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Burgundy - Free MyColors Theme for Object Desktop Subscribers!

Burgundy - Free MyColors Theme for Object Desktop Subscribers!

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We are happy to announce the first free MyColors subscriber theme for Object Desktop subscribers.  This is the first of four and this first one is the MyColors Gloss Burgundy theme.   

To install your free theme, download and install Impulse. The free theme will appear on the MyDesktop tab automatically (it has already been added to your account). Download Impulse here.  If you are not an Object Desktop subscriber, you can find more information at www.objectdesktop.com.

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Reply #26 Top
Hi, My main problem with this theme is the buttons. I haven't had any problem with MyColors or the themes themselves. I don't mind the MyColors application. The WB files even show up in WindowBlinds UI so I guess you can apply them separately. (I haven't tried yet). Have a look at this image: . I can't see half the text. Other themes are fine. What's up? - Fred
Reply #27 Top
Never mind on my last post. It is the Google.com/ig theme that I am using, which looks almost exactly like the default Google.com theme. The buttons are resized. Other pages are fine. I look forward to more great themes. Thanks.
Reply #28 Top
Can someone explain the supposed encrypted skins to me? Maybe I'm dense, but I realize the file has an extension of .MyColors, but I'm able to extract everything from it without even launching the MyColors app. I installed MyColors, installed the themes, but I've yet to actually run the MyColors app, I just extract stuff from the file. Am I just special? ;p
Reply #29 Top
I applied the theme last night from My Colors via Impulse and everything worked just fine. A very nice theme as well!!! :)
Reply #30 Top
Actually it is not that at all there Elijah Baley. It is you have another set of fonts loaded from another wb. You need to logoff and log back in. It should display correctly then. As seen here


Reply #31 Top
How can I download the burgandy theme without buying objectdock or impulse. I did buy Mycolors - and checked the themes and it doesn't show that theme available yet. I would even pay for it. Any suggestions??
Reply #32 Top
Is this avaiable for purchase for those of us who do not have Object dock?????? I really want to purchase this one,
Reply #33 Top
Can someone explain the supposed encrypted skins to me? Maybe I'm dense, but I realize the file has an extension of .MyColors, but I'm able to extract everything from it without even launching the MyColors app
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Yep, but did you look into the camouflage WindowBlinds folder how Images are ?  :NOTSURE: 
Reply #34 Top
lynnyf, impulse if free. it's part of object desktop. this suite is a freebie for object desktop subscribers, not objectdock owners. you didn't buy mycolors since it is also a free app. you may have purchased another mycolors suite which installed the mycolors app, tho.
Reply #35 Top
Excellent theme, problem loading the weather widget though. Weather widget for think green works fine, burgundy states unable to determine version of stardock weather ocx.
Reply #36 Top
Question about encripted skins, this one in mind...is it possible to hide the user pic with SS6 or will corrupt the images when I save it?
Reply #37 Top
Why don't I see this in Impulse? I'm an OD subscriber....
Reply #38 Top

personally just hate the MyColors system, and above all if all MyColors theme (even free) have WindowBlinds encrypted images, whatever quality are the skins, I just don't care because i can't do ports for my own use (and/or for others ...) and Stardock can keep them ...
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This is a policy that is in the process of changing.

A little background first:

When we launched MyColors, the initial content came via licensed properties (NBA, NHL, NCAA, etc.) so we had to encrypt them to satisfy the IP holders.  At the time, it was quicker to simply have MyColors only support this one format.

We've been working on making it so that MyColors themes can support unencrypted content as well but that's taking longer.  So the plan going forward is to simply provide a ZIP file as part of your email (i.e. enter your email into the support.stardock.com website and it'll email you links to ZIP files as well as the MyColors themes).

Anyway, the intent with the encryption wasn't to prevent people from making ports but to protect licensed IP.  But a lot of our best stuff is stuff we came up with and hence we can distribute however we choose.

Reply #39 Top
Anyway, the intent with the encryption wasn't to prevent people from making ports but to protect licensed IP.
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...and that's fair enough. Don't want lawyers crawling all over you.

