Backing up MyColors themes

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Hey-

If I just back up the .MyColors file, even after the theme's been installed, that'll still back up the entire theme so it can be reinstalled without downloading again in case of system failure, right?  Saw the other related files out there in the ThemeManager directory and got to wondering.  Thanks.

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Ok, got bored so I started chopping. Used Gloss Burgandy, deleted it via Impulse and deleted the actual WB theme, Icon Packager theme, gadgets, directories and files left over (pretty much all of them). Copied the .mycolors file back over to the theme directory.

MyColors saw it, prompted for a serial/key (which it already had filled in, probably from some file or reg entry I didn't get deleted). It loaded the theme fine, didn't need to download.

Impulse, on the other hand, still showed the theme as "available" at this point, even after it had been re-installed by MyColors. Seemed the only way to get Impulse to recognize it as installed was to let Impulse download it again.

Trivia for the day, "just the facts, ma'am". :)