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IP neglects to skin items pinned to start menu. in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Another pet peeve of mine... IP does not change the icons for items pinned on the start menu. You have to delete them and then re-pin them. Stardock... can you change this?

Reply to Lobby for new feature.. user expandable icon sets. in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

As I invision this addon package, the user would simply specify the location of the program file and the icon that he wants to have applied to it. A simple expandable database is all that is required to keep track of this. It's not an impossible situation for the programmers. Beyond IP's set list, there are really relatively few of the programs on my computer for which I'd like to change icons. One of my pet peeves is that the icons that end up on the left side of the start menu are ne

Reply to Lobby for new feature.. user expandable icon sets. in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Smedley, Essentially, I think you understand what I have in mind with the "secondary icon skinning package". I would want it tied to IP so that when I apply a certain IP "system set", that I can specify which of my "program sets" I want to apply with it. That way, I can have a "program set" to match each "system set" I use IP to apply. After setting up all of my customized "program sets", all I need to to do is point and click, and all the icons are skinned just the way I want. I won

Reply to Lobby for new feature.. user expandable icon sets. in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Zubaz, I think you misunderstood my point. When you mentioned that time is limited, that they write for themselves, and they do it for free, you are referring to the people who create the icons. What I can referring to is the StarDock programmers writing in a few more icons on their lists for Windows most common accessories,and then allow people who want to, to create custom sets of icons for their own computers (besides the ones that StarDock currently allows) based on the programs th

Reply to Lobby for new feature.. user expandable icon sets. in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Smedley, I am aware that you can apply icons individually to any program that you want and do in fact know how to do it. But what if I want to change the skin and have those icons match the current skin and icon set? What I want is a set of icons taylored to the programs on my computer that I may either create myself or download from other sources to match the "system set" I have installed. I don't want to have to go back and individually change each one of those custom icons each tim

Reply to TGA files... why can't I edit these? in SoundPackager Stardock Forums

Ok. So what do I do if I am attempting to edit an already created TGA file? Do I have to convert it to a PNG file first? Also, I don't see an alpha layer option availble in my editor. When I open the file in PhotoImpact, I can see two overlapping images. If I just clear the leftmost image in each layer and resave as a TGA should that not work? Failing that, are there any editors (free or very inexpensive) that I could use that will do that?

Lobby for new feature.. user expandable icon sets. in IconPackager Stardock Forums

I'd like to lobby for a new feature. The way that Iconpackager works right now is that there is only a specific list of icons for which IP will apply icons for (what I'll call a "system set"). I realize it would be next to impossible for the programmers to make the IP apply icons for every existing program, since the number of programs keeps expanding virtually exponentially. But what I would like to be able to do is apply a set of icons created for the "system" (how it is now), then have the

TGA files... why can't I edit these? in SoundPackager Stardock Forums

I have been attempting to edit (using PhotoImpact 4.2) the TGA files for the control and toolbar buttons in Pix Office. What I want to do is recreate these files so that they do not show a button image until they are mouseovered or clicked. From what I understand, the first of five images in these files is supposed to be the one that I want to get rid of. I simply selected that area and used the clear function to eliminate the first image, then resaved it as a TGA file with the same name. Wh

Reply to How do I unload Cursor XP/FX? in CursorFX WinCustomize Forums

The only problem with the "disable all" option is that the mouse cursor dissapears altogether. I suspect that the problem I am having here is a bug of some sort. Does the same thing happen when you "disable all"?

Reply to How do I unload Cursor XP/FX? in CursorFX WinCustomize Forums

By the way, I should say that I am right now using XP because FX causes Explorer to crashe on a regular basis. Is there a windows default cursor setting in Cursor XP? I could not find one.

Reply to How do I unload Cursor XP/FX? in CursorFX WinCustomize Forums

Is there a shortcut key combo for changing them to windows default? Or is that covered by the Ctrl+Shift+V?

Reply to How do I unload Cursor XP/FX? in CursorFX Stardock Forums

That doesn't help much... then the cursor dissappears entirely.

Reply to Bug Report: WB6 fails to repaint folder pane in WMP 9 in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I have upgraded to WMP 10. It behaves the same way under WB6 as WMP 9. i.e. it fails to properly repaint the folder window when you press the apply changes button.

How do I unload Cursor XP/FX? in CursorFX Stardock Forums

I am finding that some programs, especially games that have their own cursor, do not get along well with Cursor XP/FX. Is there a way to "unload" it for the period I use the game (in much the same way that you can unload Windowblinds)?

Reply to Where is the list? Other problems... in IconPackager WinCustomize Forums

Thanks for that tip. I think I have found a way to apply icons to other programs, but they would have to be on the Quick Lauch Toolbar.

Where is the list? Other problems... in IconPackager Stardock Forums

Where is the list of some 130 icons that IconPackager is supposed to change? Is Windows Explorer on that list? I have yet to see an icon pack that includes one for it. I have a problem getting IP to consistantly apply the desktop icon. In the collumn of icons on the left side of an open file dialog, all the icons are skinned except the desktop icon.

Bug Report: Cursor FX crashes Windows Explorer... in CursorFX Stardock Forums

When I installed Cursor FX, I soon noticed that I was having frequent random crashes of Windows Explorer. It would first crash (for no apparent reason than I clicked on a task, button or other control), then Dr. Watson would open up, crash also, then Dr. Watson would again attempt to run. After that, I am unable to click on any button task or other control. I am forced to do a three fingured salute to shut down the two crashed Dr. Watson's, after which my system would resume functioning in an

Reply to Vista Transformation Pack... in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Thanks... dualy warnned!

WB10 doesn't repaint folder panel on skin change in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I had this same probelm with WMP9, and posted here with my experience. Neil asked me why I was still using WMP9 intead of 10 or 11. Among other things, I hated their looks. But more than anything else, I can easily adjust the colors in WMP9 to match my current skin, which I can't do as readily in 10 or 11. And worse, 11 is nearly all black, and while that's fine for a Vista Skin, I like XP skins with all the bright colors and designs. Niel, this problem is not limited to just WMP9. Do

Reply to What are the best icon packages for Optix and Harmony? in IconPackager Stardock Forums

These are two different packages?

Vista Transformation Pack... in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Is this compatible with WindowBlinds?

What are the best icon packages for Optix and Harmony? in IconPackager Stardock Forums

Been searching all over the icons section at wC and there are nots of pacakages , but none I have downaloded seem to satisfy me. If you use thse to skins, what are you favorate icon packages you use with them?

Swap buttons with along with Mirror in CursorFX Stardock Forums

I know that I already posted on this item recently, but I bungled the title, and no-one seems to have noticed the post. The Mirror Cursor function would be infinitely more useful to many users if the user were to be given the option to switch mouse buttons along with it. Until I installed Cursor XP/FX, I had a small applet in the Quick Launch Bar that would swap the mouse buttons and mirror the cursors to match. Conceptually this is easier to use than the then "backwards" cursors. Also, seeing

Reply to WB6 Configuration window displays too high in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Has there been any progress on this issue?. It is a definate annoyance. The programmmers need to figure out a different algorithm to locate the window when it displays. The one I favor is to place it where the user last placed it when the window was last opened. Currently, it appears to use some method that involves how far it is located above the taskbar and any assoiciated toolbars located at the bottom of the screen. This is an inherently undependepdable method for placing the window bec

Reply to Suggestion for StarDock Central... in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Thanks! I hope they listen. Trying to keep track of what I have downloaded would be much easier with such a column.