Bootskin Pro Documentation

Published on January 2, 2009 By RothgarrOdinsson In BootSkin

Well I have noticed a change in the file format of .bootskin files. The ones that came with Bootskin Pro will not open when renamed backed to .zip files. I am trying to learn how to create my own boot skins and the tutorial by Cyberworld does not seem to apply to Bootskin Pro. So I clicked om the help button in Bootskin Pro and am taken to the following web page:

https://www.stardock.com/products/bootskin/help/

This makes it difficult to learn what I need to do now.

Any help you can provide would be highly appreciated.

The particular section of Cyberworld's tutorial where I am stumped is this:

E. Compiling the Bootskin:

1. This is the less recommended way to compile a .bootskin, yet it is the fastest and up to now the most efficient for me. Go to the directory where your screen and progress images are, as well as your bootskin.ini and select them all. Using WinZip or any other zipper program zip the three files into one .zip file. After this just rename the .zip to .bootskin and double-click it. The .bootskin file will auto-install to your bootskin directory.

2. That’s all. Your bootskin is ready.

This no longer creates a file that is usable by bootskin pro,

Rothgarr Odinsson

Comments

ZubaZ

on Jan 02, 2009

Vista bootskins are really encoded images. You can not do anything with them really.

Take an image . . it uploads to the SD servers and sends back teh encoded file to be applied.

RothgarrOdinsson

on Jan 02, 2009

So that means no loading bars unless you use the default boot screen? That kinda bites. I do hope that something works out so some animation can be put back into the bootskins.

Rothgarr Odinsson

ZubaZ

on Jan 02, 2009

So that means no loading bars unless you use the default boot screen? That kinda bites. I do hope that something works out so some animation can be put back into the bootskins.

The new format MS uses is much more restrictive. Working around it has been hard enough. I hope with Win& a whole new world opens up.

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