mj4

OK I tried again (SS version = Free V5-0-1). Loaded ARES skin, in EDIT mode, finally found colours under EXPLORER Tab / MISCELLANEOUS / COLORS on left of sceen, then under SECTION tab on right of screen I changed WINDOW / BACKGROUND-WINDOW to my chosen cream colour (255,255,206)using the PICK tool, as my background at this point was my preferred cream colour. I did a FILE / SAVE, and ... Lo & behold when I restart, the background colour is now a medium-light B L

I apologise for this whingeing, and this is no reflection on the quick & helpful advice offered so far, I am trying to offer a user's perspective on ease of use OK - SS is free, but I still have to figure out how to use it. And my toolbars went "flat" when I tried to change my background colour using it. I just want to change 1 minor thing, I don't want to spend more than 5 minutes doing it, and needing to load more software & fiddle about & risk more unknown side-effetcs is way to

Free to try $19.95 to buy, is what I see advertised, so how long does the "try" bit last for ? Or is it free forever with limited functionality which includes what we are talking about ? Editing the .UIS file looks interesting - a translation table for colours to numbers would be useful as a start ... ___________________________________ WB Config Info :- WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 94 x86)) WindowBlinds is installed corre

Thanks for that Re: #1 I have WB, bit not Skin Studio So I neeed to buy some more software just for this - hmmmm maybe not. Re: #2 I have the full version, changing icon size in WinExpl has no effect on icons used. cheers MJ4

Hi ______________________________________________________________________________________ 1/ I am using the ARES scheme, which has a white background, & I prefer non-white backgrounds, so using the Desktop properties, clicking APPEARANCE - ADVANCED - OTHER ADVANCED OPTIONS which takes you to the "standard" windows desktop colour change options, I have chosen a cream colour for the "WINDOW" & "DESKTOP" ITEMs, and saved the theme as "My facourit