email: jinxjx@comcast.net
Published on February 17, 2007 By jinxjx In OS Customization
hi all, wow, this stuff is addictive. first i got rocketdock, then i tried free objectdock, free windowblinds, desktopx,got me alienwareguise suites. now i'm trying windowblind themes made by other people. i'm starting to change themes like i do socks. i'm going to get objectdockplus and full windowblinds. i swore i would never pay for this stuff, now look at me. i love it......
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on Feb 18, 2007
Hehe,I love that brainy typing guy!


Go here to get him !! your welcome !WWW Link..........
on Feb 18, 2007
so,before i get this full version stuff, i guess i should uninstall this free stuff ? whats the best way to save my themes and iconpackages i already have?....thanks
on Feb 18, 2007
whats the best way to save my themes and iconpackages i already have?....thanks


I have a folder on my desktop called 2007 Downloads.
In that, I have folders: GUI enhancements, Stardock, WinCustomize, etc.
Each of those has folders: Icon Packager or Icons, Desktop X Themes, DX Objects, WB 5, Widgets, etc.
In each of those, I have folders of authors or suites. When I want to install and/or run a new copy of a theme, etc, I go to it and run it.
Most of the creations are self-installing, but Rainlendar and Object Dock, among others, I need to "peel" down from the .zip file they arrive in, until they're just the file containing the ".ini" and graphics. This remaining file I leave tiled on the desktop, and go to My Computer>C>Program Files>Rainlendar 2 [or Object Dock>Backgrounds or Icons/Images] [or mostly My Computer > C > Program Files > Stardock...] and right-click/drag/copy the file to the program's Themes or Skins file.
As long as I have all the downloaded files in my main My Downloads folder, I can trash or delete the copies at any time if things get boggled and a fresh original is always there. They will get boggled, it's just the way of PCs...  
It's a lot easier than my trying to describe it. Kind of like teaching someone to walk by voice only. Once you run one or two and get them ticking over, you'll see what a snap it is.
Oh, yeah, almost forgot...have fun!!   
on Feb 18, 2007

A simple solution for backing up your skins is to have a proggy do it for you. SyncBack is perfect for this http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/syncback-hub.html and it is free. Just set it to back-up your skins folder on a schedule and forget it.

I've been so impressed with the freeware version I bought the full version. The full version backs up open files, like e-mail, but the freeware version is fine for skins, documents etc.

on Feb 18, 2007
Thanks FL! I'll check it out. Sounds much easier than what I'm doing, and safer too.   
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