<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » Skinning Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/42</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Skinning</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:22:54 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:22:54 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>DemonTekDigital</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510706</comments><description><![CDATA[   Does anyone else have an issue with UIS2 windows not rolling up all the way to the top window frame bottom?  &nbsp; I adjusted the margins as much as I could, as well as changed the caption height to match the size of the top frame, (32), tinkered with the rollup size function in Extra Settings, and even gave the image some top padding to match the height of my per pixel borders, and no matter what I do it still won't roll all the way up. When I added the "padding" it helped a bit, but no...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/510706</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510706</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Mar 2022 3:15:14 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-03-05T15:15:14-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>UIS2 Window height rollup issues</title></item><item><author>DemonTekDigital</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510639</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok, before I begin my rant I just want to put it out there that I DO enjoy, and love both SKS, and Windowblinds, and have for a very long time...however...  I've been working on a couple of skins, and wow, the amount of bugs I'm running into is astounding. Some things can be chalked up to good 'ol Winnders&nbsp; not wanting to play nice with others, but SKS has been really pissing me off lately.  &nbsp; I cannot get my rollup button's glow image to work in per pixel border for love nor money...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/510639</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510639</link><pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2022 6:10:29 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-03-03T18:10:29-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>I need to vent some frustrations</title></item><item><author>DemonTekDigital</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510356</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok, so as in the title, for some reason the vertical taskbar tray arrow is using the horizontal image file in Windows 10 itself. Since it doesn't show up in the skinning preview for Skinstudio 10 I can't see it unless I apply the skin. It shows up fine as the imported image, but when I apply it, it's pointing to the wrong file. Is there some sort of coding voodoo I have to perform to get Windowblinds to use the correct image?  &nbsp; I've noticed quite a lot of "missing" button states like the...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/510356</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/510356</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2022 8:22:31 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2022-02-16T08:22:31-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Vertical taskbar tray arrow using horizontal image file in Windows 10</title></item><item><author>Urban1</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/508249</comments><description><![CDATA[Does anyone know if it is possible to change the color of the network icon and sound icon in the taskbar, the one beside the clock? Mine is white which looks strange when using a light skin.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/508249</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/508249</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2021 4:39:48 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-12-03T16:39:48-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>color of network icon</title></item><item><author>iamjonxina</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/507632</comments><description><![CDATA[I'm new here, I don't really know if this is the right category place but I wanna ask, is there any accurate Windows Vista theme that exists on Windows Blinds? (im running windows 10 ltsc). Like the transparent taskbar, ui, aero? Just wondering since I can't find any as of now.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/507632</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/507632</link><pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2021 6:37:45 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-10-19T18:37:45-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Windows Vista Skin</title></item><item><author>RedneckDude</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/505846</comments><description><![CDATA[Just for shits and giggles, these are my findings so far on Windows 11.  &nbsp;  CursorFX --- works.  DeskScapes --- works.&nbsp; Multiple monitors even!  WindowFX --- works.&nbsp; Except on context menus and start menu.  SpaceMonger --- works.  SoundPackager --- works.  Tiles --- Oh hell no.  I haven't tried any others, but stay tuned!  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/505846</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/505846</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 8:18:54 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-08-16T08:18:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>ObjectDesktop and Windows 11 Developers Preview</title></item><item><author>jabcreations</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/506392</comments><description><![CDATA[I would just like to please know how while editing an existing theme to disable the custom start button.  It messes with my Quick Launch moving the shortcuts behind the Open Shell start button.  I have SkinStudio 10.1 and I'm editing&nbsp; Fl8t Dark v1.1 by _koiboi .  I have tried looking in:    Edit Start Menu and Taskbar  Edit Start Menu  Click bottom-left Previous twice.  Start Button  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/506392</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/506392</link><pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2021 5:19:55 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-08-15T05:19:55-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Use System Start Button?</title></item><item><author>PapaBravo</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/503652</comments><description><![CDATA[Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Programs and Features the left side where links are no longer can be skinned?  I'm running windows 10 pro version 20H2 and latest patches installed.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/503652</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/503652</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2021 1:32:33 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-02-09T13:32:33-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>CPanel in control panel no longer works?