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Here you should find all the help you need to make yourself a countdown wallpaper. But if you find your still stuck after reading this, swing by the Dis Boards and ask me on there, I'll see what I can do!Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

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When program first starts up (double clicking Countdown Wallpaper Maker.exe) You should see the following screen :

Here enter 1-7, selecting a theme or choosing to use a custom image

1-5
Choosing 1-5 will bring up a list of 10 deigns. Select one by entering 1-10. These designs can be viewed here.

6
Choosing option 6 will bring up the following screen:

Here, enter the filename of the image you wish to use (e.g. Mickey.jpg). This file must be in the root directory of the program (the same folder as Countdown 'Wallpaper Maker.exe'.

After this, the following page will appear:

Here, enter 1 if you have a widescreen monitor, and 2 if you don't.

Next, this page will apear:

Select a font be entering 1 - 5.

This should be followed by this screen:

Select a colour for the text by entering 1 - 5 (Sorry if you don't like how I spelt colour....its not my fault im english 8D )

Next pick the text size:

Around 50 should be fine for most screen resolutions.

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Simply enter the date you wish to countdown to (e.g. 2008-07-10 if you wish to countdown to the 10th July 2008) followed by 'return'. If you enter a date in the wrong format, an error message will appear and you will be asked to re-enter the date. The most likely mistake you might make is not using a hyphen (-) in between the numbers. Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

The next page will then appear :Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney WorldMickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

Here, you can enter a message that will go before the countdown timer. E.g. <<THIS MESSAGE>> 12 days 2h 20m 2s...

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Here, you can enter a message that will go after the countdown timer. E.g. ... 12 days 2h 20m 2s <<THIS MESSAGE>>

**Note : You can have either message, both or none on your countdown time, just enter the ones you want!**

After entering your message, the program will display a page saying the file has been created, press enter to close this. Now in the folder with Countdown Maker.exe should be Wallpaper.htm. You can double click this to see what the design looks like, and check the message and date is correct. If you don't like the design or wish to change the message, simply run Countdown Maker.exe again. Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

Setting the wallpaper

To set your custom countdown as a wallpaper, start by right-clicking on the desktop and select
You should then see this window: Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

Select the 'Desktopr' tab. Your screen should now look similar to this: Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

Click on 'Browse and navigate to the folder with wallpaper.htm in it. This should be the folder you extracted the program to originally.

Select wallpaper.htm and then press open. Now click 'Ok' on the properties window.

That's it! Your all done. You should now see the countdown clock in the bottom right corner, and the image should have changed to the one you selected!

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Done everything above, but it still doesn't work? Then you've found the right place. Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World

I can't see wallpaper.htm when I click browse >>>> Web content is not enabled, to enable it double click on 'web tab.reg' in the main folder and selct 'Yes' when prompted. It should now show up in browse. Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney Worlduse Disney Walt Disney World
My date doesn't appear, just an asterix (*) that links to this website >>> This happens when an invalid date is entered. Check the date and try creating the file again. Mickey mouse Disney Walt Disney World