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That solved the problem (although merely restarting stackz and stuff did not help at all)

It really came back! Awesome.
So new things I can report: if i search something the Japanese is well ..unreadable..and that although I should be able to read it.

It's the same dictionary file I used for 2006, actually it even was created BY stackz 2006.
Stackz told me back then it can improve the performance of the dictionary by recreating it. And yes it's EUC. My computer supports Japanese, in the testing dialog is even works flawlessly. If there is any more information I can provide or anything else I could try to help you find the source just tell me.

1)Upon encoutering this bug i updated to rc6.
2)ms vista x64
3)still grayed out
4)i only tried it with adding a jpn dict file in right format in another language (if necessary i can try with an actual file but since i'm on a slow connection and have to pay for traffic I did not do so now) -  it did not change a thing
5)gray
6)gray

And you might be interested in following: I just found (lol I have not gotten used to it yet) that the dictionary part of stackz at the bottom is actually there and lets me select a dictionary and stuff. But now i tried closing it...and I can't get it back :(

Do only I have that cool 'version' or is this intentional until final?
I used the same settings as on 2k6 and yes I have clicked OK and no i cannot access the dictionary anywhere.
...what is the cause of this?

You are so right, this would be really great.

Tested on Vista RC2, my old folder did not work, but this was (most likely) due to write protection issues. When I copy and pasted the folder to the new program files folder (which had a new name for my foreign language computer) it worked flawlessly.
So in worst case scenario you have to reinstall, however it DOES work.

Firstoff, I know that this is a huge and probably useless one but I thought I could as well give an idea what can still be improved.
Okay, I am aware of the fact that it might not be the smartest idea to have like 7000 cards in one stack...but I still like it like that. Random reviewing without seperation is just the best for me.
But stacks is getting slower and slower in testing mode...to mark a card as known or unknown takes like 5 seconds on my machine. Maybe I'm an idiot but I think that this needn't be. After all it does not need to rewrite every sub-stack just because I answered one card. Sure this might be useful for people who want the graphic of the stacks to be updated after every card...but an option to update the stacks after more entries and doing it in the background might make it better. I mean it should be possible to instead of rewriting the two stacks that are influenced by answer, which I assume is what is wasting most performance atm, to just make a small memory area where it stores what is to go to which stack eventually and then when it has spare performance do it or do it more infrequently on larger stacks, or maybe some other way.

Well I don't have PS but a delete feature would also be nice in the normal version of stackz. Well for the time being just copy and paste it somewhere or write it down. Easier than searching for it manually.

And you would glue them together or what? I suggest against gluing things together to carry around...
Maybe a bit thicker paper but without gluing it together would work better.
Well this would of course also require larger changes with resinerting the paper for the answers to be printed them (of course a certain way of inserting them would be necessary).

Well it would certainly be useful considering the many fishes and plants there are.
鯛　鯉　鰹　鮑　鱒　鰆　鱚　鱈　鮃　鮹　鯒　鰰　鰤 and so on...without a picture one might be able to learn the names of those fishes in one's native language...which doesn't mean you would necessarily actually recognize that fish. Same goes for all the trees...However, maybe learning what those 'actual things' are is not anymore within the realm of what stackz is supposed to do.

hmmm... I suggest you rather delete it right away  :)

非道い。其も逸興在る物也。
善を責むるは朋友の道也！　（孟子離婁下）

Thanks for the info!  Now all I have to do is figure out which phonetic alphabet to use... <smile>

In case you still care about it and don't just want to get rid of it then use the international one. There is an explanation at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet . If you master it you can (with a good dictionary) read words of many languages neatly without even knowing the language. It is really useful, if you do not take lessons that teach you pronunciation it is necessary as even if you go to this country, if you speak too 'strange' they won't listen to you. So don't let bad habits or assumptions degenerate your pronouncation, learn it at the beginning, once you have a very good feel for the language you might be able to skip it, but until then I deem it essential (if you ever intend to converse in this language). Well at least I had quite a bit of success with it in all four languages that I am capable of.

How about phonetic spelling? That is important as well. Knowing the pronounciation for words is important, and it is not always completely obvious even in western languages.
edit: You might have to learn the international phonetic alphabet first. But it's worth the effort.

"Repeat Advisor" seems the best for me. The better one knows a word the less one should repeat it. And testing after even more time if you still know a word shows you how good you really know it. Well I think it's meaningless to praise the strong points of this here since it's also recommended in the help file...