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what a drag

November 25, 2005 9:00:09 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

well I bought object desktop and I wish I hadnt. since installation i have had nothing but problems. And wb5! I know its only beta but geeze! I lost all my skins and now when I tried to load the skin browser a screen pops up looking for a dsn name and wants me to type in the path to it.


any ideas....all my skins are gone....the only choices I have are windows classic and windows xp

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Corky_O
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Reply #1 November 25, 2005 9:34:16 PM
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For the skins, you should have StealthOS, Aura, 5imple (alpha), and Vista included with WB5 (4.99 rc).

Have you looked in the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds" folder to see if there are skin folders existing there?

Have you clicked the "Rebuild list" in the WB config.?

Which skin browser are you referring to?

Can you download content via a common Web Browser (IE, Firefox, Opera, etc.)?

Some clarification would help people assist you.

Note - I wrote a mini tutorial on installing Object Desktop which may or may not be of use to you http://corkyo.wincustomize.com/Articles.aspx?SID=5463&AID=83625

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scorpio-logic
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Reply #2 November 25, 2005 9:39:47 PM
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Well, there's not much I have read in the forums that gives a definitive fix for this. But, This link #14 has one work-around. It's a doozy. Uninstall all OD components, then do what #14 lists, Then re-install. Worked for me, and is better than a clean OS install. Hope you get on track. I'd email Stardock sales@stardock.com before doing anything though, they may have come up with something since that thread. Good luck!
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Reply #3 November 25, 2005 9:42:38 PM
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yeah I have had wb for years.....the skin directories are there....In a search I found I am not the only one with this problem....many other postings from people...from what I can tell this remains an unresolved problem....I tried the regedit fix...but nothing...but thanks for you response....
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Reply #4 November 25, 2005 9:44:32 PM
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Corky, he's got that nasty Data Source error...
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Reply #5 November 25, 2005 9:45:48 PM
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yeah these is a real bug in the program....several people have this problem...hope they are prepared!!!!
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Reply #6 November 25, 2005 9:47:50 PM
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nr 14? either ur link didnt make it into the posting...or I am not getting where #14 is!
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Reply #7 November 25, 2005 11:21:53 PM
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Whenever I run accross this data error (and it happened twice so far, usually if I try to delet a skin), I usually uninstall WB > reboot > manually delete all files (leave the folders) in the WB folder and reinstall WB through SDC. After another reboot, my skins are all back where they are supposed to be.

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Reply #8 November 25, 2005 11:28:41 PM
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https://www.wincustomize.com/Forums.aspx?ForumID=167&AID=88885#727220

My link was either taken out or didn't make it. If it was taken out, I wouldn't mind a note saying so. (edited for last sentence added)
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Reply #9 November 25, 2005 11:51:52 PM
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Scorpio,

If you were edited, a mod/admin would leave a note...........must not have taken.

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