What? my bootskin isn;t working.

for some reason, i cant get my boot skin tot work, can someone help me out?

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Hey you guys, im new, and i am having some problems with my new bootskin i just made. (please dont make fun of it)
ok ill show you the specs of my ENTIRE folder that that is in, and what i do to try to make it work:

Bootskin.ini contents:

[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = "Windows XP Canadian Edition"
Author = "hydro"
Description = "For all those lone Canadians out there."
Screen=back.bmp
ProgressBar=progress.bmp
ProgressBarX = 206
ProgressBarY = 303
ProgressBarWidth = 225


the names are what they are supposed ot be.

i saved it as a 4-bit, in photoshop, using only 16 colors.

i zipped the folder, and made it "CanadianXP.bootskin" without the quotes.

i both: double clicked on iot, the BOOTSKIN program popped up, but my skin is not there.
i also tried going to: file> import from file--- in the program


AM i missing anything?





please help, adn thanks ahead of time
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Don't zip, and rename......... use the Export function in the BootSkin program.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Do you have file extensions hidden? I'm guessing that the bootskin.ini file is really bootskin.ini.txt
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
nope, i tried that too, sstill didn't work
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Just for the heck of it open the images up in MS Paint and verify that they are 4-bit 16-color. Also to export like Koasati, the images plus bootskin.ini should be in a canadianxp folder in with the other skins. If it shows up in you bootskin menu, you can then export it. That's all I got left that I can think of.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hydro311 ....email it to me and I'll have a look at it...

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Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

OK...

Archive is called 'CanadianXP.zip'....and file path archive lists 'Canadian XP' as the folder....with the space.....possibly an issue....can't recall though it's worth correcting...

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
THank you all! i will try Jafo's and Essesay's ideas when i get home, thanks
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
heh. hydro is my younger bro. thanks for helping him out because i didnt really want to but thanks!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
sigh... ill never get this. i think i should stop while im at it, its still not working! i want to display my skills, but i guess i cant...

*edit* hey jafo, can i email the photoshop file to you? i think the problem may be in there.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can mail me all the files for the bootskin, and I'll take a look at it and give you an answer within the hour. You can send it to yrgal @ hotmail.com (remove the spaces in my mail-address).
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Got your mail, and the problem was the size of the background picture. The size has to be 640x480 pixels (your picture was 600x480).
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
YEEEEEES!!!!! thank you Yrgal! yes it werks! and thanks the rest of you!
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
gawd he listens to you but not me... sheesh
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
being that he's new, everyone knows what "WTF" means and its not really needed...