no i didnt see the edit
it should not matter from where you get the Skin, as long as it has the newest version number
i can't say why it's not sticking, but as said i've experienced more ppl this year having issues making panels stick
and it's does not seem to be a skin issue (rare cases it is because of a same id somewhere) but then you would have atleast 2 panels resetting
you can try the following.
when you have started the game and loaded the skin,
untick automatically override custom panels and used caching to decrease loading time
then clear the cache and reload the skin
then go in and set your panels as you want them
then continue 1 day - then save the game
close down FM - restart FM
and check if the panels is sticking now
it's a wall of text, but it's a solutions ppl have reported back to me which has worked for them.