How to Extract Files and Install A Skin
Posted 7 months, 2 weeks ago at 3:14 PM. 19 comments
Posted in Life Tutorials, Skinning Aim, Tutorials.
Currently this extraction tutorial is made only for Aim 6 skins.
This tutorial has been updated for July 27th, 2009
I often get many questions on how to extract files from a zip file. This process is not too difficult but people seem very confused over the file itself. This tutorial will show you how to extract a file to any directory. The second part of the tutorial will apply these steps to skins hosted on this site.
This tutorial is made through Windows XP, if you are using another Operating System such as Windows Vista, certain names and functions will differ. Please follow the general idea of this tutorial to get a handle on zip files.
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the ‘read me’ file won’t show up for me!
The readme file is gone in the bumpxseries.zip . But you can use this as a guide for the upcoming skins later this year.
it really helped me in extracting and overwriting!!!!!
i need help.i am really good at computers but i couldnt get this one.can you help me please?
Huh that stuff is really confussing.
ok i did everything and HOW DO I CHANGE IT THE AIM its the same COLOR!!!!! i really wanted it.
Keep in Mind that these instructions are outdated, but they do show you how to extract a file. You can use this as a guide on how to do it, but you will have to not use the examples listed on this page as the directories will be wrong. So for the main part, follow the instructions that were given in the skins section and not this page. You can change skins by clicking on the Color Wheel after you sign onto Aim 6.5
Thanks! This worked with the Mac theme and i lerv it! (^.^)
kk im lost ur missing steps…i need more detailed.. cause im lost on where do u ut in da file? where is da file.. idk
Information is old, just a general guide on what you can do.
What the Fuck.. i understand up till step 5 other then that this shit seems point less
The readme file is gone, can I still install this?
Is there anyway you can explain this to me? It’s hard for me to understand the whole thing
Just like above, you basically download a file, unzip it using WINZIP or Windows Compressed File Extractor. The instructions on where to put each file is actually on the skin’s page and not this page. All your basically learning from here is how to extract a file. And how to move these files to specific folders. Since each skin has different instructions it’s kind of unnecessary to show each step for each skin.
Just realize that most other websites won’t give you a step by step on how to extract. Its something that you need to know if you surf the internet.
Ok so I did the overwrite thing for the red skin where you extract it all and I still don’t have the colors. What do I do now?
i used the original long ago and it went perfectly. Now it seems hes just half assed it. The instructions are outdated which usually wouldnt be a problem but the file doesnt include the readme anymore so now your reading his backwards instructions. Aim has most the colors, think we’ll live
Comparing any particular site including Wordpress themes, javascript files, and whatever package that comes in a zip file, these sites do not give you instructions on how to open an FTP, how to extract a file, how to click a folder to reach a particular directory.
Most of them say, “extract whatever file at this folder and you are good to go.”
When it came to writing instructions with these skins, it seems people with very little computer knowledge were attempting to install a skin when even they could not tell the difference between the functions of Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer.
The Installation instructions went through several changes until I could find one that included a short 3 step process. This would be easily understood by those who know zip files, and confuse anyone who did not know them.
So for the most part if you are fine with the skins included in AIM continue to use them. I don’t recommend attempting to install skins if you have little to no computer knowledge since you can easily mess things up.
–July 28th
Anyways, the instructions were rewritten from scratch to include support for Aim 6.9 skins. I should hear no more complaints regarding how to do this or how to do that. This tutorial covers almost every topic and issue you can come across while attempting to install a skin. I will count the Downloads to Complaints ratio to see if this new tutorial is effective.
OK, So a few years back there was this website created called youtube. make a instructional video and post it their. please.
Then you might want to youtube search how to extract a zip file..