I frequent a great 3D VR program called Second Life.  If I use any of the CursorFX skinned cursor sets, the cursors blink crazily like they are short-circuiting.  This happens only when I move the cursor into the Second Life window.  When the cursor is moved outside the SL window, everything is cool.  The only way I can resolve this is to switch to Windows Default Cursor settings.  Which is no big deal.  I know this has something to do with something called interpretation of transparent layers or something, but have no idea if the phenom is correctible.  Just curious.  Anyone?

I frequent a great 3D VR program called Second Life.  If I use any of the CursorFX skinned cursor sets, the cursors blink crazily like they are short-circuiting.  This happens only when I move the cursor into the Second Life window.  When the cursor is moved outside the SL window, everything is cool.  The only way I can resolve this is to switch to Windows Default Cursor settings.  Which is no big deal.  I know this has something to do with something called interpretation of transparent layers or something, but have no idea if the phenom is correctible.  Just curious.  Anyone?

I am in the process of cleaning up the pathname architecture of the Stardock product installs on my puter.  For the full context on this issue, please review my post at:

https://forums.wincustomize.com/307536/page/5/#1845593

With SoundPackager, it was easy:

1 ADVANCED TAB - MY PACKAGE DIRECTORY FIELD - entered new pathname to C:\+Stardock\SoundPackager\
2 MOVED all theme files from existing default to new target pathname location.
3 CLOSED and REOPENED SoundPackager.  All themes displayed.  Everything working squeeky clean and swell.

IconPackager had an identical redirect option in its Advanced Settings, which also worked just fine.

Attempted the same procedure with CursorFX.  There is no option whatsoever for changing the default target pathname of the CursorFX Themes folder which is presently set to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\CursorFX\Themes

From what I can gather from the install errors people get, documented in a forum thread here, it appears to me that CursorFX is hard-wired to look only at the above Themes folder pathname.

How can I change that default Themes folder pathname to:

C:\+Stardock\CursorFX\Themes\

Thank you.

 

I am in the process of cleaning up the pathname architecture of the Stardock product installs on my puter.  For the full context on this issue, please review my post at:

https://forums.wincustomize.com/307536/page/5/#1845593

With SoundPackager, it was easy:

1 ADVANCED TAB - MY PACKAGE DIRECTORY FIELD - entered new pathname to C:\+Stardock\SoundPackager\
2 MOVED all theme files from existing default to new target pathname location.
3 CLOSED and REOPENED SoundPackager.  All themes displayed.  Everything working squeeky clean and swell.

IconPackager had an identical redirect option in its Advanced Settings, which also worked just fine.

Attempted the same procedure with CursorFX.  There is no option whatsoever for changing the default target pathname of the CursorFX Themes folder which is presently set to:

C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\CursorFX\Themes

From what I can gather from the install errors people get, documented in a forum thread here, it appears to me that CursorFX is hard-wired to look only at the above Themes folder pathname.

How can I change that default Themes folder pathname to:

C:\+Stardock\CursorFX\Themes\

Thank you.

 

 

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The START BUTTON in Metal Vista 3.0 uses ENABLED START BUTTON GLOW, to create a round button, using the GLOW graphic to complete the upper edge of the round start button.  With every COPY attempt of that .wmb, assigned a custom name, and untouched, the BUTTON GLOW graphic file, though it appears in the same EDIT field, and has IDENTICAL settings at ALL tab locations to the ORIGINAL .wmb, the GLOW BUTTON GRAPHICS disappears COMPLETELY.  No refeshing of image, toggling glow ENABLE off and on again at both START BUTTON and START BUTTON GLOW locations, does anything to make the top edge glow graphic reappear.

The above pic documents this phenom, comparing the ORIGINAL Start Button vs COPY Version with glow graphic gone.

Help pls.

 

I have SERIOUS HEARTBURN with the unprecedented, most intrusive, and invasive embed of an IconPackager message in my SYSTEM ICON PROPERTIES POPUP.

"You must register IconPackager (only $19.95 standalone or $49.95 with Object Desktop) to use this feature.  Please order at www.stardock.com."

Are you implying the presence of a trial install of IconPackager has shut down standard Windows OS XP functionalities, or what?!  Rather than encourage purchase, you have advanced your cause light years in the opposite direction.

Pic attached here.

http://www.refugesl.com/library/IconPackager.jpg

And it doesn't stop there.  Everytime I OPEN IconPackager I get a splash banner reminding me its a trial version, listing the days before expiration.  I can live with that.  But then, to SPLASH THE SAME SPAM BANNER TO ME AGAIN ON CLOSE?  Just too much!  Way too much.

Taken as isolated items, you tend to say, hey don't getchurself in an uproar.  Well, to me these are all RED FLAGS of a direction a company is taking, of the marketing, promotion and merchandising tactics it is beginning to use.  All indicators of a shift in how its choosing to position its products.

So does the company have similar plans to embed more intrusive spam into my system from all of your other products also?  Huh?  How about a huge splash banner popup every time I open a window skinned by a trial version of WindowBlinds?  And why just Stardock, why not similar spam from every other software company in the world.  Think about it.  You're treading on very thin ice here.  Very thin.  Shut it all down NOW, while you can still make a graceful exit.

Tell your new, amoral, wet-behind-the-ears marketeers to just BACK OFF.

You're threatening to change my entire view of your corporate personna, and THAT AIN'T GOOD!

Reminds me of the intrusive RealPlayer installs that took over all your media associations without even asking!  And made it almost impossible to uninstall.  Never touched a RealPlayer product again.  EVAH !

If this is where you're headed, I'm OTTAH HERE!