MyColors 2.5 Support Thread

As the thread is here will post this Wallpaper Tab on XP SP3

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Themed Wallpaper that's empty

Windows Wallpaper that's full of photos from my pictures not windows/Web/wallpaper folder and as far as I can see no way to change where it looks.

I like a clean desktop. Is there any way to get My Colors to NOT place that gadgets icon on the desktop? I am fine with having shortcuts only on the start menu.

DesktopDreams show only as bmp-placeholders (no thumbnails) on the 'Wallpapers' tab.

Not a bug per se but; the preview for the 'Pirates'-theme in the 'More Themes' tab is really bad (out of focus/unsharp)



Under 'Settings' choose 'I want to see advanced options when applying suites'. From now on you will get asked first which parts (wallpaper, WB, Icons, widgets) of the MyColors-suite you want to apply.

Themed will show once you apply a theme.  At this time there is no way to add folders to look in.

Not on my XP applied Rockstar which has 3 wallpapers and Themed Wallpaper still empty

Will check on Lap (Vista) later and see how that looks.

There has been an update to MyColors. Here is the new thread for further troubles: https://forums.stardock.com/318509

Let me know there if you have any problems.

Hi,

I applied think green theme through My colors & then the visual style through Blinds, all is fine except for colores lines in the explorer. I am a noob in matters of skinning. I bought the ultimate just 2-3 days back & the learning curve to use this software has been very difficult for me. So any help welcome. I am a bit flustered with all this versioning/compatibility issues.



Attaching both the system info for my colors & windows blinds

MyColors Version: 2.50.234

Windows Vista (Ultimate), (Media Center Edition) Build: 6001 Service Pack 1

Wblind.dll 06/09/2008 11:59:22 511569
Wbsrv.dll 07/05/2008 16:08:04 546040
Thememgr.exe 07/17/2008 12:37:08 647376
Wbload.exe 08/13/2007 18:11:16 238256
Wbload.dll 09/26/2007 11:53:52 58792
Screen.exe 06/09/2008 11:59:22 161016




Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 97 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Wblind.dll 2008/05/06 15:25:20
Wblind64.dll 2008/05/06 15:25:53
Wbsrv.dll 2008/07/10 15:05:45
Wbconfig.exe 2008/04/29 21:02:32
Wbload.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:07
Tray.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:21
Wbload.dll 2007/09/26 11:53:28
Screen.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:18

For what it's worth, it's not usually like this.  You just happened to pick a bad week to sign up.  I am very confident that all witll be well soon.

/me is reminded of a scene from Airplane! - "Man! I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue")

So I tried out that info today and I could not replicate the problems you are having. Please send in this info to [email protected] so we can try to further help you.

Glad to see working 64-bit support for Vista

Hint: the FAQ needs to updated to reflect this: https://www.stardock.com/products/mycolors/FAQ.asp#Q5

Also want to report a minor issue on Vista 64-bit -- whenever I apply a MyColors theme, the full IconPackager application launches, instead of applying the icon package belong to the MyColors theme selected.

I need to manually select it from the list and apply it. This is the same for all MyColors themes.

On 32-bit, MyColors instead directly applies the icons as part of the overall theme.

JordiK - I was able to replicate that problem. It has been sent up to the developers. Thank you much!

...and here I was thinking that this was completely normal.


Another minor nuisance: Whenever I apply a theme through MyColors, my WB-icon in the systray disappears. I always have to open WB using the start-panel and re-apply the tick on 'show icon in the system tray.......'

Just as a question, if you have applied a MyColors theme why do you want the WB system icon showing?

I switch skins fairly often and would like the WB icon available at all times.  (That's why I have it set that way in the WB config) 

I switch skins fairly often and would like the WB icon available at all times. (That's why I have it set that way in the WB config)


I'll 2nd that and as it takes a reboot to get it back how I like it set up it is a pain.

Additionally to what Zu said: I have come accustomed to use the WB-configuration panel in order to change the wallpaper as well.

It is not a real biggie. As soon as I have applied the MyColors theme for the first time I can use the different programs to apply parts or a complete MyColors theme. It's just that first time (and possibly after each update of the themes) that this becomes a minor nuisance.

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another + 1

I'd like the WB icon to remain in the systray as well - I did find though that a shortcut to wbconfig.exe in my favorite shortcut places works pretty well too (there's a hint buried in there somewhere   ).

A bigger annoyance to me is MyColors unloading DesktopX, plus DTX coming back up without my desktop loaded after re-launching it. Not sure that that's an actual "issue", but I'd sure like it to quit it.



That bothers me too. I think we're talking about the icons themselves here, not the actual gadgets - I'm pretty sure the next poster missunderstood that. They have an annoying tendency to "just keep on coming back".

Nitpicking aside though I do like MyColors, and after all it is designed to be a 1-click theme application. Maybe it needs another settings section for us Object Desktop tweakers?

Think Green does not skin MS Office 2007.

I recently bought/installed Sins of a Solar Empire, and as I was updating from the website, I read about Impulse and decided to give it a whirl. Within impulse, I noticed MyColors, and that I was given the Sins MyColors theme, so decided to install that, too. All worked well with the Sins Theme, and the Think Green theme that also came with MyColors - then I decided to download the other 2 free themes. When I applied the Diamond theme, things started to go awry.

Now, whenever I apply a theme, my desktop (except for the start menu) essentially stops responding, and I am unable to access (or even see) any icons until I log off and back onto my profile. Also, when I apply the default windows XP desktop theme from within MyColors, the majority of the icons stay whatever they were for the original MyColors theme; how, exactly, do I recover my default windows icons?

I'm running a fairly new install of Windows XP SP3, and have not previously installed any customization/skinning software. Any info, advice, etc. would be much appreciated. Thanks!

just to point out that sunny day seems unable to tell the time of day, unlike think green which can..Funny thing is turn on laptop and Think Green has Moon while on PC Think Green has sun.

Stick with the sunshine on PC

Just for the hell of it checked this morning with Sunny Day Pc Moon, Sunny Day on Laptop Sunshine

I have a question..can i use my colors on my new vista computer that i just bought?
Have uninstalled my colors from my xp machine & just using windowblinds.along with destopx
And a few other programs.

have paid for several themes...hope i can...but won't cry if i can't...thanks

I use them,Vista 32 bit,no problem.Be sure to get Think Green.It's a new free theme,and it's quite good,imo.  

Thanks! i will give it a shot!