Problems with desktopX

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hey guys,

i'm quite new in skinning my winXP and i encountered some annoying problems in the past!
i think the pros can solve them in a few minutes. i'm lookinf forward to receiving some good support.

1. Is it normal that when you use windowblinds and desktopX that first of all the windowblinds desktop is showing? I would like to have my desktopX-desktop on all the time and from the start!

2. Whats exactly the difference between objects and widgets for desktopX? i found some entrys in my startup-folder which were from widgets? so arent they really integrated in the desktop but startet as single progs at startup?

3. i'm using stealthOS by mike bryant(wb) and gridscapeDX1280 by BoXXi (dX) - if somebody uses this two skins, i would be glad to here how you arranged them together, or maybe some of the pros can switch to them and give me a hint of using them together properly!

many thx and by the way i'm from austria, so please don't be to critical with my english!

greetz
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
HI there

1. right click your desktop in new window click configure desktopx. go to preference page in desktop settings click run destopx at start up.

2 Objects have to run in desktopx while Widgets can run without desktopx running.
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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
2. Whats exactly the difference between objects and widgets for desktopX? i found some entrys in my startup-folder which were from widgets? so arent they really integrated in the desktop but startet as single progs at startup?

The Widgets option allows user to load up DesktopX content that was exported as a mini-program called a widget. Widgets live on your desktop but behave like small Windows programs. They tend to take up less memory than a normal Windows program and do things like provide system information, grab data over the net, perform simple utility services.  But in truth, a widget can pretty much do whatever the person who makes it can imagine. But think of widgets as "mini programs". These are .EXE files.

The Load Objects option is designed to import a desktop object onto your existing Windows desktop. Things exported as objects tend to be more along the lines as "super icons". Things that do more than your Windows icons but aren't really applications.  A "Recycle bin" object that tells you how many items are in the recycle bin would be an example of a desktop object.  Or an Internet Explorer "icon" that changes its size and shape when the mouse moves over it would be another. These are .DXPack files.

StealtOS is a WB skin.  There isn't anything to "set up"  It just skins your windows (and other interface components).  Gridscape is a DX theme that replaces the standard windows interface (desktop) with a Boxxi Version.  You can modify both by using SKS for the WB skin and switching to DX builder mode for gridscape.

I think that even if you modified the boot order WB will finish loading before DX.  I could be wrong.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
thx for the support!

but i think i'm not able to fix the problems i'm dealing with!
there is a problem concerning wallpaper and some other things which are quite annoying!

maybe you can give me a hint!

just tell me a wb-skin and a desktopX-theme that fit together well so i can see how it works together!

maybe i just need some more practice!

thx again
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
just tell me a wb-skin and a desktopX-theme that fit together well so i can see how it works together!


I guess I don't understand.  Do you want to see a DX Theme and WB skin that look good together?  Or that function well together?  Both really are a matter of taste.

You can set wallpapers in both DX and WB or set one to not apply the included wallpaper.  Is that one of your problems?
What are your other problems?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
yes, wallpaper is one of my problems!

is it not good to use wb AND desktopX at the same time?

actually i'm more into wb, but some of the desktopX-themes are so cool, that i wanted to integrate them, but it seemed to be not working!

another problem is that some of the desktopX-themes don't look like on the page either i have the right resolution!

actually i want some basic system info on my desktop, but while searching i figured out what desktopX is all about and i tried some themes.

i think function is mor important than look! do you have any suggestions?

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
DX themes can be very specific.

You might want to grab ThemeManager, build the desktop you want using WB and DX widgets and gadgets, and then save that for later use.