WB6 not working on Vista 64

Wednesday, October 3, 2007 by Gueni | Discussion: WindowBlinds

I've just installed WB6 and it's update on Vista 64, but it's not working properly. Some of the open windows are skinned, but the taskbar isn't.

I also have suddenly a white background under the side bar.

Can somebody please help. Thanks.
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ZubaZ
Reply #1 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:39 PM
Have you rebooted?
Can you post your system info from WB here?

Gueni
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:55 PM
I have rebooted the system several times.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.3
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.4

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 49 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Acer AL2416W (Analog)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/10/01 11:46:20
Wblind64.dll 2007/07/24 10:19:08
Wbsrv.dll 2007/07/24 10:19:05
Wbconfig.exe 2007/10/01 17:35:33
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 17:47:44
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Wbload.dll 2007/09/26 12:53:28
Screen.exe 2007/10/01 11:23:24

Thanks for the help.

Gueni
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 2:58 PM
my Vista Ultimate Build is:

Build 6000.vista_gdr.070627-1500

Frogboy
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:22 PM

That is very odd.  Any chance you could post a screenshot?


Shermanl
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 3:44 PM
Frog and others, I had exactly the same thing on my vista 64 machine. I finally had to scrap WB6 as it looked so akward with my skin and the mismatched sidebar and task bar. I too tried rebooting and even reinstalling.

Guess what, even after uninstall the damage is done I guess at the registery/program atomic level as now WB5 acts up even though before version 6 I had used to great effect even on this vista machine.

I hopre this gets fixed soon but mostly to let others know its not just you

Gueni
Reply #6 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:58 PM
I've restarted again and now it's not skinning anything at all, but when I go to Themes in the Windows display settings "Modified Theme" is showing as it should.

Here's the screen shot:



Also, the WB icon does not appear on the taskbar anymore.

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Reply #7 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 4:59 PM
Did you (anyone reporting a problem) previously have WindowBlinds 5.51 installed for Windows Vista x64? And is Stardock Central reporting Build 160 in Help / About? 

Gueni
Reply #8 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 5:09 PM
and that is what the sidebar looks like:


Gueni
Reply #9 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 5:11 PM
yes, my Stardock Central is build 160 and I used to have WB 5.51 installed, which worked perfectly.

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Reply #10 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 5:45 PM
Uninstall. Before rebooting, do this:

Start / run / cmd.exe

cd \windows\system32
ren wbload.dll wbload.old
cd \windows\syswow64
ren wbload.dll wbload.old

Reboot. Reinstall. Better?

Agrippa
Reply #11 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:06 PM
This suggestion goes for all of us x64 users with problems I take it?

Gueni
Reply #12 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 6:41 PM
I had to do it twice ... but it's working now ...hurray thanks

[email protected]
Reply #13 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:41 PM
Yes, Agrippa. I will try and get a better handle on it tomorrow.

webavant
Reply #14 Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:28 PM
I am having a similar problem, except I never had WB 5.x installed. I tried the stable release of 6.0 first, then I tried the current beta.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 52 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Digital Flat Panel (1920x1200 60Hz)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GT

Wblind.dll 2007/10/08 18:07:20
Wblind64.dll 2007/10/08 18:07:06
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/27 17:47:05
Wbconfig.exe 2007/10/01 17:35:33
Wbload.exe 2007/09/27 17:47:44
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Wbload.dll 2007/09/26 12:53:28

webavant
Reply #15 Saturday, October 13, 2007 6:56 PM
I got everything in order now. I uninstalled, removed some services and startup items using msconfig, rebooted, reinstalled and noticed a Windows Defender notification that I didn't notice before. I permitted the stardock service and everything works now!

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