Start Menu not skinning

from Stardock Forums
I don't know if this has been posted elsewhere but when I apply skins on the latest WB5 release which it the public release, the system tray is skinned but when you click on the start button, the actual start menu is not skinned, could this be a settings problem or just that the start menu can't be skinned.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The start menu should skin assuming the skin you are using supports it.

Could you let us know what skin you have selected please.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
There are 2 skins so far, they are Vista-Style and A touch of Glass 2, haven't checked any others yet.
Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I believe they should support start menu skinning.

I assume your explorer is called explorer.exe?

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
Forgive me for being a bit thick but is that Internet Explorer or Windows Explorer?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Windows explorer.

Some people rename it and that can confuse WB.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
Yes it is called explorer.exe.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
It's ok now I have worked out why it wasn't skinning. It seems that if you have the start menu set to classic style WB5 won't skin it, it has to be set to the Windows XP style start menu for it to skin, more's the pity.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ahh yes, thats perfectly normal. 

The classic menu style is supposed to look like windows classic.  Only the new XP style menu gets skinned as WB skins only have parts for the XP style menu.