</title></item><item><author>Mulsimine</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/503037</comments><description><![CDATA[I am a newcomer to WindowBlinds 10. I have been looking at some Dark themes for Windows 10 (like  Dark Mode ) and notice that the Run dialog is consistently left untouched by the theme creator. The Delete/Replace File dialog is untouched as well. I am curious if there is something special about certain system dialogs that prevents colorization?  &nbsp;           ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/503037</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/503037</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2021 9:32:23 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2021-01-06T09:32:23-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Can The Run Dialog Be Skinned?</title></item><item><author>RedneckDude</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/490670</comments><description><![CDATA[For those who love Atomic Alarm Clock and think it doesn't work on Windows 10, I was with you, but I stumbled across a setting in Windows that allows it to work!!!!!!  &nbsp;  Disabling the Action Center in Windows 10 will allow it to work!!!  &nbsp;  I guess you guys already knew, but I just discovered it!  &nbsp;   http://www.drive-software.com/atomicalarmclock.html &nbsp;  &nbsp;  &nbsp;     &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/490670</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/490670</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Aug 2018 9:49:19 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2018-08-27T09:49:19-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Atomic Alarm Clock</title></item><item><author>ElektroStudios</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/485777</comments><description><![CDATA[Under  Windows 10 , I'm using the  Flat Dark  theme:  https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowblinds/8764/     UPDATE:   I noticed that this same problem happens in  all  the other  Windowblinds10  themes, so it is a  WindowBlinds10  problem not only related to the  Flat Dark  theme of @ LightStar  author, I mean the  Flat Dark  theme has nothing to do at all in this issue, it is a problem related to  Windowblinds10 .  I have  SkinStudio10  on which I'm modifying little parts of the origi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/485777</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/485777</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Apr 2018 2:37:51 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2018-04-10T14:37:51-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Found WindowBlinds bug? - Strange problem with the titlebar text in all themes</title></item><item><author>ElektroStudios</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/485773</comments><description><![CDATA[In WindowBlinds10 theme colour settings or in SkinStudio10, where it is the option to change the colour or to replace the background image of file and folder collision dialogs in Windows?, you know, the dialog that is shown when you try to copy or move a file or folder that already exists in the target folder.  Please, try to explain good the steps to go to the desired option, because I'm new to Windowblinds / SkinStudio.  Here is a screenshot of the dialog, I want to change the white backgr...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/485773</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/485773</link><pubDate>Fri, 10 Nov 2017 11:21:05 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2017-11-10T12:21:05</pubDateParsed><title>Change background color of file and folder collision dialogs?</title></item><item><author>RedneckDude</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/459719</comments><description><![CDATA[Guys, I can&#39;t imagine why Jorge hasn&#39;t made an announcement, but I found out today, via Wizard1956, that Winstep Xtreme has been updated.  &nbsp;  Bug fixes and weather feed fixed!&nbsp; YAY Jorge!!!!&nbsp; Thanks a bunch, man!!!  &nbsp;  &nbsp;   Winstep Xtreme v14.11 Released!  November 7, 2014 Restored weather feed for weather forecast and more in this maintenance release!  &nbsp;   http://www.winstep.net/xtreme.asp &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/459719</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/459719</link><pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2014 7:59:54 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-12-03T07:59:54-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Winstep Xtreme 14.11 Update</title></item><item><author>TomRichter</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/445844</comments><description><![CDATA[   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/445844</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/445844</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2014 6:47:05 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2014-03-18T18:47:05-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Proton X I have started working on it</title></item><item><author>bhast23</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/445471</comments><description><![CDATA[I have been trying to find a way to change this dot&#39;s color&nbsp;  thanks for the help     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/445471</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/445471</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 7:27:30 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2013-06-07T19:27:30-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Change color of dot</title></item><item><author>theAVMAN</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/428810</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;  &nbsp;Through the years I have done a few "what are you working on" threads and "concept" threads. This is a different kind of concept thread ,the object of this thread is to promote the "undying" of graphics. LOL &nbsp;  &nbsp;If most of you are like me you do a lot of mock-up skins that never get finished either we move on to other projects , life gets in the way etc.... but so many times those old skins or graphics just dye or disappear for what ever reason.So what I want to do he...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/428810</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/428810</link><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jul 2012 1:53:43 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-07-31T13:53:43-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Free Thinking Concept Thread</title></item><item><author>BoXXi</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/417200</comments><description><![CDATA[Is it possible to change the text color in the address bar on IE8 using skinstudio? If so, can some kind soul tell me where please, before I throw the &#39;puter out the window......... Thanks guys!!    ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/417200</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/417200</link><pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 4:53:44 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2012-02-03T04:53:44-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>WB text color.....