Floffy Cursors
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 by sxypanthereyez | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
APB, I really need your help I can't seem to use your floffy curson I tried to add it to cursor xp and there seems to be a file missing for it to show on there. Get back to me cause I would love to use it and see what others are saying about your creation.
Thanks APB
Thanks APB
Dovelady8
Reply #2 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:40 AM
Reply #2 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:40 AM
Mike, I can't get this cursor to work either, & I renamed it to floffy.curxptheme. The extension still says .zip. This is how it shows up: floffy.curxptheme.zip. Double clicking extracts it, - but I don't get the proper icon I should to be able to double click & have it install. It doesn't show up at all in CXP config. Maybe I could get all the other CXP themes that don't extract correctly to work if I knew the process. Any more suggestions?
paxx
Reply #3 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:49 AM
Reply #3 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:49 AM
Do you have "hide extensions for known file types" checked in you folder options?
Control Panel :: Folder Options :: View tab : uncheck "hide extensions for known file types"
Control Panel :: Folder Options :: View tab : uncheck "hide extensions for known file types"
Koasati
Reply #4 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:52 AM
Reply #4 Friday, October 15, 2004 8:52 AM
| I renamed it to floffy.curxptheme. The extension still says .zip. This is how it shows up: floffy.curxptheme.zip. |
How are you renaming the file?
Dovelady8
Reply #5 Friday, October 15, 2004 11:01 AM
Reply #5 Friday, October 15, 2004 11:01 AM
Paxx, thanks! I UNchecked 'hide extensions for known file types', and after renaming the file to: floffy.curxptheme, I got the proper icon. Double clicking this icon installed it properly and I'm now using it.
Koasati: when I rename this or any other folder, I right click on the zip, scroll down to 'rename' and type in what I want it to be renamed to. Then 'enter' and it's done. I've never had a problem with renaming before now, but I have to admit I've never done it with a CXP zip before and this is why I couldn't figure out why it didn't work.
Using Paxx's method of unchecking the 'hide extensions for known file types' apparently was what I needed to do, because this cursor now works. Yayyyy!
Thanks to all who answered, I appreciate it.
Koasati: when I rename this or any other folder, I right click on the zip, scroll down to 'rename' and type in what I want it to be renamed to. Then 'enter' and it's done. I've never had a problem with renaming before now, but I have to admit I've never done it with a CXP zip before and this is why I couldn't figure out why it didn't work.
Using Paxx's method of unchecking the 'hide extensions for known file types' apparently was what I needed to do, because this cursor now works. Yayyyy!
Thanks to all who answered, I appreciate it.
Dovelady8
Reply #6 Friday, October 15, 2004 1:01 PM
Reply #6 Friday, October 15, 2004 1:01 PM
*Update* Paxx, thanks to your correct suggestion, I have now gotten 2 more CXPP themes to work - before your help, they never did. You deserve 'Helper of the Year' award, as far as I'm concerned! 
Koasati
Reply #7 Friday, October 15, 2004 1:09 PM
Reply #7 Friday, October 15, 2004 1:09 PM
I forget that file types are hidden by default............ I've never understood why MS does that.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 13, 2004 10:34 AM
Save the floffy.zip file somewhere, then rename it to floffy.curxptheme.
Then just double click it to install.