Okay, time to re-install in a directory that isn't under "Programs Files."
Mine is C:/Rise of Flight.
Just move the .map files for your custom controls and you'll be right as rain.
Alright I did the re-install in the C:/Rise Of Flight ... went into the data/graphics folder and created the skins folder and place the planes that I would like a skin for in there plus the correct DDS file in each ...
Still no skins showin' up ...

Hard to believe that I am the ONLY one thats havin' this freakin' trouble
vK ~