Top Widgets

Installing BumpTop Widgets

If you already installed BumpTop Widget Manager, you can stop reading this and relax. BumpTop Widget Manager will take care of everything. :)

Most BumpTop widgets should have some sort of installer. If it doesn't, check out the developers section for some tips.

Restart BumpTop after installation. You may exit BumpTop from an icon in Windows tray bar.

Widgets that are using WinRar self-extractor, may report an error message "This program might not have installed correctly", under Windows 7.
Just ignore this message. This self-extractors are not actual installers, they just unpack the widgets in the right folder.

BumpTop external widgets are stored in
C:\Users\Userame\AppData\Roaming\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (Vista/Win7) or
C:\Documents and Settings\Userame\Application Data\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (XP)
If the installation ends up somewhere else, move it to this folder.
And make sure you don't change this path, even if the installer allows it.

If BumpTop Widget Manager isn't working, you can manualy unpack the .BtWidget files, by renaming them to .rar first. But leave me a feedback about it first, so I can fix it!

Uninstalling Widgets

Exit BumpTop.

If the widget came with its own installer (like Window 2 Weather), you should remove it trough add / remove programs, like any other windows application.

If you want to uninstall the File preview widget, you must first start it and then click the "add / remove context menu" button. You should skip this, if you are upgrading.

If the came with a self extractor, first check for specific instructions about the widget. Then manually delete it. You should only manually delete widgets that came with a self extractor.

Deleting Widgets

You should only manually delete widgets that came with a self extractor.

Make sure the widget isn't running. If it doesn't stop normally, press ctlr-alt-delete to access Windows Task Manager and kill it.

Exit BumpTop.

Navigate to the BumpTop widgets folder. Widgets are stored in C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (Vista) or C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (XP).

Delete the folder.

Restart Bumptop.

Upgrading Widgets

If a widget isn't using the Widget Managers auto-updater (or it's own method of updating), you will need to manually upgrade it.

Exit BumpTop.

Install the new version, overwriting the old one.

If this doesn't work, make sure the widget isn't running. It should already stop with BumpTop, if it doesn't, press ctlr-alt-delete to access Windows Task Manager and kill it.

If it still doesn't work uninstall the it and then reinstall it.

Widgets not responding?

If the widgets start a slideshow after doubleclicking them, instead of whatever they are supposed to do, you have this problem.

This was fixed in BumpTop v1.5. Make sure you have the latest version - http://bumptop.com/download.php!

If the widgets start a slideshow after doubleclicking them, the hack below shoud fix your widgets.

UPDATE: If you are using BumpTop Widget Manager, you can use it's "reset widget" function instead.

Navigate to the widgets data folder. Widgets are stored in C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (Vista) or C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Bump Technologies, Inc\BumpTop\Widgets (XP)

Create a copy of the image in the data folder (for example: if the original image is called "image.png", this would create "Copy of image.png")

Delete the original image ("image.png" in the example).

Rename the image copy to the original filename ("Copy of image.png" to "image.png").

ImageMagick

UPDATE: BumpTop Widget Manager now includes a portable ImageMagick distribution. Just install BumpTop Widget Manager instead of following the complex procedure below. ;)

Several widgets here require ImageMagick.

You can find the download link to ImageMagick here. Just select the one on top.

Since ImageMagick runs natively under Linux, there is another step after installation: You need to rename convert.exe to imconvert.exe.

Here is an explanation from ImageMagick's web site - Usage under Windows:

convert is a Windows command in the Windows system directory (for converting FAT32 to NTFS). It is suggested you rename the IM convert command to "imconvert.exe" to distinguish the two commands. You can't rename the system command, as a windows service pack would just restore it, ignoring the renamed version.

Navigate to ImageMagick install path, which should look somehing like - C:\Program Files (x86)\ImageMagick-(version)\ and rename convert.exe to imconvert.exe.

Other requirements

You'll find widgets from several authors on this page. Make sure to read the widgets descriptions carefully as some widgets may have some other requirements.

Support forum

If you want to ask a question or suggest an idea, wisit the forum.

Active customer service discussions in top widgets forum:

Forum powered by:

topwidgets

Help

Installing BumpTop Widgets

Uninstalling Widgets

Deleting Widgets

Upgrading Widgets

Widgets not responding?

ImageMagick

Other requirements

Support forum