Problem details: My osu skins for some reason show as osu beatmaps files. i've tried making the files zip to osk but that doesnt work either. If im re-posting a problem my mistake just redirect me to that form. I couldnt find one myself


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osu! version: Stable 20200811.2 (latest)

Has the actual file extension changed or is it just the icon that is different? The icon should not affect how the game handles the files.

How are you trying to import the files and what happens when you try to import them? Do you get any sort of error messages?

The icon is different and the file says osu beatmap. When I drag the files into the folder nothing happens and when I double click to open it says the skin was unable to be imported

Right click on the file, hit Properties, and tell me what it says the type of the file is under the general tab (including the part in parentheses).

Skins cannot be imported by dragging them into a folder, but double clicking on them should work. Can you try dragging one of the files directly into the osu! window? I'd recommend doing this with a file you have not tried to modify as well, just in case.

If you are still getting the same error, please provide a link to the skin you are trying to import.

type of file: osu! beatmap (.osk)

i just tried dragging the file into osu and it failed to import again

this is the skin i want the most https://osuskins.net/skin/wEaMJGb

What browser are you using to download the file? How big is the file after it is downloaded? Where is your osu! folder located?

If you have not restarted the game since the last time you tried importing the file, please open your osu! folder, find the "runtime.log" file inside the Logs folder and post its contents here (you can open it in notepad). If you have already restarted the game, try importing the file one more time before doing so.

Im using google chrome, its 24.2 MBS when installed i opened the game when you told me to drag the file into osu can't seem to find runtime.log

osu is located on my flash drive. but i already have a skin and i didnt have trouble getting it the first time

I found runtime.log you want me to post everything in there. its a good sum of text

Yes, post everything. If it's super long you can put it in a spoiler box like this:

[box=]LONG TEXT[/box]

I'd also like you to try running osu! as an administrator if possible, then trying to import the skin. If you do not know how to run the game as an administrator: open your osu! folder, right click on the application file, and hit "Run as administrator".

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I tried running osu as admin and importing but it did not work as well.
at this point i think it might have to do with my laptop being pretty bad but still hoping i can find a solution

There is a workaround, it's just significantly more work and shouldn't need to be done, so I wanted to see if we could fix the actual issue first. I will share it though for the time being.

If you have a program that can extract zip files, like 7-zip or WinRAR, you can open the .osk file in that program and extract it manually. Then you can also move it into your Skins folder manually and hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S in game.

Ive tried that already and i just did it again and it didnt work
there is a chance i might have done a wrong step of missed one im not that good when it comes to things like .zip files etc

Are you getting the same error message? Did you hit Ctrl+Alt+Shift+S in game after moving the folder? I can't think of a reason why that would not work if done properly.

I did and im getting the same error message as before

Any chance you could get a video of you doing this?

sadly i can't as i said before my laptop sucks but i will explain the steps i did.

1:put the skin in a new zip folder
2:At the top pressed extract
3:Went over to directly extract into the osu skin folder
4: went in-game press ctrl+alt+shift+s.

after that didnt work i tried double clicking and dragging into osu

What are the steps that are usually done

No need to put the skin in a zip folder. You can directly open the .osk file in whatever program you are using to extract zip files and extract it. You should then end up with a normal folder that you can move to your Skins folder.

im so thankful for you it worked finally. i can't thank you enough. this has benn being stupid for a while now. thank you

my osu skins are turning into beatmaps i can't change them to .osk because the still will be beatmaps please help

nvm i did somthings and it worked

my recent downloaded skins are also beatmaps. How did you fix it? Pls I don't wanna play with default skin TT

Have you tried dragging it directly to osu! if the solutions above doesn't work?
If it doesn't work, feel free to create a new topic and explain here instead. Bumping old already resolved threads won't be the same as the current issues. Thanks.