Did you put code in the skininfo to use the 1001 style file?
xml code:
<Replace>
<Window>
<Styles>
<Style Id="1001">
<File>styles/1001 Style.txt</File>
</Style>
</Styles>
<Windows>
</Replace>
or wherever your 1001 style file is located and named
also, remove the reference to the 1001 definition as you don't need to replace that.
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