Problems with installing desktopx theme
Wednesday, October 5, 2005 by xporkstarx | Discussion: New Users
i know this is really a n00b question but i can't seem to figure it out... when i download some themes they come in a desktopx file and other ones are just a bunch of different files that can't be loaded into desktopx (from my knowledge anyways) please help me... thank you
xporkstarx
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:18 PM
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:18 PM
here's a link to the skin i want to install
https://www.wincustomize.com/download.aspx?LibID=31&SkinID=1822
and i tried to rename it but it din't work
https://www.wincustomize.com/download.aspx?LibID=31&SkinID=1822
and i tried to rename it but it din't work
aufisch
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:46 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 5:46 PM
Ok, Aqua_Winna5 is a rather old desktop theme and does not seem to be compatible with the new version of DesktopX. I downloaded the theme and manually copied the .dxtheme files into the DesktopX\Themes folder and then loaded the theme through 'Load Desktop' from within DesktopX.
However, the theme did not load correctly and caused an error leading to DesktopX crashing. I don't know wether the same thing will happen on your computer.
As a rule of thumb, expect that any theme that has the extension .dxtheme rather than .desktop was made for DesktopX version 2 or earlier and might not work with DesktopX 3.
However, the theme did not load correctly and caused an error leading to DesktopX crashing. I don't know wether the same thing will happen on your computer.
As a rule of thumb, expect that any theme that has the extension .dxtheme rather than .desktop was made for DesktopX version 2 or earlier and might not work with DesktopX 3.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 5, 2005 2:39 PM
Try and rename the zip-extension to .desktop and then double-click on the theme.
To see the file extensions open Windows Explorer > Tools > Folder Options > View > and untick 'hide extensions for known file types'