skin wont show up. help

atlantisfate · 21st April 2001, 03:36

i have tried to download two skins and so far neither one of them has showed up either on my winamp or in the directory. what is going on, and how do i fix it?

21st April 2001, 03:58

dowload them into the winamp skins direcorty, or find where you downloaded them to and double click on them.

mjulson · 30th April 2001, 05:35

I tried what you mentioned and it didn't make any difference. I closed Winamp. Went to the skins directory. Clicked on one of the skins. Winamp appeared, but in the standard look that was installed. I clicked on another of the skins and winamp became the focus in windows a second or two later. I tried this with several skins that I obtained through the get more skins option in Winamp.

My system:

Win2k Prof.
P3 550, 256 megs of ram

One thing I thought of is that WinRAR is my default zip utility. Didn't know if you utilized Winzip or anything.

What can I do to make the skins work?

BTW, Winamp and everything else I've used in it works, sound, visualizer, etc...

Thanks,

Mike

8ate8 · 30th April 2001, 16:49

winrar should haev nothing to do with it. you skins should all be in the /winamp/skins directory. if they are zip files, double clicking them will not change the skin in winamp. if it's a wsz file, double clicking it should change the skin in winamp. open winamp and hit alt+s. choose a skin and then press close. if there's still a problem, well, then there's a problem

mjulson · 30th April 2001, 17:02

Yes, they are wsz files and they are located in the winamp\skins directory. I also went through the Winamp program Alt+S and select the skin.

I've also right clicked on the title bar or equalizer area and the menu appears, go into skins, and select skin from there. It has a check box next to the skin I last selected. So it thinks it's working.

But it's not.

Thanks for the help.

Mike

30th April 2001, 19:54

This all your skins or two in particular?

If it is a few select skins: rename them form whatever.wsz to whatever.zip, extract them out to a directory, find the actual graphic (all the bmps and text files) the re-zip them. Some skins have multiple skins in them, or zips in the wsz and other crap.

Jayn · 1st May 2001, 05:27

Also...what version of Winamp are you using? Must be version 2.24 or newer to use .wsz files

mjulson · 1st May 2001, 15:17

The version I'm using is v2.74 - Apr 1 2001.

Thanks for the help,

Michael

30th April 2001, 05:35	#3
mjulson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3	I have the same problem I tried what you mentioned and it didn't make any difference. I closed Winamp. Went to the skins directory. Clicked on one of the skins. Winamp appeared, but in the standard look that was installed. I clicked on another of the skins and winamp became the focus in windows a second or two later. I tried this with several skins that I obtained through the get more skins option in Winamp. My system: Win2k Prof. P3 550, 256 megs of ram One thing I thought of is that WinRAR is my default zip utility. Didn't know if you utilized Winzip or anything. What can I do to make the skins work? BTW, Winamp and everything else I've used in it works, sound, visualizer, etc... Thanks, Mike

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21st April 2001, 03:36	#1
atlantisfate Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 1	i have tried to download two skins and so far neither one of them has showed up either on my winamp or in the directory. what is going on, and how do i fix it?

21st April 2001, 03:58	#2
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	dowload them into the winamp skins direcorty, or find where you downloaded them to and double click on them.

30th April 2001, 16:49	#4
8ate8 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 4	winrar should haev nothing to do with it. you skins should all be in the /winamp/skins directory. if they are zip files, double clicking them will not change the skin in winamp. if it's a wsz file, double clicking it should change the skin in winamp. open winamp and hit alt+s. choose a skin and then press close. if there's still a problem, well, then there's a problem

30th April 2001, 17:02	#5
mjulson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3	Yes, they are wsz files and they are located in the winamp\skins directory. I also went through the Winamp program Alt+S and select the skin. I've also right clicked on the title bar or equalizer area and the menu appears, go into skins, and select skin from there. It has a check box next to the skin I last selected. So it thinks it's working. But it's not. Thanks for the help. Mike

30th April 2001, 19:54	#6
Sawg Guest Posts: n/a	This all your skins or two in particular? If it is a few select skins: rename them form whatever.wsz to whatever.zip, extract them out to a directory, find the actual graphic (all the bmps and text files) the re-zip them. Some skins have multiple skins in them, or zips in the wsz and other crap.

1st May 2001, 05:27	#7
Jayn Honorary Vixen (Forum Queen) Join Date: Jul 2000 Posts: 1,996	Also...what version of Winamp are you using? Must be version 2.24 or newer to use .wsz files

1st May 2001, 15:17	#8
mjulson Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 3	The version I'm using is v2.74 - Apr 1 2001. Thanks for the help, Michael