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Friday, September 28, 2007 by demesne | Discussion: WindowBlinds

I recently bought the full stardock program-$50 worth.

Now whenever I download any theme or visual style, nothing changes, just the colors on the toolbar, everything looks just like my regular XP setting.

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.51 (build 97 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.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family

Wblind.dll      2007/06/19 10:39:20
Wbsrv.dll      2007/03/13 09:57:52
Wbconfig.exe      2007/06/19 10:43:03
Wbload.exe      2006/03/13 16:54:14
Wbhelp.dll      21
Wbui.dll      2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll           2006/04/28 18:26:49

I feel like I just lost $50...

vStyler
Reply #1 Friday, September 28, 2007 8:42 AM
Have you rebooted?
bilbo1930
Reply #2 Friday, September 28, 2007 8:57 AM
wbhelp.dll 21 < that corrupt...
Hankers
Reply #3 Friday, September 28, 2007 9:04 AM
I feel like I just lost $50...

You haven't lost anything. It seems that your download did not complete. Uninstall WindowBlinds, reboot, install again, reboot and then post the System Information.
demesne
Reply #4 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:22 AM
I've rebooted and reinstalled about three times now..

Should I just delete every trace of stardock from my computer, and redownload the whole thing that way?
theAVMAN
Reply #5 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:27 AM
I feel like I just lost $50...


Don't worry there are great people here and they are willing to help too!
Philly0381
Reply #6 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:33 AM
As Hankers said in #3

You haven't lost anything. It seems that your download did not complete. Uninstall WindowBlinds, reboot, install again, reboot and then post the System Information.


Can you post the system information?
demesne
Reply #7 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:35 AM
I'm reinstalling everything right now..system information will be coming shortly.
demesne
Reply #8 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:37 AM
Now, which should I install, 4 5 or 6?
Hankers
Reply #9 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:39 AM
Install WB 6.
demesne
Reply #10 Friday, September 28, 2007 11:42 AM
Okay, I hope this works.
demesne
Reply #11 Friday, September 28, 2007 12:19 PM
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (build 32 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.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to Mobile Intel(R) 945GM Express Chipset Family

Wblind.dll 2007/09/27 17:47:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/09/27 17:47:33
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 17:47:44
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

There's my new information, is this all okay?
Hankers
Reply #12 Friday, September 28, 2007 12:37 PM
The dates appear to be complete now. Have you seen any improvement in skin application?
highlander
Reply #13 Friday, September 28, 2007 12:38 PM
Demesne,

It may be that the windowblinds Services didn't get properly added to your System Registry.

ADDING WB SERVICE TO WINDOWS

Copy and paste the following into a Notepad document and save it as wbservice.reg and then open it and say yes to putting it into the registry.
Make sure Notepad doesn't save it with a txt extension.

(start copying line below)
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindowBlinds]
"Type"=dword:00000010
"Start"=dword:00000002
"ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
"ImagePath"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,47,00,52,00,41,00,7e,00,\
31,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,64,00,6f,00,63,00,6b,00,5c,00,4f,00,42,\
00,4a,00,45,00,43,00,54,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,\
57,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,56,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,53,00,72,00,76,00,2e,\
00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00
"DisplayName"="Stardock WindowBlinds"
"Group"="UIGroup"
"ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
"Description"="Stardock WindowBlinds Service"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindowBlinds\Enum]
"0"="Root\\LEGACY_WINDOWBLINDS\\0000"
"Count"=dword:00000001
"NextInstance"=dword:00000001
(end copying line above)
demesne
Reply #14 Friday, September 28, 2007 2:08 PM
Everything seems to be in working order now, I've got a new skin up now. Thanks for the help everyone, you're all lifesavers.
Hankers
Reply #15 Friday, September 28, 2007 2:28 PM
Good news and welcome to the world of skinning.      
demesne
Reply #16 Friday, September 28, 2007 2:34 PM


Yes, I'm glad to be back, after using that 60 day trial, I almost got sick seeing the regular look.

I need to have a skin on, rofl.

Whether this is good or bad, I have no idea.
ZubaZ
Reply #17 Friday, September 28, 2007 2:42 PM
Another one assimilated

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