7100simpleisbetter
04-11-2008, 05:53 PM
I know I seem to be pointing out all of the apps that don't work but in an effort to let everyone know and also hoping a mod or others have figured out a solution to these problems I thought I would post this.
The upgrade to 4.5 seems to have changed the management of Themes and where settings are saved including the ribbon settings (i.e. order of icons, folders, hidden icons, etc.) I found this out the hard way as I loaded the Today Plus theme (very nice by the way) set up all my icons and then had to reboot for other reasons and none of my settings were saved. The L theme did not have this problem so I did some troubleshooting and here is what I found.
1. 4.2.1 and below use the "Ribbon Bar Position" to store the settings for the themes.
2. 4.5 does not have the "Ribbon Bar Position" in the Backup and Recover options, instead 4.5 seems to have a item listed as "Theme Settings" which I am assuming is where the the ribbon bar positions and other theme data is stored.
As a result, old themes do not save the settings upon changing themes or even reboots. If anyone has any other information please share. Otherwise, others should be aware of this as they may lose their favorite theme until a new one is created based on the new OS parameters.
SIB
The upgrade to 4.5 seems to have changed the management of Themes and where settings are saved including the ribbon settings (i.e. order of icons, folders, hidden icons, etc.) I found this out the hard way as I loaded the Today Plus theme (very nice by the way) set up all my icons and then had to reboot for other reasons and none of my settings were saved. The L theme did not have this problem so I did some troubleshooting and here is what I found.
1. 4.2.1 and below use the "Ribbon Bar Position" to store the settings for the themes.
2. 4.5 does not have the "Ribbon Bar Position" in the Backup and Recover options, instead 4.5 seems to have a item listed as "Theme Settings" which I am assuming is where the the ribbon bar positions and other theme data is stored.
As a result, old themes do not save the settings upon changing themes or even reboots. If anyone has any other information please share. Otherwise, others should be aware of this as they may lose their favorite theme until a new one is created based on the new OS parameters.
SIB