now if only I knew how I fixed it I've only tested SkinSetting using Winamp Modern and Winamp Classic. I took the settings fron the INI file saved upon exit. Since you haven't tried the new version yet, I'm going to assum your registration is working now. I'll check the xmodernskin. But that only installs support, it does not activate it by default unless you use SKINSETTING= with a modern skin. See if the support is installed. I just silently updated the MSI. There was a bug with the out_wave.dll that the ini entries in winamp.ini weren't correct for. THey're fixed now. Yea I wish I knew too so you could help the other people having problems. Oh well. I tried your silent update and everything still works for me.