MyColors Fix Support Thread

Thursday, July 17, 2008 by DorkCoffeez | Discussion: Stardock Support General

A new update/fix has been published for MyColors as of this evening.

This is only for those that were experiencing MyColors skinning issues and conflicts with WindowBlinds. No new features have been added.

Please go to MyColors > Settings tab > Check for Updates to get the latest fix for the software.

If after this you have any troubles please post here or send an email to [email protected].

Seabass
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neophil78
Reply #1 Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:13 PM
Should it be possible to have the version number somewhere in the "About" Window ?   

Squid305
Reply #2 Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:29 PM
This fix has not worked for me. Same problem as before where all skins revert to classic.

DorkCoffeez
Reply #3 Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:33 PM
Squid305 - Did you happen to install WindowBlinds to a directory other than the default location?

DorkCoffeez
Reply #4 Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:35 PM
Should it be possible to have the version number somewhere in the "About" Window ?


Impulse will display the current version number that is available. You can also get this information on the settings tab under the system information button. It is grouped with the rest of the system info of your install.

Squid305
Reply #5 Thursday, July 17, 2008 6:54 PM
Squid305 - Did you happen to install WindowBlinds to a directory other than the default location?


Yes everything is in the default location. This is really starting to drive me crazy :@

neophil78
Reply #6 Thursday, July 17, 2008 9:03 PM
Impulse will display the current version number that is available. You can also get this information on the settings tab under the system information button. It is grouped with the rest of the system info of your install

Well, i've said it a lot of times, Impulse is showing that there's a MyColors update version avaible as MyColors has just been updated to the latest version. It would be a point to fix   

And another point, when updating and / or launching MyColors, the setting in Windowblinds to display Windowblinds icon in systray revert to blank  ( 

pattanbd
Reply #7 Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:30 PM
Hi,

I applied think green theme through My colors & then the visual style through Blinds, all is fine except for colores lines in the explorer. I am a noob in case of skinning. I bought the ultimate just 2-3 days back & the learning curve to use this software has been very difficult for me. So any help welcome. I am a bit flustered with all this versioning/compatibility issues.



Attaching both the system info for my colors & windows blinds

MyColors Version: 2.50.234

Windows Vista (Ultimate), (Media Center Edition) Build: 6001 Service Pack 1

Wblind.dll 06/09/2008 11:59:22 511569
Wbsrv.dll 07/05/2008 16:08:04 546040
Thememgr.exe 07/17/2008 12:37:08 647376
Wbload.exe 08/13/2007 18:11:16 238256
Wbload.dll 09/26/2007 11:53:52 58792
Screen.exe 06/09/2008 11:59:22 161016




Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.1
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 97 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT

Wblind.dll 2008/05/06 15:25:20
Wblind64.dll 2008/05/06 15:25:53
Wbsrv.dll 2008/07/10 15:05:45
Wbconfig.exe 2008/04/29 21:02:32
Wbload.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:07
Tray.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:21
Wbload.dll 2007/09/26 11:53:28
Screen.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:18





DorkCoffeez
Reply #8 Friday, July 18, 2008 4:02 PM
I'm double checking on the status of things right now. I will have more then just myself look over this info.

DorkCoffeez
Reply #9 Friday, July 18, 2008 8:21 PM
I was unable to reproduce these errors. Please send all of this information into [email protected] so we can further assist you.

Squid305
Reply #10 Saturday, July 19, 2008 8:16 PM
I reformatted again, only installed Object Desktop, and updated MyColors immediately... yet nothing works! Not one of the Blinds or MyColors themes is displaying correctly. They all go through the application screen and then my Windows task bar disapears and is replaced with a non-functioning classic bar. This is extremely frustrating and I don't know what is happening. Am I the only incident of this occurance? What possible options do I have to fix this besides?

cplair
Reply #11 Saturday, July 19, 2008 9:05 PM
Two things I'm going through with Think Green for XP:

A. The transparency for my windows explorer background is extremely grainy looking. But, Think Green is the only blinds in my collection that has this problem.

