WindowBlinds 6.2 Released

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Wednesday, July 23, 2008 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Stardock is pleased to announced the release of WindowBlinds 6.2 today. WindowBlinds is an application that lets users easily change their Windows interface by applying a new skin. These "visual styles" can be applied across the entire user interface (title bars, push buttons, start menu, taskbar, etc.) of the operating system. As a result, users gain complete control over the way Windows looks.

What's new in version 6.2:

  • Improved compression on start menu animations
  • Animated wait screens during Apply
  • Enhanced layer support (accompanied by skin author support in SkinStudio 6.2)
  • Bug Fixes

WindowBlinds is available in both a free version and a an enhanced version which adds many additional features like the ability to change color/hue/brightness on the fly, change toolbar icons of IE and Explorer, and much more. WindowBlinds is available as part of Object Desktop, Stardock's ultimate suite of desktop customization tools, or at stand-alone for $19.95.

More information can be found at www.windowblinds.net.

To view a full library of free and purchasable WindowBlinds skins, visit Wincustomize.


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FlutePlayer
Reply #21 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:31 PM
Hello, Having the same problem here. Downloading thru SDC and the download is looping and won't complete.

WebGizmos
Reply #22 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:51 PM
Updating...Updating...Updating...Lunch...Updating...Updating...Updating...Dinner...Updating...Home Depot....

Astyanax
Reply #23 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:52 PM
Hello, Having the same problem here. Downloading thru SDC and the download is looping and won't complete.
Try Impulse, it worked for me.

WebGizmos
Reply #24 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 7:58 PM
Just tried Impulse to do this as well and I've yet to get passed archiving anything for the past month now. (

Chasbo
Reply #25 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:03 PM
There's a term for this. The First word is cluster and the second word is.......

Philly0381
Reply #26 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:03 PM
Anyone up for, "I used Impulse and it downloaded with no problems".   

It did work just fine.   


Chasbo
Reply #27 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:20 PM
They gotta get this fixed. SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse?.....this is causing too much confusion. Commit to one or the other and whichever one is chosen make sure it works before there are announcements of upgrades that ya can't even get!

mike b1954
Reply #28 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 9:46 PM
Reply #26 Philly0381Jul 24, 2008 1:03 AMAnyone up for, "I used Impulse and it downloaded with no problems".

It did work just fine.
Philly , How about me ? Downloaded thru Impulse , auto archived ... rebuilt lists etc ... reboot .. No Problems ..  

Polar2
Reply #29 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:07 PM
Why announce a Window Blinds upgrade and then not release it for another week?!?! Who thought that was a good idea? If your going to say it's released then have it ready to go.

Philly0381
Reply #30 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 10:09 PM
Hey mike b1954, sometimes I'm not sure if things work for me because I do something right or wrong.   

I know it's not because I'm smart, maybe just lucky.   

ZubaZ
Reply #31 Wednesday, July 23, 2008 11:12 PM
Why announce a Window Blinds upgrade and then not release it for another week?!?! Who thought that was a good idea? If your going to say it's released then have it ready to go.
Not understanding.  It's available now.

Frogboy
Reply #32 Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:00 AM

Why announce a Window Blinds upgrade and then not release it for another week?!?! Who thought that was a good idea? If your going to say it's released then have it ready to go.

WindowBlinds 6.2 is out right now.

You're thinking of SkinStudio 6.2.


Frogboy
Reply #33 Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:01 AM

They gotta get this fixed. SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse? SDC or Impulse?.....this is causing too much confusion. Commit to one or the other and whichever one is chosen make sure it works before there are announcements of upgrades that ya can't even get!

What?

WindowBlinds 6.2 was released simultaneously on SDC and Impulse.

Impulse is our preffered platform. That's what we've "commited" to. But we continue to support SDC for those who insist on continuing to use it for now.


Jafo
Reply #34 Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:06 AM

But we continue to support SDC for those who insist on continuing to use it for now.

Oh, OK....I'll pretend I'm not still using SDC....


vStyler
Reply #35 Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:07 AM
I'll pretend I'm not still using SDC

me too  

Really looking forward to utilizing the layers feature, congrats to Neil on that and the animated please wait (.nwa format) he has developed.

Rock on!

DaveRI
Reply #36 Thursday, July 24, 2008 12:59 AM
But we continue to support SDC for those who insist on continuing to use it
What can I say? I still get a warm fuzzy feeling when I have an excuse to open up a DOS window   

Z71
Reply #37 Thursday, July 24, 2008 3:15 AM
Ross, you can use the new layer feature for glow images.... sort of


It's a nice idea, but they would always show. I just need them to show when the taskbar buttons show.

And don't get me started, on what could be done with an animated glow effect. Now that would be something.

CarGuy1
Reply #38 Thursday, July 24, 2008 10:25 AM
Impulse is our preffered platform. That's what we've "commited" to. But we continue to support SDC for those who insist on continuing to use it for now.
This being the case, I figured that Impulse would be the best way to perform this update. Once I updated through Impulse and re-booted, WindowBlinds popped up and said I needed to re-boot when it loaded. After the third re-boot, I decided to try SDC. The only way for me to fix this was to open SDC, uninstall WB and reinstall through SDC. This happened on the last update also. For me, updating through Impulse does not work.

Mebion
Reply #39 Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:05 AM
Like #38, i thought I would give Impulse a go. Perpetual loop of re-booting, gave up and restored via SDC. I think this update will go the way of IP4 until I can be assured that it works on both versions.

Doronila1
Reply #40 Thursday, July 24, 2008 11:15 AM
Ach, here goes, im gonna download and install impulse.... See how it goes *crosses fingers*

EDIT: Didnt read the 2 above me. Think ill give it a miss until it has been fixed

EDIT2: Decided to try it anyway and it worked like a charm Couldnt find the update at first as it didnt show under the update tab, but rather under the desktop tab next to it.
Anywho, pretty cool looking program and i like the fact that it doesnt just focus on games.
So heres to other apps joining the impulse bandwagon!!

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