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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eieio
Reply #441 Saturday, September 22, 2007 8:54 AM

Regarding missing exclusions, copy wbperapp.ini from the WB dir to the new skins folder.  The file was missed in the migrate.




Worked like a charm! Thanks, Neil.


Neil Banfield
Reply #442 Saturday, September 22, 2007 9:43 AM

Kevison: To stop WindowBlinds running at startup you apply a non WB skin (classic or XP style / Aero).

That is how WB has worked on XP and above since WB 3.


Kevison
Reply #443 Sunday, September 23, 2007 8:42 AM

Thanks Neil.... I must be loosing my mind. As soon as I read you post, I suddenly remembered. Thanks~



GilloR
Reply #444 Sunday, September 23, 2007 11:54 AM
Windows xp sp2 and it does it on any style i load - its happening in explorer to


JeansBaby
Reply #445 Sunday, September 23, 2007 9:25 PM
@ Neophil, #3:
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Hope it gets fixed soon

I have the same problum help

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 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 GeForce FX 5500

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21


info with bata 2 running

GilloR
Reply #446 Monday, September 24, 2007 9:22 AM

silverspider2005: Which OS are you using and what skin?


Regarding missing exclusions, copy wbperapp.ini from the WB dir to the new skins folder.  The file was missed in the migrate.



WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 25 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 GeForce FX 5500

Wblind.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/18 15:20:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/18 15:20:55
Wbload.exe 2007/09/17 14:34:51
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Windows XPSP2 Build 2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.070227-2254 Still got no carriage return here - if I unload wB6 explorer doenst close when I click on the menu bar. Any luck on a fix yet? regards Gill

thebleedingedge
Reply #447 Monday, September 24, 2007 11:47 AM
When ever you apply a new skin or re-apply a skin, the "My Documents " window resizes to the default size. It is quite irritating.
I am using XP SP2.

Lantec
Reply #448 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:20 AM
Your getting there Neil.
The latest release seems to have fixed my Windowblinds button and I still have my exclusions (albeit the ones I made after the last update)

Neil Banfield
Reply #449 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:57 AM

Could anyone who had the BSOD issue with their MCE remote please try the current beta.  We are fairly certain that the issue is fixed.


WebGizmos
Reply #450 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:44 AM
Do we still need to turn off Auto Archiving to get the latest update? Kinda defeats the purpose of archiving. I lost my last version because of that and had to find another one.

ksteffan
Reply #451 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:06 AM
Love the new look to WB and I'm really enjoying the included "Diamond" Skin.

However, if I use any of the skins other than the XP default ONE, I can no longer get my task-bar menu to appear. Normally you would right-click on the task-bar to display the menu. Now, with WB6 installed, the task-bar disappears, the hour-glass pops up then, after a few seconds the task-bar comes back but still no menu. To get it to appear, I now have to use the [ctrl]+[alt]+[del] combo!

DadBart
Reply #452 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:04 PM
Outlook


It should be


I assume this was a response to my blank dialogs in Outlook 2007, etc. post. Just to feedback, yes the latest build has fixed the problem. Thanks!

GilloR
Reply #453 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 1:27 PM
I still have my problem with my menus in explorer and Outlook Express - menues are ok in non MS applications.

GigaByte69
Reply #454 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:16 PM
i have uninstalled , rebooted and reinstalled twice, the newest windows blinds 6 beta 5.92[b].093, and both times, wehn i start the windows blinds 6 application, the screen is 90 % black, cant see any of the skins or see any of the options in the screen. i have tried , by guessing, to go to the about screen to use the slider to change interface color, it does not work, just black as can be. Is this something with this build?

thanks for help

Fuzzy Logic
Reply #455 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 3:06 PM

the screen is 90 % black, cant see any of the skins or see any of the options in the screen

Same here. I restored Vista from back-up to get me back to an earlier version. I'm a bit hesitant to update again.


Kinger
Reply #456 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 8:01 PM
I also had to turn off Auto Archiving on my both my Vista and XP machines.Other than that everything went smooth. Problems I was having with Moulten skin and a couple of others seem to be fixed. I did notice that not all skins seemed to have been moved to the new folder. Had to move them manualy, but then they worked fine afterword.Different skins in Vista than in XP wern't moved so no hint as why.

JeansBaby
Reply #457 Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:35 PM
I have the same problem, Neophil. This is the first post I've seen that mentions the prob. I upgraded to WB6 and Start Meneu and Taskbar were skinned 'til I rebooted, then both were rendered in Windows Classic only. When I opened WBconfig, the skin did not show a taskbar in the preview! If there was a substyle to the skin, it still had the taskbar visible in the preview pane, and a skinned taskbar and Start Menu...until reboot, then also that substyle had no taskbar in the preview pane. Any skin I chose, same behavior. Diamond ran until I rebooted, then no taskbar skinned and none visible in the preview pane. Only way I fixed it was to delete the theme and reinstall it, then fine 'til next boot! Weird, yes. Hope it gets fixed soon

I have the same problum with new build help


WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (build 28 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 GeForce FX 5500

(Scroll down for more)

Wblind.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/24 19:08:02
Wbload.exe 2007/09/24 19:08:13
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:06
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Screen.exe 2007/09/17 12:24:52

thebleedingedge
Reply #458 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:46 PM
In Adobe Photoshop CS2, when I select an area I get bitmap pink in the selected area. I am on XPSP2.

vStyler
Reply #459 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 5:57 PM
My update went relatively seamless however It seems as if Wbcfg is applying skins noticably slower now... not good when applying several hundred times a day.  

Daiwa
Reply #460 Wednesday, September 26, 2007 6:26 PM
I had to purge the .wb4 files a couple of times, reset all the Trans/Blur settings to defaults, and reload the skin a couple of times after the .090 update on both rigs I updated. For some reason, the trans settings had been changed without user input during the update & the StartPanel was completely transparent initially, among other little anomalies. 2-3 cycles of cache-file purges & reloads & the skin displays normally again. Holding off on the .092 update until the archive issue is fixed.

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