What about Litestep!?

Published on March 22, 2005 By Tominated In Community

Man..
I have been looking at wincustomize for ages and there has only been one theme uploaded recently!
I don't know why, but can anybody else submit a few good ones?! by the way... i wanna know if there is a way you can get litestep to work on linux.
if any body can help me it would be gr8

Comments (Page 1)

Jafo

on Mar 22, 2005

Litestep won't work on Linux....it is specifically an alternate Windows shell.

It would be just as easy to have Explorer work on Linux...

Jafo

on Mar 22, 2005

As for LS uploads...generally they take a while to create....often more complicated than a Windowblinds skin...and so will be fewer and less frequent.

I have 3 or 4 on 'the go' at the moment but they may not even ever see the light of day.....time will tell...

aufisch

on Mar 23, 2005

aufisch pokes Jafo with a stick....

.....now that I finally have Litestep running on my sytem.....

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tjesterb

on Mar 23, 2005

Since there's already a Litestep thread open.....

I've had trouble when I try to open drives from "My Computer" or even folders within the C drive. The window locks up, and the Windowblind reverts to Windows Classic look. I try reloading the theme, but nothing happens. If I try to revert to the default theme it locks up, when I open task manager I see Explorer.exe running. If I end that process, the window closes and I'm fine intil the next time I try to access a drive or folder on C.
I seem to remember reading someone else having the same or similar trouble, but I don't know if it was here or maybe at Litestep.net, which last I looked was still down.
Any help will be greatly appreciated, I've gone back to Explorer as my shell, since I can't get anything done with constant lockups.
Oh, it doesn't seem to matter what theme I'm using I've had it happen with three or four different themes.

tjesterb

on Mar 23, 2005

Just to repeat what Jafo said, there is a lot to making a LS theme. I made one following Big Daddy's tutorial at LS Universe, and made some personal changes to suit my use, but it's nothing anyone else would want to use. (ie: Butt-Ugly!)

Jafo

on Mar 23, 2005

tjesterb ...the problem you're having is that explorer [the shell] is loading when you want to really be using explorer [the file manager].

Firstly make sure you have 'set Litestep as shell' and rebooted....secondly to avoid this 2 shell conflict that sometimes happens...use a third party file manager such as Powerdesk....it's better than explorer anyway.

I can't say I remember how/what I have done not to have this conflict....I can run explorer [file manager] over LS without dramas....so it's possibly just one of 'dem things'...

werewolf

on Mar 23, 2005

one other problem which might arise with explorer (file manager) is the enhanced menu app from here. It can wreak havoc.

I've done several LS themes, but am having a hard time getting permission for somethings. When all that comes through I'll upload them.

tjesterb

on Mar 24, 2005

Thanks, Jafo. Litestep was definitely set as shell. I'll se if I can find another way to fix the conflict, since it doesn't make much sense to me to buy a $49 program to make a free one work.
I've had the conflict using your Avenger and AntaresII themes, as well as a couple others made by other artists.

Jafo

on Mar 24, 2005

There 'should' be free versions of Powerdesk still around....that's how I started with the proggy....moving on to the 'Pro' ver once I was hooked...

Jafo

on Mar 24, 2005

http://www.v-com.com/product/PowerDesk_Free_Trial.html

It's a 'trial'...but not time-limited...

tjesterb

on Mar 24, 2005

Thanks for the link. I'll give that a try. I did a Google search for Powerdesk earlier, guess I gave up before I got to that one.

Jafo

on Mar 24, 2005

Ah...I have the Pro 6 ver...so it's easy to find the home site and locate the freebie...

Tominated

on Mar 27, 2005

I forgot to mention a question. With litestep, i , umm, say, connect to the internet, the icon showing i'm connected in the systray wont appear, and i did an experiment, when i unload wb it disapears from thesystray, but if i load it again, it won't appear in the systray! it is really annoying

please help

Jafo

on Mar 27, 2005

Some systray processes are linked closely to Explorer...and only show reliably within the Explorer shell itself....when you use a different shell they don't always appear as they 'should'.

Good test...try killing LS in Task Manager ...and reloading it again....and note how many systray icons have disappeared...

Lantec

on Mar 27, 2005

Not trying to Hi-Jack the thread but I have a Power Desk question.
In the full version (it's not available in the trial) does the Sync utility allow you to synchronize folders across a network on two different computers in a batch mode. I ask this because I generally use a seperate utility to keep my CAD drawings from the office server "backed up" on my laptop which I work on evenings and weekends at home then go in and sync back to the server.

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