Corrupted Menus in Windows Mail
With WindowBlinds 6
Sunday, October 7, 2007 by bobbyhundreds | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Hi,I am using the latest WindowBlinds with Vista Home Premium and I am having a problem with the menus in Windows mail.They have lines on them which disappear as I mouse over them but reappear straight afterwards.It happens with the Adamant and Classic skins by Stardock Design and Adrenaline by PixelPirate loaded but stops happening if I reload Vista's native skin or Optix,Diamond,Leo etc..
Here are some screenies:
Here's my system info:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.2
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.6
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 50 x86 - Vista Edition)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(HP L2045w Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to Radeon X1650 SE
Wblind.dll 2007/10/04 17:58:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:26
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 2007/09/12 17:58:28
Screen.exe 2007/10/01 11:23:24
Any ideas? It's got me stumped.
Here are some screenies:
Here's my system info:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.2
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 4.6
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.0 (build 50 x86 - Vista Edition)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(HP L2045w Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to Radeon X1650 SE
Wblind.dll 2007/10/04 17:58:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/09/24 19:08:26
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 2007/09/12 17:58:28
Screen.exe 2007/10/01 11:23:24
Any ideas? It's got me stumped.
vStyler
Reply #5 Monday, October 8, 2007 2:51 AM
Reply #5 Monday, October 8, 2007 2:51 AM
Lordy lordy thats begging for a punchline.. 
I have never seen anything like that.. does it happen in my WB's?
I have never seen anything like that.. does it happen in my WB's?
bobbyhundreds
Reply #6 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:35 PM
Reply #6 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:35 PM
Hey there vStyler hehe no,just the ones I mentioned.I'm gonna do a system restore at the weekend to see if that sorts it out.
hehe no,just the ones I mentioned.I'm gonna do a system restore at the weekend to see if that sorts it out.
CerebroJD
Reply #7 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:41 PM
Reply #7 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:41 PM
That might be a bit of an agressive step... I'm not exactly sure where WB is even getting those lines from... Perhaps its a bizarre margin problem? Have you opened up the skins in SKS and taken a look for any common values that might be leading toward this issue, that other skins (like vStyler's) dont have?
bobbyhundreds
Reply #8 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:56 PM
Reply #8 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:56 PM
Hi there CerebroJD,thanks for dropping by. Unfortunately my technical expertise doesn't stretch that far but thanks for the suggestion.TBH a system restore shouldn't be too drastic as it's a new pc and I hardly have anything on it yet,apart from BitDefender 2008 which I bought yesterday.
Hey at least it's unique,I bet no one else has hairy menus.
Unfortunately my technical expertise doesn't stretch that far but thanks for the suggestion.TBH a system restore shouldn't be too drastic as it's a new pc and I hardly have anything on it yet,apart from BitDefender 2008 which I bought yesterday.Hey at least it's unique,I bet no one else has hairy menus.
vStyler
Reply #9 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:58 PM
Reply #9 Monday, October 8, 2007 12:58 PM
After sleeping on it I think I have the culprit...
Gremlins
Gremlins
CerebroJD
Reply #11 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:11 PM
Reply #11 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:11 PM
My question, of course, would be "why is it only happening in Windows Mail"? They must be doing something non-standard in that application to cause it to just do it there. In which case, I would wait around until we can get a developer or SD support staff in here to respond.
ZubaZ
Reply #12 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:23 PM
Reply #12 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:23 PM
You know . .most menus have the keystroke letter underlined to indicate that you could [alt}-F for file then the letter to indicate the action ([alt]-F-N to go File | New Message)
I don't see those underscores in your menu . . any connection?
I don't see those underscores in your menu . . any connection?
CerebroJD
Reply #13 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:33 PM
Reply #13 Monday, October 8, 2007 1:33 PM
Perhaps... but Windows has a setting to disable that underline until you hit Alt. It seems that a combination of properties in the skin, and the application itself are causing these problems... Perhaps I'll need to check out Windows Mail when I get home to figure out if I can reproduce the problem.
bobbyhundreds
Reply #14 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:45 PM
Reply #14 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:45 PM
Well..... the plot thickens 
I uninstalled Adamant and Adrenaline then re-installed and viola...no more hairy menus.Most peculiar. I'm installing Windows Live Mail to replace Windows Mail now so I'll see what happens to that.Thanks guys.
I uninstalled Adamant and Adrenaline then re-installed and viola...no more hairy menus.Most peculiar. I'm installing Windows Live Mail to replace Windows Mail now so I'll see what happens to that.Thanks guys.
CerebroJD
Reply #15 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:49 PM
Reply #15 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:49 PM
So perhaps it was a skin problem that had been fixed already? I couldnt say for sure... :-/
bobbyhundreds
Reply #16 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:57 PM
Reply #16 Monday, October 8, 2007 4:57 PM
Could well be that CerebroJD.I'll keep an eye on it and if it re-occurs I'll post here again.
Actually when it was happening I wasn't getting the nice blue mouse over effects(with Adamant) in the menus,whereas I am now so yes,maybe a corrupted skin install.I was messing around with a new anti virus program around that time,so maybe that.
Actually when it was happening I wasn't getting the nice blue mouse over effects(with Adamant) in the menus,whereas I am now so yes,maybe a corrupted skin install.I was messing around with a new anti virus program around that time,so maybe that.
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Reply #1 Sunday, October 7, 2007 7:34 PM