no Start Menu change

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For some reason I'm not getting a change to my Start Menu with WB skins (and I know the skins have Start Menu changes). All I get is a menu with a slightly darker gray background, and an even darker grey background on the icon column (no glitches or anything, it just looks different). I tried with WB5, then tried some ObjectBar themes, neither of which work, and restarting after changing doesn't help. I'm using XP Home SP2 and am using the Classic View.
How do I fix this?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
switch to the xp start menu
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
As in the "Windows Classic XP" one by using OB? The OB skins that add an extra taskbar on top of my current one, like that theme, work fine, but the others don't.

Or reverting back to the default Start Menu by unloading WB, then load OB's skin? Didn't work.

Or using the "Windows XP" WB style? WB exited (crashed with no error) and didn't change anything. That skin didn't have an "edit skin" or any of those options inside the text box thing, so maybe I need to re-acquire the skin. *shrugs*

More specifically, it's the StealthOS Start Menu I'm trying to get to work, but I'm not asking there because I'm having problems with many more skins than just that one. No Start Menus seem to work...

EDIT: Aha! I opened up the skins in SkinStudio and, after analyzing, found that the "start panel" attributes in the skins are "not supported (or have been removed from the specification)". That's wierd. I got them straight from Wincustomize.com and didn't touch them, just tried to apply them.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
and am using the Classic View


I thought you meant you were using the 'classic start menu'. (right click start, properties - start menu tab, 2 options: start & classic start - you don't want classic for WB)
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Wierd...Classic is the only option I have, even without any Stardock apps running. I could've sworn I saw the other option before...
So now I guess it's a Windows problem. :/ Thanks for the info, though! Now I can try to figure out why I'm not getting the other view...

EDIT: I'm somehow missing the Windows XP theme (from the Themes menu in the Appearances and Themes menu), so I'm off to find that.

EDIT2: Ok, found the problem. Apparently I had a forced Classic Start Menu. I undid this "force" and changed to the "Start Menu" option, and now it works.
Thanks again about not using classic view!
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top