Cannot get WB to skin all windows

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Hi to everyone and thank you in advance
I have the latest version of WB. I am running XP pro.
I cannot get the skins to work globally as shown in previews. My favorite so far is Interceptor (blue) Thx Mike It works great on the main windows (IE: Explorer) but I get the classic view (ewe) on windows such as "display properties"
I tried this skin over at my brothers where he runs WindowsME and to my my surprise he has slightly different complications (but that's another issue) what I did discover was that his "display properties" window does skin. So, I'm wondering if anyoone has any sage advice or offerings to assist me.
I love this program.

Thanks again all AwS
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Old news - Display properties is purposefully set not to skin as a protection against bad skins. There is a workaround described in the newsgroups several (like 1000 times). Apparently Stardock is going to make skinning DP an option in the future but I don't think it's much of a problem myself.



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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank you Garry,
I did look for any articals and was unable to find them. Upon receiving your feedback I have looked again...still unable to find them.
I thought it was my system since DP skinned on another OS. Ofcourse its not "a problem" I prefer ... "a mystery"
Thanks for de-mystifying.
AwS
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Add SkinDisplay=1 to the [Global] section of wb.ini in your Windows directory.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ahhhh Thanks sooo much! That fixed it.

Thanks for the solution and saving me from investigating further.

AwS
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Your question should probably appear in a faq if one gets developed.

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Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Who'dya think's writing them, eh? Heck, if it saves me having to answer it 10 times, it'll be worth it.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
GR probably answers more questions than pretty much everyone else put together. You're a great guy to have around!


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Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hey I have another one for the future FAQ...
Q - Why can I get Explorer to be transparent? I have it selected in WB settings.

A - You must have Windows Classic view selected in folder options. (using XP neways)

ok I have another mystery...

Why doesn't my Favorites sub-menu skin?
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi AwSehme,

Favorites is not skinned because Microsoft did not implement it as a menu. Instead, they made it a toolbar and then reoriented it to open like a menu. This means that WindowBlinds would skin it with the toolbar graphics and it would just look aweful. So, WindowBlinds just ignores it.

P.S. I'm glad you like Interceptor.

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Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If anyone's interested, take a look at https://www.stardock.com/support/support_faq.asp?product=7. If you can't see your favourite Q&A there, ask it below and I'll answer it there.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I have a question. WindowBlinds doesn't use the fonts specified in skins for menus. Is it me or is this something that WindowBlinds can't do as of now?
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm pretty sure that it's something that WindowBlinds can'd do, but I can't quite remember the reason why. I'll ask the developer when I see him next.