Large Preview Problem

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For the past month, whenever I try to preview a skin in the library, either via the wincustomize browser or SDCentral, all I get is an empty pop-up window. Is there a separate program that is used to do the previewing that I need to tell my pop-up blocker about? Or is something else going wrong.

TIA

Larry J
wincustomize
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
do a search for ZA or Zone Alarm = some of the posts list the sites you need to allow
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
this is from a Zone Alarm post, but allowing pop ups from these sites might help

www.wincustomize.com 66.28.242.218
images.stardockcentral.net 66.54.81.54
images.stardock.com 66.54.81.60
skins3.wincustomize.com 66.28.242.211

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Posted via WinCustomize Browser/Stardock Central
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks, Sir Bircher....did what you said, made the changes to ZA, but unfortunately the problem remains. WC Browser and SDCentral still give me empty popups with the heading: SkinName Preview. Strangely, if I log onto Wincustomize.com using Firefox, large previews are not a problem. Somehow I get the feeling that the WCBrowser and SDCentral are hooking and opening a file preview program that doesn't know what it is doing. Any other ideas?? TIA.
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Look in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock and see if ODZip.dll is there.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Good. What version of ZA?
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It's 737, but that's OK....go to Program Control/ Programs scroll down to IE, right click to Options, un-check Privacy, apply. Try WC Browser again.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Still no joy in Mudville. Not even the little red X indicating there is a graphic back there somewhere. Any more ideas? TIA
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Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yeah...add this to Programs with Trusted and Internet Access C:\Program Files\Stardock\WinCustomize\SkinBrowser\preview.exe. Open WC Browser and in settings tick 'Double click Skin File to View Large Preview Image' and 'Display Large Images in Separate Window'
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
#14 by Sir Bichur


Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I'm having the same type proble...I can't see any of the previews for any of the bootskins, etc. I followed all of the suggestions but no joy...I remember it working once before. Perhaps I could try with ZA completely disabled. Brent
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Look in the firewall...........you show a Loopback Adapter?
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Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hmm. Found four occurrences of preview.exe in the ZA program permissions, one from an old directory system which I deleted, and 3 from different locations in current SD/WC setups....though one of the three is an older version.