What? my bootskin isn;t working.
for some reason, i cant get my boot skin tot work, can someone help me out?
Thursday, January 13, 2005 by Hydro311 | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Hey you guys, im new, and i am having some problems with my new bootskin i just made. (please dont make fun of it)
ok ill show you the specs of my ENTIRE folder that that is in, and what i do to try to make it work:
Bootskin.ini contents:
[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Windows XP Canadian Edition"
Author = "hydro"
Description = "For all those lone Canadians out there."
Screen=back.bmp
ProgressBar=progress.bmp
ProgressBarX = 206
ProgressBarY = 303
ProgressBarWidth = 225
the names are what they are supposed ot be.
i saved it as a 4-bit, in photoshop, using only 16 colors.
i zipped the folder, and made it "CanadianXP.bootskin" without the quotes.
i both: double clicked on iot, the BOOTSKIN program popped up, but my skin is not there.
i also tried going to: file> import from file--- in the program
AM i missing anything?
please help, adn thanks ahead of time
ok ill show you the specs of my ENTIRE folder that that is in, and what i do to try to make it work:
Bootskin.ini contents:
[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Windows XP Canadian Edition"
Author = "hydro"
Description = "For all those lone Canadians out there."
Screen=back.bmp
ProgressBar=progress.bmp
ProgressBarX = 206
ProgressBarY = 303
ProgressBarWidth = 225
the names are what they are supposed ot be.
i saved it as a 4-bit, in photoshop, using only 16 colors.
i zipped the folder, and made it "CanadianXP.bootskin" without the quotes.
i both: double clicked on iot, the BOOTSKIN program popped up, but my skin is not there.
i also tried going to: file> import from file--- in the program
AM i missing anything?
please help, adn thanks ahead of time
Essencay
Reply #3 Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:03 PM
Reply #3 Thursday, January 13, 2005 8:03 PM
Do you have file extensions hidden? I'm guessing that the bootskin.ini file is really bootskin.ini.txt
Essencay
Reply #5 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:02 PM
Reply #5 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:02 PM
Just for the heck of it open the images up in MS Paint and verify that they are 4-bit 16-color. Also to export like Koasati, the images plus bootskin.ini should be in a canadianxp folder in with the other skins. If it shows up in you bootskin menu, you can then export it. That's all I got left that I can think of.
Jafo
Reply #6 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:08 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:08 PM
Hydro311 ....email it to me and I'll have a look at it...
Jafo
Reply #7 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:55 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, January 13, 2005 9:55 PM
OK...
Archive is called 'CanadianXP.zip'....and file path archive lists 'Canadian XP' as the folder....with the space.....possibly an issue....can't recall though it's worth correcting...
Hydro311
Reply #8 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 AM
Reply #8 Friday, January 14, 2005 10:40 AM
THank you all! i will try Jafo's and Essesay's ideas when i get home, thanks 
MadPyro
Reply #9 Friday, January 14, 2005 12:38 PM
Reply #9 Friday, January 14, 2005 12:38 PM
heh. hydro is my younger bro. thanks for helping him out because i didnt really want to but thanks!
Hydro311
Reply #10 Friday, January 14, 2005 5:48 PM
Reply #10 Friday, January 14, 2005 5:48 PM
sigh... ill never get this. i think i should stop while im at it, its still not working! i want to display my skills, but i guess i cant...
*edit* hey jafo, can i email the photoshop file to you? i think the problem may be in there.
*edit* hey jafo, can i email the photoshop file to you? i think the problem may be in there.
JanOscar
Reply #11 Friday, January 14, 2005 6:30 PM
Reply #11 Friday, January 14, 2005 6:30 PM
You can mail me all the files for the bootskin, and I'll take a look at it and give you an answer within the hour. You can send it to yrgal @ hotmail.com (remove the spaces in my mail-address).
JanOscar
Reply #12 Friday, January 14, 2005 7:58 PM
Reply #12 Friday, January 14, 2005 7:58 PM
Got your mail, and the problem was the size of the background picture. The size has to be 640x480 pixels (your picture was 600x480). 
Hydro311
Reply #13 Friday, January 14, 2005 8:04 PM
Reply #13 Friday, January 14, 2005 8:04 PM
YEEEEEES!!!!! thank you Yrgal! yes it werks! and thanks the rest of you! 
The Rated PG
Reply #15 Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:09 AM
Reply #15 Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:09 AM
being that he's new, everyone knows what "WTF" means and its not really needed... 
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 13, 2005 7:38 PM