</title></item><item><author>kdirkg</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/413581</comments><description><![CDATA[Can anyone please tell me how start working with a basic Rainlenar project? I&#39;m brand new with this type of software and need to learn everything at step one. Is there any sort of basic instruction available to work with all these spendy programs I had to buy? All I wanted was a cool desktop, but now that I have them I&#39;d like to learn more. Thanks!  &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/413581</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/413581</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 3:58:49 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-11-18T15:58:49-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>HOW TO WORK WITH RAINLENDAR</title></item><item><author>theAVMAN</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/413168</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Aniutil.exe is a great little program to build strip animations. Through the&nbsp;tears there hass always been people trying to find it , Stardock included it with several pieces of their software. So the easiest way I have found to tell everyone is if you have Cursor FX installed then you already have it.  on  Windows 7 64 bit&nbsp; ..... C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\CursorFX  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/413168</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/413168</link><pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 6:21:14 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-10-29T18:21:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Aniutil.exe ... Location</title></item><item><author>ortizlgnd</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408792</comments><description><![CDATA[Is there any way to move the start button over to the right more?&nbsp;  &nbsp;I want my custom start button to fit right in the middle of the startbutton indent area on my custom taskbar.  Currently, this is how it looks.&nbsp;  &nbsp;     &nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/408792</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408792</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 1:07:56 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-19T13:07:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Moving the Start button over more to the right/extending the Start button area</title></item><item><author>ortizlgnd</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408771</comments><description><![CDATA[I am using Windows 7, Skinstudio 7 pro and windowblinds Diamond visual style as a base to design my own Alienware inspired visual style.&nbsp;  Based on the design of my taskbar, I would like to move the taskbar window icons and pinned window icons over toward the right -- closer to the center of the taskbar. Currently, they&#39;re too close to the start buton for my taste.  I&#39;ve tried everything i could think of but the only solution is to have a single start button image on a canvas th...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/408771</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/408771</link><pubDate>Thu, 19 May 2011 12:41:54 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2011-05-19T09:41:54</pubDateParsed><title>Start button width dimensions issues/questions</title></item><item><author>Halluci</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/39309</comments><description><![CDATA[... as many of you out there have probably found out, the native logon studio skin creator is lacking in many aspects.  Here, I will share what I have learned from trial and error, what each bmp is for, and how to edit the uifile.txt manually. This is not so much a tutorial how to create a skin, as it is a tutorial how to bring your skin to the next level, beyond just a wallpaper background and a few other images. Hopefully this will be helpful for all of you out there who are trying to get a ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/39309</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/39309</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 8:06:13 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-10-22T08:06:13-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Logon Studio skinning "tutorial"</title></item><item><author>theAVMAN</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/389279</comments><description><![CDATA[Ok I know we all love our gadgets but if you have a multi-core proccessor and 64 bit OS your choices are pretty slim.So this is by all means not a tell all end all on this subject&nbsp;but....  &nbsp;Tired of the same&nbsp;couple of choices we have had sense &nbsp;basically Vista I got to playing around today and stumbled on a simple way to give us some quick choices.That having been said I am sure there are those out there that have gone further into this than I and I will probaly dig deeper ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/389279</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/389279</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 8:23:10 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-07-26T20:23:10-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Skinning the "ALL CPU Meter" on Win7</title></item><item><author>TN Brat!</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/39253</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi, I have version 1.0.64, but I would really, really like the older version.  I would like to have the version used to create the Gloss Logons by Pixel Pirate, K-Tek Steel Blue by Triggz, Spiderman by Apocayypse_67, and DogmaX by Brewman. I've been making a few logons and I sure would like to switch the style up a little!!! The version I have is rather limited, and when I loaded the ones I named above, Logon Studio, said that they were all made with an older version..... If someone couls PLE...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/39253</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/39253</link><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 6:44:54 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-07-05T06:44:54-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Where can I find an OLD versio of Logon Studio?</title></item><item><author>VistArtXPosed</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/172992</comments><description><![CDATA[With a typical installation of Windows (regardless of what version is installed), the Windows Explorer background is white. HOW BORING!!! With a little experimentation with Skinstudio 6, I found out that you could use any Bitmap or PNG file to fill your Windows Explorer background.  Don't believe me? Click on the link at the bottom of the article, then you will believe me. I also skinned the left & top navigation bars and filled it with seperate images.To effectively fill the entire explorer bac...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/172992</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/172992</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 4:45:45 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-11-21T04:45:45-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Skinning your Windows Explorer background</title></item></channel></rss>