WindowBlinds 6 Beta Feedback

Wednesday, August 1, 2007 by Neil Banfield | Discussion: Stardock Support General

Please post all feedback about the WindowBlinds 6 beta on this thread.

Note that the beta is for 32 bit XP and Vista systems only.  Please do not post about it not working on 64 bit XP/Vista.  Please continue to use WB 5.51 on those platforms.

This beta is for Object Desktop customers ONLY.  Standalone WindowBlinds 5 owners will not be able to activate this build.

Please note that you must have Stardock Central 2.46 Build 154 or later to install the WindowBlinds 6 betas. If you try and use older versions, it'll eventually timeout and give you an error about an invalid URL.

If you have problems with it running at all, please uninstall WB6, reboot and then try reinstalling WB6 again.

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i81b4u-uc
Reply #201 Friday, August 3, 2007 3:17 PM
Windowblinds 6 is great, the only problem I'm having is with the start menu not changing transparency. the slider works but nothing happens.The title bar and taskbar change just the start menu doesn't.

firstandonly
Reply #202 Friday, August 3, 2007 5:13 PM

firstandonly

I just fixed the problem, the next update may come with it.

Thank you.



@ DanilloOC

Thanks for looking at it so quickly. Am really looking forward to see what the community can do with all the new toys at their disposal soon

gef
Reply #203 Friday, August 3, 2007 5:43 PM

I seem to be having a problem with the 'apply' button - it doesn't work   

Running Vista ultimate 32 bit


bobbyhundreds
Reply #204 Friday, August 3, 2007 6:04 PM
Open skin in SkinStudio, from explorer tree, Shell Animations-Animation Files, then on right, Section tab you will see the file sections, click on first one then from drop menu below preview select the proper file. Once you have set all save and apply.


I just did this and I now have a fully functioning set of progress anims!   Thanks v much Cavan.    

Astyanax
Reply #205 Friday, August 3, 2007 6:22 PM
Can't seem to get the Sidebar to change to the new style that came with WB6. I tried applying it many times, unloading and reloading WB, even a reboot.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 33 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Dell E207WFP) 1 is attached to Radeon X1950 Series

Wblind.dll 2007/08/03 11:51:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56

Nimbin
Reply #206 Friday, August 3, 2007 8:27 PM
when you try and edit the background colour on the diamond skin, you get a message saying the skin has critical errors and must be validated before saving, when you go to validate it, there is a huge list of errors, each update i have downloaded for wb6 does nothing to alleviate this problem and because the skin cannot be validated i have to keep changing the background every time the computer reboots

PurrBall
Reply #207 Friday, August 3, 2007 8:31 PM
With the latest update the Leo skin uses MS Sans Serif. What was wrong with Tahoma? Now it just looks like crap.
Nimbin: The problem is SkinStudio 5.5 doesn't support parts of the skin that are new, and sees the titlebar as missing.

NightTrainthedark
Reply #208 Friday, August 3, 2007 8:40 PM
you get a message saying the skin has critical errors and must be validated before saving


Don't validate it. Just click no and save. Your changes will remain.

misslilo
Reply #209 Friday, August 3, 2007 9:18 PM
Reboot problem!

Running Vista 32

I have the correct Stardock version.

Uninstalled WB5 - rebooted, installed WB6 and was prompted to Reboot again, which I did and got same answer.
Well, I then uninstalled WB6, rebooted and installed it again. Rebooted and got same answer.
I do not have any security programs enabled.
I added it to Windows firewall, so it would allow it.
I ran it with admin rights.

What do I do wrong?

Do I need to register(activate?) WB6 when I have Object Desktop registered? If so, how?
Does it make any difference, if I install it in a different folder than WB5?

Excalpius
Reply #210 Friday, August 3, 2007 10:35 PM
misslilo,

A number of us are having the same problem with Vista 32 bit and Windowblinds (5.51 and 5.90), so you're not alone. No word on this from Stardock, but let's hope they are investigating now that the number of users reporting the problem is increasing daily.

PurrBall
Reply #211 Friday, August 3, 2007 11:13 PM
Follow my instructions here:
https://forums.wincustomize.com/?forumid=167&aid=157557

PurrBall
Reply #212 Friday, August 3, 2007 11:32 PM
Bug: On the colors screen of WBConfig, the scrollbar on the preview stretches out of the window in the preview.

Frankief
Reply #213 Friday, August 3, 2007 11:46 PM
Okay, I tried the update, I do have the correct build of SD Central. After notification that WB5 uninstall and reboot, SD Central gives me message "member not found" and will not open. Had to do a system restore to get WB back at all. My subscription is valid and up to date. Since we are leaving in the AM for two weeks vacation, I will pass on trying to solve this tonight. Any feedback would be great.  

Excalpius
Reply #214 Saturday, August 4, 2007 12:01 AM
Follow my instructions here:
https://forums.wincustomize.com/?forumid=167&aid=157557


PurrBall's instructions fixed this for me! I posted a BIG thank you in this thread, but I thought I'd let people know to try this here and in other threads with this problem.

Daiwa
Reply #215 Saturday, August 4, 2007 12:14 PM
Menus/MDI buttons - no change with the .026 update. FYI.

BX
Reply #216 Sunday, August 5, 2007 8:33 AM
Just wondering if I will have to enable WDM or Aero to get transperancy/blur effect on vista ... am I right?

misslilo
Reply #217 Sunday, August 5, 2007 9:00 AM
Ok update on my problems.

1: I uninstalled WB6 again, rebooted.
2: Installed WB5, rebooted and then uninstalled it, rebooted.
3: Then I ran a registry clean(TweakNow Registry Cleaner), which found some leftover files from wb5, which I deleted.(wonder why not everything is deleted..?)
4: Ran defrag, then rebooted again.
5: Installed WB6 once again (this time in the old folder of wb5) and voila - it worked.

Sorry purrball - I didn't use your link, since I didn't see it until after I got it to work.
But thanks for it anyway.. glad it works for other

NB! I might have to add, that I did all installing and Uninstalling from within Stardock Central.

Natsgm
Reply #218 Sunday, August 5, 2007 11:48 AM
Now that I'm in the right forum, here's where I stand now. I can install WB6 fine. I'm running it right now, having just installed it (for the umpteenth time) and it's gorgeous, thanks. But when I reboot, it will no longer be able to apply skins. I can just reinstall it every time I boot up, but that seems a little silly, eh?

There's something happening in the reboot process that's keeping skins from applying, and I'm baffled. NB, you said my bin file was invalid. Please explain this to me further, as it's just confusing me. How could this be? I'm a paid-up OD user, I properly installed, it tells me it's activated. So what gives?

Here's my info (pre-reboot):

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 19 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Wblind.dll 2007/08/03 11:51:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49

P.S. Sorry I clogged up the other thread with all this stuff. I didn't realize this one even existed. I'm old.

upeters
Reply #219 Sunday, August 5, 2007 12:32 PM
Hi,

using the new Diamond skin with per-pixel borders, I see a black background of the titlebar when maximizing any window. Without allowing per-pixel borders, the background color stays correct (light blue) when maximizing. Is this behaviour intentional or is it a beta problem? (Same problem on two computers, running Windows XP Home both.)

Natsgm
Reply #220 Sunday, August 5, 2007 12:56 PM
Here's my info after reboot, with WB6 not working. Looks the same to me. Am I missing something?

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 19 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420

Wblind.dll 2007/08/03 11:51:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49

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