Window Blinds Skin gone

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Hello

After updating to WB 6 all my skins got lost, duing to a moving folder issue. I have all my skins on a different folder, except these that come with the install. e.g Stardock skin (should be Diamond). I`d like to gte them again, but couldnt find them in Wincustomize.
Is there any way to download?
I also checked Stardock central, before there had been always a link to WB5 and its Skins, but since the update this link is gone too. Any clues?

thanks

windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
did you look here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds


Stardock central, before there had been always a link to WB5 and its Skins, but since the update this link is gone too. Any clues?


uninstall 6 and 5 will show up again
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
@Bichur

TXS. That worked. Found them all and copied them back.
Didnt know that WB is also keeping the skins in Documents.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
From the Stardock Central WindowBlinds 6 "History" - :

This build of WindowBlinds is changing the default directory for skins to be in
\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds on XP and
\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds on Vista.

A migration process has been built into WindowBlinds and the install to automatically
move files to the correct directories for you. However, the more skins you have, the
longer that migration process will take (you'll see progress dialogs as it moves each skin).

Stardock Central 2.47 Build 159 has has been updated to wait for that migration process
to complete before prompting you to reboot. Please be sure to reboot after the update.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
This means, i can delete the skin that had been before in the wb install folder?
Because right now it seems i have the same skin twice. And its kind of drive waste.

Why did they make this change? I prefered the way it was before.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Why did they make this change? I prefered the way it was before.


Vista...that's why. <_<
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Why did they make this change? I prefered the way it was before.
To be more clear, To be certified for Vista by Microsoft you have to maintain seperation of differt types of data.  Program files go in one spot, program data needs to go in another, individual user data here, and all user data there. It makes good sense to do it that way for most users.  And for Stardock it's probably easier and cleaner to have XP follow the same paradigm as much as possible.

Thus, where we are today.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
plus, if you just want to peruse the folder it's easier for some to find (once they know where to look)
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It makes back-up easier too.  All your data is in one place.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, but now i have the skin twice on my Drive. One in the "Docs" and one in the "WB install folder" which means twice the Ressources.
That kind of bothers me. Before it was all in one folder.
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
did you look here: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds
@Bichur

TXS. That worked. Found them all and copied them back.

If you had not "copied them back" there would have only been one copy after the update to WB6.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
But as long as i dint copy them back. Wb didnt find them
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you keep them somewhere other than where WB wants to find them, you can browse to them by using the install from disk option