B. The weather widget that comes with Think Green is installed on my system, but it's never worked. Even after reinstalling the entire theme and clearing my widget cache, I cannot get it to show. But it does appear as running in my widget manager.

Again, Think Green is the only component set from My Colors that's having any kind of problems for me.

All suggestions are welcome at this point.

Thanx...

Cp

  

Zargon
Reply #12 Sunday, July 20, 2008 7:57 PM

I reformatted again, only installed Object Desktop, and updated MyColors immediately... yet nothing works! Not one of the Blinds or MyColors themes is displaying correctly. They all go through the application screen and then my Windows task bar disapears and is replaced with a non-functioning classic bar. This is extremely frustrating and I don't know what is happening. Am I the only incident of this occurance? What possible options do I have to fix this besides?

Did you install WindowBlinds?  If so can you check for a c:\program files\stardock\object desktop\windowblinds folder?  If one does not exist, please update MyColors again then re-install WB6.

 


Zargon
Reply #13 Monday, July 21, 2008 11:44 AM

Again, Think Green is the only component set from My Colors that's having any kind of problems for me.

Please update to WindowBlinds 6.19 BETA to resolve this issue.

 


cplair
Reply #14 Monday, July 21, 2008 1:35 PM
Please update to WindowBlinds 6.19 BETA to resolve this issue.


Thanks for the help Zargon. Following your advise, I just checked both Impulse and SDC but see no updates as of yet for the latest WinndowBlinds version 6.10b [b].146 last updated 7/15/08. And yes, I am checked to show pre-release versions.

Am I missing a step here or is this a "coming soon" future availability?

Also if I may, have you heard any consistency or theory with the Think Green Weather Widget not functioning on XP? This is what I'm going through along with the Think Green Blind. Please let me know if I should direct this issue to support or not.

I'm really looking forward to resolving this and I am much obliged to you for your help Sir.

Cp

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.11 (build 58 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.

( Samsung 192V/193V ) 1 is attached to Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Wblind.dll 2008/06/20 21:14:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/07/10 15:02:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/06/20 21:14:32
Wbload.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:07
Wbui.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:05
Tray.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:21
Screen.exe 2008/06/13 11:24:09

[email protected]
Reply #15 Thursday, July 24, 2008 1:08 PM
Hi, I used myclours and applied the diamond theme. All works well until the next day when my right click menus all go black and cannot see the writing on them. If I reapply the diamond theme in mycolours its OK again until the next day.

DorkCoffeez
Reply #16 Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:24 PM
Hi, I used myclours and applied the diamond theme. All works well until the next day when my right click menus all go black and cannot see the writing on them. If I reapply the diamond theme in mycolours its OK again until the next day.


Can you post the system info here? Also what version of WindowBlinds is installed (if it is)?

cplair
Reply #17 Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:51 PM
  UPDATE  

It's most unfortunate but installing the latest version of WindowBlinds did not correct the explorer background issue I'm experiencing with the Think Green theme.

Also the Think Green weather widget is still not functioning for me as well. I did uninstall, reboot, then reinstalled DesktopX out of desperation, but no go with the TG weather.

I am open to all suggestions.

Thanks for the help...

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.2 (build 61 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.

( Samsung 192V/193V ) 1 is attached to Intel(R) 82845G/GL/GE/PE/GV Graphics Controller

Wblind.dll 2008/07/22 10:10:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/07/22 10:11:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/07/22 10:10:32
Wbload.exe 2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:07
Wbui.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:05
Tray.dll 2008/04/28 11:35:21
Screen.exe 2008/06/13 11:24:09

DorkCoffeez
Reply #18 Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:04 PM
Just to be certain I have to ask. Have you checked your video drivers?

cplair
Reply #19 Friday, July 25, 2008 10:52 AM
Just to be certain I have to ask. Have you checked your video drivers?


Indeed SeaBass. My system stays current.

Cp


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