Icon Packager 4 update

New update v4.00.165
Solve the problem with Icon explorer activate
Still not skinned cd/dvd divers ,even manually ( Windows cannot find....acivate.exe )

Did the update and it didn't ask for it to be activated. Nice work Seabass.  

Is that the 'won't activate on install' issue or the 'can't find activate.exe' issue?

I have the latter, not the former ... just wondering if this update will help me or if it is only intended to fix the first issue.

I'm not able to get activate to work yet.
Apparently it is due to the three (ip, ipe, and shell extension) of them overwriting eachothers activation.
Shell extension is the one trying to start a nonexisting activate.exe in all users\...\iconpackager.

To those of you that had success activating IP.
Did you try starting IP, IPE and the shell extension (to test the latter rightclick a file, change the icon for the filetype via the 'Icon' tab then click Apply), one by one, twice?

If you did, without any activate screen then I sitting here scratching my head.

Btw, I installed through SDC as Impulse still wont work for me properly (both normal and full, latest modification date is 09 apr) if this might have any significance.

SDC did not get the update yet as far as I understood. Please check the last set of numbers on your version. If it is 163 then you still need to update. If you like I can send you a stand alone link that will still require activation.

Pictoratus I think the answer is Yes. Try it out and let me know.

Christolia that is the next thing. Activation means they couldn't use it really at all so the hotfix took precedent. Look for further updates for any outstanding bugs.

Philly - Thanks but the credit goes to the developers and Shirly for narrowing down the bug for us.

I did get the same error after the update to 4.00.165 ...cannot find....acivate.exe

But I could change the drive icons from within IP by selecting Icons & Cursors > Drives, right click the drive and select Change Icon.

Note: This was in Individual Drive Mode, and asked for a re-boot of the computer after changing 3 icons for different drives.
The optical drives were skinned after the re-boot.

I'm still getting the same "can't find activate.exe" error and now my dvdrom isn't skinned. I haven't rebooted though.

@Seabass, It was on SDC, according to my first ticket reply referring to .165 (CYT-199472),
earlier than 02:38 PM (I guess it's in your timezone as I got the time from the ticket in esupport.stardock.com, but I can't say for sure).

In that ticket I've also pasted the full activate.exe commandlines which were issued by you for all 3 (IP,IPE, and shellext) places which demands activation (My firewall logs all executions).

If it is significant, the target file seems to be the exact same for all of them, but IPE and shellext doesn't have the same -appid parameter as IP.

Btw, don't try to merge my two active tickets as they're unrelated, but seems similar
due to an earlier failed merge.

Same here.

But I didn't need to put a serial number in after the first startup after upgrade. So that's a plus.

If you can start the IP main application without activating, but you get a can't find activate.exe when trying to change a icon with the Icon tab, then you have the same as me.

Shell extension tries to run activate from the wrong place, but you can copy IP's activate.* to that location.

IPE and Shell extension will ask for activation if IP main works, and if IPE and Shell extension works then IP main will ask for activation (I guess it's due to IP main application having a different appid than the rest, but still reads/writes the exact same file).

For me, IconPackger 4 current version is 3.99.142 and available version is 4.00.165. Yet the update option is not available :NOTSURE: And this is from a fresh install after a reformat of my computer.

How about if you right click update or double click the software button?

If that dosen't do the trick try clearing the XML folder by clicking on the "?" help button > XML Public > delete all the files in the folder that pops up > restart Impulse.

When i right click there is no update option and double clicking the software button loads IconPackager. I will try what you suggested now.

same here

Same problem under Windows XP only > Ticket ID: XLC-153390 + KIW-930507
+ Windows Vista > Network Location icon and Zip drive icon are not "skinned".

Thanks in advance

Just tried that and still no update option

Nope, still getting the 'can't find ... activate.exe'

Never had the other activate problem

Still have an open ticket in with Support on that and some other issues, though ... waiting to hear back.

Don't know if this is a isue but Registration Info shows Iconpackager Registration in red and info as invalid In Impulse. Does this mean that next time there is a update that it isn't going to work? SDC Updated me to 4.00.165  and there was not a activation Issue.

Never mind, Impulse is still in beta.   

Are you a ObjectDesktop subscriber, or do you own the stand-alone version of IP3?

If you own the stand-alone version 3, you might not be able to upgrade to version 4 for free, depending on how long ago you bought IP3.

If you have a current ObjectDesktop subscription you should definitively not get this error and I would recommend to contact support.

There are two different 'activate' issues. The one where the program asks for registration info and the one where the icon change causes a 'can't find Activate.exe' error. Thanks to input from other users here's what worked for me on the 'can't find Activate.exe' problem. Go to 'Impulse' and uninstall IconPackager. Reboot as required. Temporarily shut down any anti-virus and firewall software. Reinstall IconPackager. Run IconPackager. Re-activate any anti-virus and firewall software. Worked like charm for me.

I am an ObjectDesktop subscriber, so i guess i get in contact with Stardock support.

We are still digging deep to replicate the issues people are having. Please keep the support emails coming and we will have these issues corrected for you.

The issue where the sig.bin was getting replaced by Icon Packager and Icon Explorer was cleared with the latest update to 4.00.165.

The can't find the activate.exe file often get fixed by reinstalling the software. This is often best done through Impulse. What is important here is to uninstall, restart, redownload/install, and restart again before you ever run Icon Packager 4 to clear the cache. As hallv5 says above if you have security software running try disabling it for a short while to get this installed.

The skinning issue with the dvdrom is skipped is an ongoing bug. Activation requires hotfixes and immediate attention so look for these updates before the skinning issue is totally addressed.

Thank for the update,Seabass.Maybe the package recoloring problems(not applying,duplicate but unusable files due to corrupted images) can be sorted out once these more pressing issues are handled.I deleted 15 of these files over the weekend.For now I won't recolor anything, and will wait for a solution.

Every release seems to have its own bumps and grinds no matter what. What I love is that our community is often providing constructive feed back on the situations that come up. It certainly makes my job much easier and also speeds up the updating we can provide. This isn't smoke blowing but a thank you for the help!

Wizard I don't know if I asked you this before but things are crazy busy so please forgive me if I have.

What OS are you on and can you get it to happen no matter what skin you use?

If you often see me asking the same questions to the same people (or sometimes the same thing to the same person) please excuse me as the more I can replicate and report on the more we can cram into the updates. Nothing personal I am just scattered and thorough at the same time.