I would like use this space to say right here and now: I'm a dork and proud of it!!
As the subject line says, I am a first-time skinner, and I hope to develop new skins in the future. The only problem is that my first skin does not work! My OS is Windows XP Professional and I am using Windowblinds 3.3; I have all the images ready for the skin, and I created the skin with SkinStudio, so I am assuming all the code needed for my skin is finished (though I could be wrong). Here's what's happening: when I use the Display Properties to try to load my skin and select it, the window simply closes; if I try to preview the skin from the "Windowblinds Advanced Configuration" window, those windows also close; and if I try to apply the skin from the "Windowblinds Advanced Configuration" window, my computer crashes big time. I've had to do a system restore a couple of times already. So, anyways, if there's something I'm doing wrong, I would REALLY appreciate some help! (One thing I noticed my skin didn't have that all the other ones did was that mine didn't contain "WBD" file; I don't know if that was it or not.) Thanks!
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on Apr 17, 2002
It would be very hard to figure out what's wrong without looking at your files. If WB is not generating all the WBD files then something is seriously wrong. If you want to email the file to me I'll take a look at it and see if I notice anything.
on Apr 18, 2002
In SkinStudio go to Tools and tell it to "analyze the skin". This should list problems with the skin in a new tab. You can click on the errors and it will take you to the problem section.

Under File>WindowBlinds you can hit "Set this skin as current".