WindowBlinds 5.01 released
Tweaks, faster, new features, bug fixes, and more
Tuesday, March 21, 2006 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5.01. WindowBlinds is a program that enables users to completely change the look and feel of Microsoft Windows. With it, users can apply "skins" that change the existing Windows graphical user interface (GUI) across the entire system. Title bars, push buttons, radio buttons, the Start bar, and nearly every other part of the Windows interface is changed.
WindowBlinds is one of the most popular desktop customization utilities of all time, used by millions of people. It's also used by companies such as Microsoft, nVidia, ATI, Nintendo, Blizzard, and many others to create their own custom desktops. The recent Xbox 360 Desktop uses WindowBlinds for instance. Companies also license WindowBlinds based technology in the form of DirectSkin to make their own applications skinnable. For example, the ATI Catalyst Control Center uses WindowBlinds for its skinning.
WindowBlinds has skinning features not thought possible on Windows XP or before. For instance, WindowBlinds can support alpha blending in skins (glass effects and other visual enhancements in title bars and controls) as well as animation, shadows, sound effects, and more.
WindowBlinds 5.01 improves performance on X64 based systems, adds support for wallpaper management, taskbar blurring, IE 7 support, and various tweaks, bug fixes, and performance enhancements.
It can be downloaded at www.windowblinds.net. WindowBlinds can be registered on its own for $19.95 or as part of Stardock's award-winning suite of desktop utilities Object Desktop (www.objectdesktop.com).
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Reply #22 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:39 PM
Works great 
The wallpaper feature is a real bonus, and I like the way you can select your own folder. Nice one
Reply #23 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 7:58 PM
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Reply #28 Thursday, March 23, 2006 12:09 AM
| I own WB 5. How can I upgrade to WB5.01? Or can I? |
For sure you CAN --- if you have SDC installed .. then open in and in ObjectDesktop tab --- you will see an update for WB .. install it and N-Joy .. !!
Reply #29 Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:45 AM
| I agree, the wallpaper feature is nice. Maybe add randomize wallpaper on startup/WB change? |
Or even better than that, change wallpaper every x minutes with a fading effect. That would rock my world!
Reply #30 Thursday, March 23, 2006 9:25 AM
I think I just had a GUIgasm....
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Reply #32 Thursday, March 23, 2006 5:08 PM
| Good job guys! Regardless the complaints being said with some issues (Format your PC better results), |
Why don't you just tell the people to run out and buy a new computer, stupid idiot!
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Reply #35 Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:15 PM
| When you have over 7,500 pictures in one folder it takes a long time to scroll through them all. |
MontyXP ...I think it's time you did a little house-cleaning. That's way too many images to have in a Windows-referenced folder...[assuming it to be /windows/web/wallpaper]...
Reply #36 Thursday, March 23, 2006 6:41 PM
| Do you have to pay another $20 for this updated v.5, or can I just download it and use my previous activation code? |
After downloading the new build, it installed right over the top of the old one, and didn't require the different activation key that came with it.
Reply #37 Thursday, March 23, 2006 7:35 PM
Besides if I try to add that folder it might crash 
Reply #38 Thursday, March 23, 2006 8:41 PM
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Reply #21 Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:14 PM
Go over to betanews and add a review.
http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/WindowBlinds/947721727/1