4.19beta version problems
Sunday, November 9, 2003 by WebGizmos | Discussion: Stardock Software
I just downloaded the 4.19beta version of WindowBlinds and wound up with nothing more than problems. Now the Stardock Central Updates window comes up with nothing in it. When trying to open WindowBlinds or WindowBlinds4 in Stardock Central all I get is the error prompt..."WBload.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close"...so I can no longer access WindowBlinds. So what I need to know from anyone is how do I undo this problem and get back to the previous version of WindowBlinds that I'm hoping will work as before and if it's even possible.
Thanks in advance
Steve
Thanks in advance
Steve
WebGizmos
Reply #2 Monday, November 10, 2003 6:22 AM
Reply #2 Monday, November 10, 2003 6:22 AM
What started all this was...I enabled the "Show pre-release versions" in stardock when it was loading. Then I downloaded the beta versions of WindowBlinds and restarted my PC. After that I couldn't use either version of WindowBlinds and my startbar skin also disappeared. When I would click on either version of WindowBlinds in SDC I would just get the "Wbload.exe encountered a problem and has to close" prompt and wouldn't open WindowBlinds. I didn't know anything about archiving since I'm still somewhat of a novice to alot of this, so no, I didn't archive anything. So what I did was un-install both versions of WindowBlinds, turned off the "show pre-release versions" and then re-installed the first version WindowBlinds. It seems to be working ok now, but I haven't installed WindowBlinds4 again yet because I'm not sure if this problem will arise again.
WebGizmos
Reply #3 Monday, November 10, 2003 7:36 AM
Reply #3 Monday, November 10, 2003 7:36 AM
An update to my previous post. I tried updating WindowBlinds4 and encountered the same problem..."Wbload.exe encountered a problem and has to close"...it also deleted some of the skins I downloaded previously. Before it started with the error prompt it only half skinned windows, as in it colored the background of windows but did not apply the skin. If anyone has any idea why this is happening it would be greatly appreciated.
wombat_1
Reply #4 Monday, November 10, 2003 9:14 PM
Reply #4 Monday, November 10, 2003 9:14 PM
No problems with any of the betas myself ... but the obvious question to ask ... did you reboot after the update was installed? 
WebGizmos
Reply #5 Monday, November 10, 2003 10:42 PM
Reply #5 Monday, November 10, 2003 10:42 PM
Yes, I reboot after I uninstalled, re-install, upgrade, downgrade, and sometimes just for the hell of it....lol
I didn't have any problems until I downloaded the 4.19Beta version of WindowBlinds. I just had to uninstall both versions again. I had re-installed the older version and everything was working fine again, then I figured I give it another shot at re-installing WindowBlinds4 which is what I had in the first place and everything worked, but now even that one is messing things up. I keep getting the "Wbload.exe encountered a problem" and then neither version works. So it obviously has something to do with this Wbload.exe file, and what I can do about that is beyond me.
I didn't have any problems until I downloaded the 4.19Beta version of WindowBlinds. I just had to uninstall both versions again. I had re-installed the older version and everything was working fine again, then I figured I give it another shot at re-installing WindowBlinds4 which is what I had in the first place and everything worked, but now even that one is messing things up. I keep getting the "Wbload.exe encountered a problem" and then neither version works. So it obviously has something to do with this Wbload.exe file, and what I can do about that is beyond me.
wombat_1
Reply #6 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:37 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, November 11, 2003 7:37 AM
4.2 Build 121 is the one I'm running right now, installed it via SDC and I've had not a single twitch!
I'd like to be more helpful but I dunno .... I guess it's hard to duplicate a problem like this.
One expects aggro with betas and the damn things are stable, my box is right boring!
I'd like to be more helpful but I dunno .... I guess it's hard to duplicate a problem like this.
One expects aggro with betas and the damn things are stable, my box is right boring!
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Reply #1 Sunday, November 9, 2003 9:10 PM
....you might want to un-install and re-install WB thru SDC (reboot after each). There has been no reports of any problems with this build that are reflective of yours, so it's probably worth a try.
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