I have tried the eq2.ini and still no luck

[Jethal]

I'm having the same problem
my eq2.ini file contains..

cl_ui_skinname kithicor
cl_ui_subdir UI/

my custom UI is in the directory of
C:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest II\UI\kithicor

I have the eq2ui_skininfo.xml file there
and no luck whatsoever.

Funny, cause it worked fine in Beta testing.. as soon as the game went live, my UI prospects went down the toilet.