[mikeSiLVO]

Ah, the background image being displayed is based on the icon image in the .DATA.xml file? The icon image is shared between skins, so that's entirely expected behaviour (there have been minor complaints about this before due to different visual styles of skins, so this will change in the next release...). But the icon image is designed to be displayed in an icon main menu layout, not as the background image...

I used the thumb property for the default fanart but the include saves the thumb which is empty on my main menu defaults and stays that way when it makes the madnox include. Should I just use a new property and not the thumb or is that an ok implementation?

Code:

    <shortcut>
        <defaultID>pictures</defaultID>
        <label>10002</label>
        <label2 />
        <icon>special://skin/extras/BigIcons/Image.png</icon>
        <thumb>special://skin/backgrounds/pictures/</thumb>
        <action>ActivateWindow(Pictures,return)</action>
    </shortcut>