hello, i just started using litestep today and seem to run in a few problems.

1. i can't seem to move my desktop icons around to arrange them

2. when i change themes the wallpaper for the theme doesnt load

can anyone please answer/help? thanks

also i have a gap inbetween my maximized window and taskbar looks like this http://dumbo.dr2.net/gap.jpg how can i fix that?

If the wallpaper doesn't change, it's just a theme problem. Some themers don't include the wallpaper in their themes, others you have to setup manually.

For the gap, you could fix it by changing your desktop module's (jDesk,desktop2) settings to your actual desktop size, minus the bar (and anything else you'd want your maximized windows to not maximize over). Read the docs in your litestep\modules\docs directory for more info on doing that.

Hope this helps.

thanks, took a few tries but i hit the right number but got it thank you very much

heh, no problem. Im kind of a n00b too and those are some problems I ran into.

well i have another question, in explorer shell whenever u hit the windows key on the keyboard it would bring up start menu, is there someway to make that same key bring up a menu?

personal.rc


Remove the ;'s

and as for your moving icons...you can't do that in LS...sorry

thanks, im finding LS to have alot of editing, but im learning. also i see some skins have a box where you can enter ! commands, what is that called and how can i bring that up and where can i find a list of ! commands from? sorry if its so many questions

there is an option in most themes for that. check your theme config popup for the optional addition. as for the !Bang commands...you can find a list in !About or the docs for each and every module.

couldnt find it in silverfleep theme, but thanks for mentioning where i can find the list, been great help

The module to execute commands and bangs is called lsxcommand. You might wanna check out how austerity did it and reproduce that in silverfleep.

okay back again for one last time, im trying to edit my jKeyLWinKey "!Popup" so when i hit it, a popup folder will come up with my desktop icons but ive tried everything and havent got it to work. ive tried !desktops but my theme doesnt have icons on the desktop and i sort of like it that way, ive also tried !popupfolder: "c:\my docs\desktop etc.. but no luck there maybe im typing in something wrong?

jKeyLWinKey !PopupDynamicFolder $Desktop$|$CommonDesktop$

thank you

hmm i get a error saying Variable "CommonDesktop" not defined
Expression: !PopupDynamicFolder $Desktop$|$CommonDesktop$

then drop it off...

jKeyLWinKey !PopupDynamicFolder $Desktop$

hmm that brings up nothing but a popup just like when i used !popupdesktops, i was thinking something like !PopupDynamicFolder:"C:\Documents and Settings\user\Desktop\" maybe? i tried to use that but it doesnt bring anything up

No ':' if used as a regular !bang. Try

"Quotes" may be important. If that doesn't help try "$DesktopDir$".

Add this to popup.rc in Personal Dir

*Popup "Desktop" !New !Desktopmenu
*Popup "My Computer" !PopupMyComputer
*Popup "File Manager" "$FileManager$"
*Popup "Tasks" !PopupTasks
*Popup "recent files" !PopupRecentDocuments
*Popup "Favorites" !DynamicFolder:"$Favorites$"
*Popup "Desktop" !DynamicFolder:"$Desktop$"
IF Win9x
*Popup "Programs" !DynamicFolder:"$Programs$"
ELSE
*Popup "Programs" !DynamicFolder:"$Programs$|$CommonPrograms$"
ENDIF
*Popup "Control Panel" !PopupControlPanel
*Popup "Run" !Run
*Popup "Console" "$CmdPrompt$"
*Popup "Display" control.exe desk.cpl
*Popup "Regedit" regedit.exe
*Popup "Recycle Bin" explorer /root,,::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}
*Popup "Show Clipboard" clipbrd.exe
*Popup "Logoff" !LogOff
*Popup "Shutdown" !ShutDown
*Popup ~New

Add this to hotkey.rc in Personal Dir

*Hotkey Win D !Desktopmenu

If theme has CKHotspot add this to Hotspot settings

*ckHotspot 0 -1 1 1 "!Desktopmenu" x=0 y=-28 left bottom" !None

this will give you the menu when you put your mouse in
the bottom left of screen

You can toss this in there somewhere
maybe under *Popup "Desktop" !DynamicFolder:"$Desktop$"

*Popup "QuickLaunch" !DynamicFolder:"$Quicklaunch$"

wow magic !PopupDynamicFolder "$Desktop$" works.. thank you ilmcuts, also thank you techronin

well for my first few days of using LS ive found it very not so friendly when you want to customize, but found the forum very friendly when you need help. i love LS so far only found a few problems with changing themes and loading time when u startup but not to be to picky about a free program. i love LS, thanks for the great help everyone

uhhh...the whole point was that he didn't want all that crap...he just wanted his desktop stuff. If he wanted all that he could have just used his Right Windows key and got his popup. Also...never use those nasty old CSLID thingies...always go for the evar. $BitBucket$ I think is what you wanted.