Jagged systray & quicklaunch icons -> The solution

Thursday, November 23, 2006 by The Dementor-NL | Discussion: WindowBlinds

Hi there!

I have a Object Desktop subscription and I use WindowBlinds WB 5.49a beta now.

The one thing a get with certain WB skins is that the systray icons and quicklanch icons become all jagged. Like with JJ Ying's excellent Azenis 2 skin:

  

I got this problem as far I can remember with all other v5 windowsblinds versions...
I know I'm not the only one having this problem.

Is there some way to fix this as it ruins the superb work of JJ Ying

System info:
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.1 (build 82 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

You have 2 monitors.

(SyncMaster 205BW/204BW, SyncMaster Magic CX203BW(Digital)) 1 is attached to RADEON 9800 XT
(Plug and Play Monitor) 2 is attached to RADEON 9800 XT - Secondary

Wblind.dll      2006/11/18 14:47:20
Wblind64.dll      2006/10/09 11:51:37
Wbsrv.dll      2006/11/18 14:47:19
Wbconfig.exe      2006/11/15 19:39:02
Wbload.exe      2006/03/13 16:54:14
Wbhelp.dll      2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll      2005/12/06 20:29:06
Tray.dll      2006/04/28 18:26:49



7 Reply 5 Referrals
Orion
Reply #1 Thursday, November 23, 2006 6:46 PM
Display Properties -> Settings -> Advanced -> DPI setting. It's been my experience that anything other than the normal 96dpi causes jaggies.

The Dementor-NL
Reply #2 Friday, November 24, 2006 5:59 PM
Thanx for your reply Orion.


Check the DPI settings and it was 96Dpi...I've never changed it.

I know I can fix it temporarely by slsecting the default Win XP (Luna) style.
The icons are normal then. I can then re-apply the wanted Windowblinds and it still is OK. But when I reboot the PC the icons get jagged again.

Do you or anyone else know an other solution?


BigDogBigFeet
Reply #3 Friday, November 24, 2006 8:07 PM
What is your current garphics card driver release level? I used to have the same problem (jagged icons). When WB first loaded everything was fine, but as I changed skins the icons would get worse and worse forcing me to reboot to reset everything. I updated my ATI graphics driver a couple of months ago and the problem went away. I had also sent in a ticket to support and that was their recommendation. Try sending in a ticket to support, if it isn't an old garphics driver problem. I hope that helps.  

Neil Banfield
Reply #4 Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:51 AM
The system tray icons will be resized if the titlebar height differs by quite a bit from the standard windows size.  You can reproduce this with Windows Classic too.

The Dementor-NL
Reply #5 Saturday, November 25, 2006 8:46 AM
OK,


BigDogBigFeet: I am using an ATI 9800XT with the newest CATALYST 6.11 driver. Already submitted a ticket to SD support...let's see what comes from them

Neil: But then anyone using this skin would have this problem? Or is there anything abnormal that causes this?


Hapkido
Reply #6 Saturday, November 25, 2006 4:01 PM
I'm wondering if whatever it is that you have running in your System Tray <---------- (weather, etc.) is causing the problem? Have you tried shutting that addon down to see if the "jaggies" disappear?

The Dementor-NL
Reply #7 Saturday, November 25, 2006 6:43 PM
OK,

I found the "reboot-proof" solution. Thanx to Neils tip.

You have to go to: Display properties -> Design Tab -> Advanced -> Other advanced options and I had to set the Active (or inactieve...) Titlebar to 18 in stead of the 22 it was set to.

Could be that some previous skin had forced this setting?

Anyway: it works like a charm now.

Thanx again Neil


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