM
Reply #31 Monday, March 29, 2004 10:16 AM
Hi there,
Thought i better chip in here. After weeks now of trying to figure out what causes this i have finally managed to find it and fix the problem... i think The problem relates to when you use both the skins/themes and the discussion sections within sdc. When both try and update at the same time, they currupt each others files when writing data.
There should be an update to fix the problem going up pretty soon, but for now if you want to get round the problem try just sticking to using one section at a time. If your going to use the skins and themes section, then dont click on the discussion section while your within SDC.
Brian
dabe
Reply #32 Thursday, April 1, 2004 8:37 PM
Reply #32 Thursday, April 1, 2004 8:37 PM
Thanks Brian and Gary. I just got back to the discussions group after about a week of not being here, because of SDC problems. Frankly, I didn't have the time to do much about it till tonight. Anyway, I had finally got the skins and themes to work well, but then the discussions went bonkers. Every time I tried to open it, the program would shut down. Right now, after the , reboot, reinstall routine, things are working well. I will not open skins until I'm sure the discussions are done updating (whatever that means).
bagginz
Reply #33 Saturday, April 3, 2004 5:04 AM
Reply #33 Saturday, April 3, 2004 5:04 AM
If you are using SDC build47 it should be ok to use both sections again. The bug has finally been fixed.
Brian
dabe
Reply #34 Saturday, April 3, 2004 9:08 AM
Reply #34 Saturday, April 3, 2004 9:08 AM
Yippie!!!!! Hurrayyy!!! The wicked wit....er bug is dead!. Thank you, Brian. I'm using Build 47.
bagginz
Reply #35 Sunday, April 4, 2004 4:56 PM
Reply #35 Sunday, April 4, 2004 4:56 PM
Dont forget to thank yrag for walking you through this too
Brian
dabe
Reply #36 Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:46 PM
Reply #36 Sunday, April 4, 2004 10:46 PM
I have thanked Gary SOOOOOOO many times. He's walked me through this SOOOOOOOO many times. But, what the hell....
THANK YOU, GARY!!!!!!
THANK YOU, GARY!!!!!!
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Reply #21 Sunday, March 21, 2004 7:10 AM
I'm at a point now where I cannot go to Add/Remove Programs, because the install.log cannot be found. So, I just d the SD Browser folder AGAIN, and reinstalled. I'm sure something is really screwed up in the registry, but I am not capable of messing around with that.
SDC seems to be working OK right now, so I figured I'd fire off this message. Probably, in a few minutes, I will no longer have the opportunity.
Dabe (who is frustrated beyond belief)