Open Theme Manager 3.0.  Click on settings and make sure the box is check that says I want to see advance options.  Now try to install a TM suite.  It should give you a drop down window listing the skins included in the suite.

for instance, just applied the flash system suite, no widgetes were loaded, all selected, WB didn't load, cursor FX didn't load, just the wallpaper

it varies between suites, but i haven't found 1 yet that actually fully works

Having said that; knowing what suite you tried to apply, what it ws supposed to skin, and what it didn't might help.

nothing can be done, these are known bugs, although no updates since november has me a bit worried, i know it will come eventually

"is theme manager still broken" is a difficult question to answer, much like "are you still beating your wife". Whether you say 'yes' or 'no' you are still making an admission: "yes - I am still beating my wife" or "no - I am no longer beating my wife"

So "yes - Theme Manager is still broken" or "no - Theme Manager is no longer broken". What do you answer if you have never beaten your wife or Theme Manager was never broken?

Thus endeth your logic lesson for today

... Or there's something odd with your setup that makes it fail ...

It works fine for me ... But I don't use it very frequently. I know for sure it applies skins without issues though.

There are somethings with Theme Manager that you need to walk through slowly.

First, make sure you open the Settings Tab in Theme Manager and the box under General Setting in checked.

When you select apply the skin make sure in the next window that comes up that the boxes are marked for the skins you want to download and apply.

Don't try to download something that is for XP on a Vista system.  Make sure that you have the approprite programs loaded to be able to apply the skins, ie you need DesktopX loaded to apply DX Widgets etc.

Most newer WBs have substyles for XP and Vista.  If it looks like the WB didn't apply corretly open WB configuration and see if there is a substyle.

There are some bugs in Theme Manager that will/are being worked on and it will get updated. 

I seem to be it right now for uploading Suites for Theme Manager so post a thread in the WC Forums and I will try to help as much as I can.

whats the "known issues" and whats the workaround?

It's kind of like Fight Club, isn't it?  It's "not broken", but there is "a know issue" that is being "addressed" for which there is a "work around" but there is no followup post as to just what this mystery workaround might be.

My personal workaround to the "not broken" yet "known issued" Theme Manager is to not use it, and just install the individual parts of the theme myself and forego the use of Theme Manager all together, because that's the only way to set up my desktop with the individual parts anyway.

TM does not show any logons I have installed on the applications tab only the default Vista.When I click settings it will launch Logon Studio Vista,but applying a logon that way turns my screen black.I do get the logon panel,just no other image. It still will not apply WB's with any sort of predictability either. I'll wait,too buggy for me.

Logons do apply as they should using LSV by itself.

I've PM'd OldMsgt to see if I can provide some help with his problems.

I can't get it to work at all. All themes were loaded but not from the star browser but from save as. But the themes / suites willnot load / apply and the parts of the themes do not download with Theme Manager !

these reply aren't much help any replys yet :>

I think what steper means is the Suite can be downloaded as a whole. Click apply and the advanced window pops up and shows the list of skins in the Suite. The boxes are checked. Click Yes and nothing downloads or they are empty downloads I should say. The skins do not download. This has been a issue with me for about a month. Even Suites I have put together that have worked before, do not apply now.