We've been working on making it so that MyColors themes can support unencrypted content as well
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That should please quite a few folks :)
Reply #40 Top
When I first applied this theme, my live folder icons were a mixture of aquamarine and gloss burgundy. The fronts were aquamarine and the back and middle parts were burgundy. I could not get that configuration to change. Using IP, I changed to the default Vista icons, but the fronts were still aquamarine. I clicked repair icons, rebuild cache...all that stuff, with reboots thrown in for good measure. This was only for sizes larger than "details" in explorer. Finally I re-applied the burgundy theme in mycolors and now all icons appear to be displaying correctly. Could you please, PLEASE, stop MyColors from unsetting the WB setting "show icon in system tray". That's frustrating. Thanks and really sweet theme!!! werewolf
Reply #41 Top
So the plan going forward is to simply provide a ZIP file as part of your email (i.e. enter your email into the support.stardock.com website and it'll email you links to ZIP files as well as the MyColors themes).
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Good news, and simple way to let us have the unencrypted WB
Is it already in service ? and what's exactly the direct link to the support.stardock.com website ?
Reply #42 Top
We've been working on making it so that MyColors themes can support unencrypted content as well but that's taking longer. So the plan going forward is to simply provide a ZIP file as part of your email (i.e. enter your email into the support.stardock.com website and it'll email you links to ZIP files as well as the MyColors themes).
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Thank you Brad for the news.

Is it already in service ? and what's exactly the direct link to the support.stardock.com website ?
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neophil78 - it may take till tomorrow for all the links to be added to every account. So be patient and submit your email at this link

WWW Link
enter your email address you registered with and hit the go button.
Reply #43 Top
OK....Update to my previous problem. Reinstalled MyColors as per Shelby's help and everything does work fine now....the problem was lack instructions regarding the explorer icons. The skins are very nice and cool looking. But....even though I understand why this encryption method (Thanks hackers!) has been implemented...I'm not real thrilled with it....mainly because it cramps my hobby....can't skin what I can't see.
But for those of you that do not skin...MyColors does seem work fine once you've been given the proper instructions.
Reply #44 Top

Good news, and simple way to let us have the unencrypted WB
Is it already in service ? and what's exactly the direct link to the support.stardock.com website ?
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SHoudl be up tomorrow.  http://support.stardock.com

 

Reply #45 Top
There is a severe problem with this skin's start menu design on Vista. I have my taskbar on the top of my screen. When I click the Start button, the User Picture appears RIGHT on top of the start button and is clicked, forcing me to open the User Accounts section of the Control panel. Please move the user icon to the right hand side of the start panel.
Reply #46 Top

There is a severe problem with this skin's start menu design on Vista. I have my taskbar on the top of my screen. When I click the Start button, the User Picture appears RIGHT on top of the start button and is clicked, forcing me to open the User Accounts section of the Control panel. Please move the user icon to the right hand side of the start panel.
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It's a user pic positioning issue.  The problem is that, if we move it, it makes the standard use of the taskbar look weird.  I am thinking that we might need to start making "top taskbar" substyles for the users that use he taskbar on the top.

 

 

Reply #47 Top
It's a user pic positioning issue.  The problem is that, if we move it, it makes the standard use of the taskbar look weird.
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Is moving the icon to the right really going to make it that weird? Icon on the right is the default positioning for Windows Vista anyway. This is a really annoying bug.

Reply #48 Top
VERY NICE

I've always wanted to take the box off Rock Star Start Panel. I hope this one can be unencrypted since there's no known third party copyright images used - I think.

I entered my email and all links (That's a lot of money when add up ;) )sent was for MyColors so far, no zip files file.

We'll be in business for a long time then. :CONGRAT: :CONGRAT:
Reply #49 Top
It's a user pic positioning issue. The problem is that, if we move it, it makes the standard use of the taskbar look weird.
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If you got rid of the user icon box entirely, I wouldn't mourn it.
Reply #50 Top
Another bug in Burgundy: You can't use non-black wallpaper because the taskbar isn't transparent by the Start button. You end up with a gray blob from the blur effect.