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oops.

thankyou kindly.

(note)

when i tried the third suggestion, of changing

#intf=
into
#intf=skins2

and double clicked a file, the wxwidget opens again, and the config file automatically changes itself back to plain old #intf=

thanks for the reply.

that's one of the pages i viewed, and with those changes made, i still have the same problem. i can open it skinned if i use the vlc shortcut, but not if i open vlc by double clicking on a video file.

is it possilbe to do something so that when you double click on a video file it will open in the skinned interface? i've been through these forums for an hour, discovered how to make the vlc shortcut open in skinned, but have not been able to discover how to achieve this when double clicking on an a...

fantastic !!!! thankyou. you can try this out for the double click thing. http://forum.videolan.org/viewtopic.php?t=6591&highlight=add+playlist that's with the preferences set to open no more than one version of vlc. i can now double click on files and it will open them in the skinned interface,...

mm. righto. no response.
can anyone let me know if what i'm doing should work?

am i following the correct procedure? has anyone at all been able to make it so that vlc opens up skinned by default?

hi trying to make it so that vlc opens skinned by default, but it's refusing to do it. what i'm doing is: settings > preferences > interface > general, and then changing the interface module dropdown menu to 'skinnable interface' then hitting save. but everytime i reopen vlc after a close, it starts...