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AzDude
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vista bootskin upload

November 22, 2008 4:00:25 AM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I'm trying to upload a zipped bootskin with a permission

included and it won't except the zip - is bootskin not set-up

yet to take a zip just .bootskin only ?

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Reply #1 November 22, 2008 1:20:12 PM
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any word on this ? 

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Reply #2 November 24, 2008 9:16:09 AM
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still having the problem  on the uploading a zip ... to bootskin ...

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Reply #3 November 24, 2008 9:23:58 AM
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If Vista boots are anything like XP boots....they are renamed zip archives anyway.

Rename the suffix to 'zip'...add the text file...and rename to 'bootskin' ...

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Reply #4 November 24, 2008 9:52:25 AM
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i think i understand ..

I renamed the zip file to ... zip.bootskin  and tried to upload again - it failed

when it uploaded the file read ..  zip.bootskin.zip 

with this message ...

the skin file your attempting to upload 

is not a valid file - check the file extension ..

 

what did i do wrong ?

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Reply #5 November 24, 2008 9:58:37 AM
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what did i do wrong ?

Everything...

make a bootskin...

it'll be "skinname.bootskin"

change the suffix to 'zip'...so it is now "skinname.zip"

add the text file to the zip

rename the zip to "skinname.bootskin"

Re-upload.

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Reply #6 November 24, 2008 10:08:33 AM
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don't add to the extension.. change the extension

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Reply #7 November 24, 2008 10:49:24 AM
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tried that it didn't work

when i renamed bootskin to zip 

it said a wrong file type and that zip

wouldn't let me add the text file ..

i'm really lost here ....

don't understand much about coding and such ...

logons let you add the logon and text to a zip

no problem and upload - i never made or did anything

with Xp bootskins - so i don't know the in's and out's of it......

what to do next ? ... sorry for not understanding fully - what or how to do this ... az

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Reply #8 November 24, 2008 10:57:48 AM
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Birchur - not sure what you mean ?

 

i've tried 3 different browsers to upload this

all failed ... IE - FF - google

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Reply #9 November 24, 2008 11:19:55 AM
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what about - is it ok to include a screenshot of the permission

say in the corner of the preview pic. ? dont know if it would be 

big enough to read though ??

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Reply #10 November 24, 2008 11:28:58 AM
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I don't think the new file format is a zip (renamed).  Checking.

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Reply #11 November 24, 2008 11:34:40 AM
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OK ..  here is the deal.

The gallery form does not allow for the upload of a zip containing the skin and the permission text.

And the Bootskin Pro file format does not allow for permissions to be added to it.

I'll poke the powers that be to have the form changed to allow for zips (skin + permission).

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Reply #12 November 24, 2008 11:40:49 AM
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Thanks Zubas so much for your quick follow up - will you 

let us know somehow - when zips are ok to upload , please ? ...az  

 

and thanks too to Jafo and Bichur

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Reply #13 November 24, 2008 12:40:07 PM
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You can upload .zips to the gallery now.  Lets just make note that upload to that gallery must be of an original creation, or permission must be included.

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Reply #14 November 24, 2008 1:24:32 PM
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thanks ID , no problem .... it uploaded ...  

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