What the heck am I doin' wrong??!

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I downloaded Bootskin Vista (Free) to try (never would work on my other machines) and it was working fine until I tried to download new screens. They just don't show up! I checked and noticed that I don't have a bootskin/skin folder, so the downloads just go into the main folder, but they won't work from there. I downloaded Bootskin with Impulse. What should I do now?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Have you tried creating a Skins  folder within a  BootSkin  folder and placing it into the Stardock folder ?  ( found in Public Documents) That should be where the program will look for them.That is where mine go and work fine from that location.

Make sure the folders are spelled/capitalized exactly like above.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually, I did try that and it still didn't work. I'm willing to give it another shot though! I'll let you know if it works!

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Nope, it doesn't work. I tried clicking "add a new skin" but I can't get that new Skins folder to even open. Also, I saw that the screens I downloaded and extracted to the main bootskin folder weren't there! They vanished, but where??

What the heck? :omg:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You may need to save the skins to your desktop and place them into the folder manually.I do this with both bootskins and dreams,as I too have had some just vanish otherwise.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OK, I'll try that.

Thanks, Wiz! :sun:

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OK, that works!  :grin:

At first I got a couple that opened the "Windows can't open this file" box, but then I tried one by AzDude and it worked!

Thanks for all the help!

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:thumbsup:  You are very welcome.