HELP... Winamp 3 screwed me over.

bsimaging · 22nd October 2002, 01:15

Aight, I've had Winamp 2 since I can't remember. Recently I downloaded Winamp 3. Before I installed Winamp 3 I uninstalled Winamp 2. My computer is kind of slow and wasn't handling Winamp 3 so well, so I decided to go back to Winamp 2. But something went wrong, because now when I try to download a skin for Winamp 2, it messes up. It doesn't know what program to open it with. So I stuck the file in the Winamp/Skins directory, still didn't show up. I really love to download and look at different skins, so will someone please give me some tips on how to fix this whole mess?

RanDom_ErrOr · 22nd October 2002, 01:16

uninstall winamp 3

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 22nd October 2002, 01:54

When you download a skin, instead of just clicking the download link, try right-clicking and choosing "Save Target As..." from the menu. Then rename it to "whatever.wsz" instead of "whatever.wal" and save it to your Skins directory. But you need to make sure that the skin you're downloading is a WA2 skin, and not a WA3 skin.

Addendum:
You can have WA2 and WA3 installed on your computer at the same time if you want. So there really isn't any need to uninstall WA2...

Atmo · 22nd October 2002, 02:14

Read this.

http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=99555

sgtfuzzbubble011 · 22nd October 2002, 02:28

Yeah, that too.

I guess I need to read some of the tech forums sometime, too.

22nd October 2002, 01:15	#1
bsimaging Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: California Posts: 2	HELP... Winamp 3 screwed me over. Aight, I've had Winamp 2 since I can't remember. Recently I downloaded Winamp 3. Before I installed Winamp 3 I uninstalled Winamp 2. My computer is kind of slow and wasn't handling Winamp 3 so well, so I decided to go back to Winamp 2. But something went wrong, because now when I try to download a skin for Winamp 2, it messes up. It doesn't know what program to open it with. So I stuck the file in the Winamp/Skins directory, still didn't show up. I really love to download and look at different skins, so will someone please give me some tips on how to fix this whole mess?

22nd October 2002, 02:14	#4
Atmo The Freak (Forum King) Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Australia Posts: 9,400	Read this. http://forums.winamp.com/showthread....threadid=99555 :Psykotech:

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22nd October 2002, 01:16	#2
RanDom_ErrOr Banned Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The loony bin, just outside of nutsville,USA. I would visit you, but my room is padded and i cant get out... Posts: 947	uninstall winamp 3

22nd October 2002, 01:54	#3
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	When you download a skin, instead of just clicking the download link, try right-clicking and choosing "Save Target As..." from the menu. Then rename it to "whatever.wsz" instead of "whatever.wal" and save it to your Skins directory. But you need to make sure that the skin you're downloading is a WA2 skin, and not a WA3 skin. Addendum: You can have WA2 and WA3 installed on your computer at the same time if you want. So there really isn't any need to uninstall WA2...

22nd October 2002, 02:28	#5
sgtfuzzbubble011 Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 60,839	Yeah, that too. I guess I need to read some of the tech forums sometime, too.