WIN7 when use the new WB theme the start menu not show up
when click the start button, the start menu did not show up
Tuesday, June 23, 2020 by eseeya | Discussion: Forum Issues
when i use WB theme the start menu can not show up when i click the start bottom. but the other WB theme works perfect. Don't know what happen, please help, i use the win 7
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Reply #23 Thursday, June 25, 2020 12:18 PM
Have you deleted anything manually from the skin folder, Andy? I have had whole sections go screwy because I deleted something I assumed was irrelevant to the skin I was running. Some of these leftover legacy files (labeled .uis.wb4 and such) wouldn't seem to have any relevance to a modern skin, but are like removing the foundation of your house.
It is possible to delete something that didn't effect your win10 with start10 setup, but have an effect on a win7 system......just a thought.
Reply #25 Thursday, June 25, 2020 1:50 PM
A user should not delete anything from inside a Windowblinds skins folder. The only thing the designer should do before releasing a skin is run the 'Tools, Clean Skin' function in SkinStudio and if there are any leftover images get rid of them, which creates a 'Backup' folder in the skins folder. Then in SkinStudio do a 'File, Open skin folder' and delete or move the 'Backup' folder if you want to keep the images. Also delete the 'Temp' folder. Then create your .wba file.
Reply #27 Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:10 PM
run the 'Tools, Clean Skin' function in SkinStudio
Now, if a skinner uses the "new skin" function in sks and then deletes the substyles, when he uses the clean skin tool it will leave a ton of extra images in the folder. Somehow even after deleting the vista and xp substyles, the images are still referenced somewhere (most likely in on of those .uis.wb4 files). There is no way to go into sks and deselect these items because those sections are removed from sks. This leaves one with only the option to go into the skin folder and manually delete the old images. Here's where the problems can occur. I found out, if you delete the vista shutdown buttons (just the images, mind you) the windows 7/10 shutdown area disappears from your skin....it's like totally gone! The only way to get rid of those images are to replace them with a blank canvas image named exactly the same.
This is a tad off topic, but it's why I asked Andy (neon6) if he had perhaps been a bit overzealous in cleaning out the skin folder, but it's clearly not the case....so I don't know.
Reply #28 Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:14 PM
Maybe 2 of 3 Knows what's going on
Reply #29 Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:17 PM
these files have appeared there beside the .wba ??
Reply #30 Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:40 PM
Well, the skin works apparently well on both win 8 & 10 and I updated the description to Win 10 ONLY so I'll drop his for now.
Reply #31 Thursday, June 25, 2020 3:43 PM
All those "~" files are created by SkinStudio any time you edit a skin.
Reply #33 Thursday, June 25, 2020 4:56 PM
I'm only talking about the files specifically which contain the tilde "~" character.
Most skinners seem to leave them in there.
My usual hacky disclaimer: Based on my experience only, results are not guaranteed, proceed at your own risk.
I delete them, aggressively.
I also delete the reimport.lst file which is usually in there.
I also delete the TmpPngs folder if it's in there, which it usually isn't.
And In what way does this affect that the skin doesn't work on 7 ?
I honestly don't know, but I would expect "None".
Reply #34 Thursday, June 25, 2020 5:41 PM
And In what way does this affect that the skin doesn't work on 7 ?
I honestly don't know, but I would expect "None".
-Good thing I edited the Description.
Reply #35 Thursday, June 25, 2020 8:36 PM
So the problem for silpheed dont work on WIN7 still a Mystery
I have try to use other neone6 skin with silpheed taskbar, in that case the start menu can show up.
Is there something missing with the silpheed wba?
Reply #36 Friday, June 26, 2020 2:36 AM
So the problem for silpheed dont work on WIN7 still a Mystery
I have try to use other neone6 skin with silpheed taskbar, in that case the start menu can show up.
Is there something missing with the silpheed wba?
-check all my stuff and we'll work this out.
-None of this was your fault and obviously You shouldn't pay for it. 
-OF COURSE This goes for any one else with a similar problem as Eseeya had.
Summertime, -Don't worry Be Happy Peeps!
Reply #37 Friday, June 26, 2020 11:08 AM
Only one wanted to be compensated so far Maybe not that many that were on 7
Reply #38 Friday, June 26, 2020 9:43 PM
have received the compensation. Thank you very much 
looking forward for your new theme Neone6
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Reply #21 Thursday, June 25, 2020 10:06 AM
You can always setup a virtual machine for Windows 7 and Windows 8.1 just to test things out. I setup VMware Workstations for my testing. Just my 2 cents.
BTW, I tested Silpheed on Windows 8.1, no issue with Start8 Startmenu there.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant