WB6 - After rebooting losing skin on taskbar only

Saturday, October 6, 2007 by KwisatzCA | Discussion: WindowBlinds

I installed a clean copy of WB6 - uninstalled previous version just to make sure.  When I apply a skin everything appears as it should; however when I reboot, the system comes back up missing the skin on the taskbar and start menu. (see link) http://www.artisticfusion.com/images/desktop.jpg Also notice that the taskbar and start menu images are missing from the preview window in the WB6 control panel, all other skins (that I haven't applied) still show the taskbar and start menu, skins that I have applied will show up missing.  No amount of rebooting will fix this, re-downloading the skin helps, but certain skins that came with WB6 aren't available for separate download.  Any ideas out there...Thanks!

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 33 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.

(Dell P991) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 6600 GT

Wblind.dll      2007/10/04 17:58:20
Wbsrv.dll      2007/10/04 17:58:04
Wbconfig.exe      2007/10/04 17:58:33
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      2007/10/04 17:58:24

15 Reply 5 Referrals
Neil Banfield
Reply #1 Saturday, October 6, 2007 8:12 PM
What version of WB did you have before?

KwisatzCA
Reply #2 Saturday, October 6, 2007 8:18 PM
The first release of 6.0, 6.0.04 I think, something like that.

Schimmelreiter
Reply #3 Sunday, October 7, 2007 7:50 AM
Hello,
after updating from WB 5.50 to 6.0 lately, I discovered exactly the same issue! In particular, I tried out the Vienna2 skin. I found that by replacing the file 'Vienna2.uis_BLOCK.WB4' in the theme directory with the originally downloaded version of this file, the skinned taskbar was restored. I wonder why this file gets modified after installation of the skin, but is seems that something is going wrong, then?
I hope that there will be a bugfix available soon, otherwise I'd like to go back to version 5.5...

Kind regards

Neil Banfield
Reply #4 Sunday, October 7, 2007 8:57 AM

We currently have a possible fix for this undergoing testing.

Out of interest, do you have norton AV installed?


KwisatzCA
Reply #5 Sunday, October 7, 2007 1:24 PM
Yes I have Norton AV2007 installed, could this have an issue with it? Here is what is currently running in memory, that runs at every boot

Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.2
Scan saved at 10:22:44 AM, on 10/7/2007
Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600)
MSIE: Internet Explorer v7.00 (7.00.6000.16512)
Boot mode: Normal

Running processes:
C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MsMpEng.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccSvcHst.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\AppCore\AppSvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spoolsv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock\SDMCP.exe
C:\WINDOWS\Explorer.EXE
C:\Program Files\Symantec\LiveUpdate\ALUSchedulerSvc.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\CDAC11BA.EXE
C:\PowerPanelPlus\upssrv.exe
C:\PowerPanelPlus\upsio.exe
C:\Program Files\Diskeeper Corporation\Diskeeper\DkService.exe
C:\Program Files\Creative\SBAudigy2ZS\Surround Mixer\CTSysVol.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliPoint\ipoint.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Microsoft IntelliType Pro\itype.exe
C:\WINDOWS\CTHELPER.EXE
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\ccApp.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Defender\MSASCui.exe
C:\Program Files\Zone Labs\ZoneAlarm\zlclient.exe
C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\VS7DEBUG\MDM.EXE
C:\WINDOWS\system32\nvsvc32.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\snmp.exe
C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe
C:\Program Files\Trillian\trillian.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\ZoneLabs\vsmon.exe
C:\WINDOWS\system32\MsPMSPSv.exe
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Symantec Shared\CCPD-LC\symlcsvc.exe
C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\iexplore.exe

neophil78
Reply #6 Sunday, October 7, 2007 2:14 PM
the system comes back up missing the skin on the taskbar and start menu. (see link) http://www.artisticfusion.com/images/desktop.jpg Also notice that the taskbar and start menu images are missing from the preview window in the WB6 control panel,


Hey man, you're in the wrong thread, the ones having this problem are over there: Weird problem since updating to WB 5.92.090

WWW Link

seldomseen
Reply #7 Sunday, October 7, 2007 2:17 PM
certain skins that came with WB6 aren't available for separate download.


My situation exactly. Stand by. Admins. are working to find the prob. even as we post.   

ZubaZ
Reply #8 Sunday, October 7, 2007 2:41 PM
Hey man, you're in the wrong thread, the ones having this problem are over there: Weird problem since updating to WB 5.92.090
   

KwisatzCA
Reply #9 Sunday, October 7, 2007 2:56 PM
Hey man, you're in the wrong thread, the ones having this problem are over there: Weird problem since updating to WB 5.92.090

WWW Link


Thanks for the pointer, however by the title i'm not sure anyone would have assumed that their problem was being addressed in that thread, and I don't seriously think you're suggesting that anyone read every single post in every single thread to see if it applies to them, that is up to the thread author to make sure the title is more descriptive, in my opinion.

But again thanks for the link, there is good information in there...

seldomseen
Reply #10 Sunday, October 7, 2007 3:22 PM

But again thanks for the link, there is good information in there...


Still Active

Fletcher Leggett
Reply #11 Sunday, October 7, 2007 10:31 PM
Same problem here; no WinAmp, No Norton

I looked on the WB History page; saw a request to post what kind of AV I use. I use AVG, updated daily

SysInfo:

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 33 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.

(Envision EN9110(DVI)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200

Wblind.dll 2007/10/04 17:58:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/10/04 17:58:43
Wbconfig.exe 2007/10/01 17:35:33
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 2007/10/01 11:23:24

Tks...Fletch

cjn.cn
Reply #12 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:14 AM
I've been having the same problem with the taskbar not being skinned and dissapering in the config image.I do use Symantic Norton Security Online. Is there a problem with that? I have to open the affected skin in Skin Studio and resave it to fix every skin this happens to. I would appereciate any help.  


KwisatzCA
Reply #13 Tuesday, October 9, 2007 2:09 AM
The new beta on OD seems to have fixed the problem here, so far so good...Thanks all for the info and Stardock for getting a fix out quick.

cjn.cn
Reply #14 Wednesday, October 10, 2007 12:05 AM
Yeah ao far so good! I've only rebooted once though..So I'll give it some time. Thanks Stardock!  


milksama
Reply #15 Wednesday, October 10, 2007 9:09 AM

It's good to hear that things are working better for some (hopefully all)  

If anyone does still have this problem, please write in to [email protected] and please reference this thread.

Thanks!

-Mike
[Stardock Support]


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