Avast 4.7- Can't Load 3prty Skins

[igor]

I don't think it will make any difference (regarding the Simple User Interface start) - the executables are identical.

What skins do you have in the skin selection list?
Is there anything in avast! Log Viewer? (in the Error cathegory or above)

[Lisandro]

Unless you unpacked them manually using the ashSkPck.exe tool.

What's the purpose of this tool? What can we do with it?

[igor]

As Sasha would certainly tell you, it's used to pack the skins after you make them; you can use it for the opposite action as well, however.

[Lisandro]

As Sasha would certainly tell you, it's used to pack the skins after you make them; you can use it for the opposite action as well, however.

I thought you couldn't unpack the skins with it... at least, I did not get 'parts' of the skin (like unpacking an archive file into its files)...
How can I do that (if possible like you've saying)?

[igor]

I didn't mean unpack into parts (bitmaps, sounds, etc.) - just the conversion between the compressed form (*.aswcs) and uncompressed form (*.asws) of the skin.

[Lisandro]

I didn't mean unpack into parts (bitmaps, sounds, etc.) - just the conversion between the compressed form (*.aswcs) and uncompressed form (*.asws) of the skin.

Besides the few bytes that we can 'save' from HDD, is there any performance issue related to these two forms of skins?

[igor]

I must say I don't know much about the skins...
I think it's just that avast! needs the unpacked ones, there are packed versions on the download page and this tool makes it possible to convert between those two - nothing spectacular.