WindowFX 5 Beta Feedback Thread
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: WindowFX
We will use this thread for feedback on the beta releases for WindowFX 5.
When posting an issue, please provide as much information as possible:
- OS
- Version number of WFX
- Detailed description of issue
- Screenshot (if possible)
- The graphics card(s) you have and the driver version if known
- Your screen resolution
If you need to start a support ticket, please e-mail [email protected] or visit https://esupport.stardock.com/
Thank you for your help!
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Reply #103 Friday, March 23, 2012 12:27 PM
Not sure if this has been reported yet. On the 4.97 beta....on my system which has dual cards....on the monitor attached to the secondary card...
When I click and hold the top bar to drag a window, it disappears....but it reappears when & where I release the mouse button even if I release a on a different monitor. However, if I click and hold on one of the primary card monitors, it is still visible and showing effects when dragged even if onto the secondary card monitor. Clear as mud?
Not complaining...just informing. SO VERY happy it's working on my desktop. 
Reply #104 Friday, March 23, 2012 12:50 PM
When I click and hold the top bar to drag a window, it disappears....but it reappears when & where I release the mouse button even if I release a on a different monitor. However, if I click and hold on one of the primary card monitors, it is still visible and showing effects when dragged even if onto the secondary card monitor. Clear as mud?
Not complaining...just informing. SO VERY happy it's working on my desktop.
Did you enable your additional monitor after bootup?
I would try a reboot.
Reply #105 Friday, March 23, 2012 2:00 PM
The monitor's working fine for all other references....it's the dragging windows that disappear not the monitor screen....I see the wallpaper or whatever's behind the dragged window fine.
edit: this might help...it's about 31 mb video of the issue http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58185807/Video%201.wmv
Reply #106 Friday, March 23, 2012 3:31 PM
WFX5 beta 2,
Win 7 x64 on laptop
Screen res: 1920 x 1080 on external monitor
Outlook 2003 
Hello,
One discovered "glitch"...
With WFX5 turned on the menus in Outlook don't appear, only the shadows do. Tried excluding outlook.exe but no change. As soon as WFX5 is turned off everything is back to normal. I'll try the rest of the Office 2003 suite and let you know these as well.
Tim
EDIT: With WFX5 beta 1 this problem didn't exist...
Reply #107 Saturday, March 24, 2012 2:21 PM
http://www.lri.fr/~dragice/foldndrop/
http://www.kmonos.net/lib/orimado.en.html
I'd just like to throw this out there as a suggestion for a possible feature in the new WindowFX. This is an old 'test' for a proposed management technique that could be done much, much better.
Great job with the application so far though guys. I've been running WindowFX5 for about a week and haven't had any nasty issues, just some filtering bugs with shadows when certain effects occur. (Wobbly Windows for example)
Reply #108 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:01 AM
edit: this might help...it's about 31 mb video of the issue http://dl.dropbox.com/u/58185807/Video%201.wmv
I see this same issue while dragging the window from one monitor to my main screen (laptop screen). I've seen other threads within the forum that have been reporting similar issues.
Configuration: Lenovo W520
OS: Win 7 Pro 64-bit
Version number of WFX: 5.0 beta 2
Detailed description of issue
Screenshot (if possible): Window disappears and the background remains when trying to drag from monitor to laptop monitor, but not the other way.
The graphics card(s) you have and the driver version if known: Dual mode with Intel and NVIDIA
Your screen resolution: Laptop is 1920x1080 monitor is 1280x1024
Reply #109 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:17 AM
Reply #110 Wednesday, March 28, 2012 7:49 PM
Somewhere along the line, with the last update, I believe, flipped windows stopped displaying the proper icons. The were all ok before, with WB and IP in use. Icon Packager appeared to handle the icons fine. Now, even with WindowBlinds and IP reset to default, I get this.
Version5.0 Beta 2 Win7/64
Reply #111 Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:28 AM
Uninstall (not jsut disable) IP and see if anything changes
Reply #112 Thursday, March 29, 2012 9:49 AM
Uh, thanks but no thanks. 
Remember my ticket on IP? If I can get it to uninstall, odds are, it won't reinstall. I had to do a full system restore from a backup image just to get IP working again. IP is working fine everywhere else so that's more trouble than it's worth. I can live without the icons on the backside of the windows. I'll wait for further updates to WFX and/or IP and see if that fixes it.
Thing is, I'm sure it was working before but have no idea when it went generic on me. To be honest, I don't flip the windows often.
Let's just call it an FYI for you and a NBD for me. 
EDIT: However, if you have any suggestions short of uninstalling IP, I'm more than willing to try them. I think I will try a roll-back of WFX5 first.
Reply #113 Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:14 AM
There is a bug in IP which means it breaks the ability to obtain icons for an exe.
However the beta worked around that and I am unsure why the workaround is not working for you.
Reply #114 Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:21 AM
However the beta worked around that and I am unsure why the workaround is not working for you.
Thank you much for that info. As I stated, the previous beta was working fine. I'll try a reinstall of the current beta and if that doesn't do it, I'll roll back. Either way, I'll let you know how it goes.
Edit: Uninstalled, ran CCleaner, rebooted, reinstalled 4.97, no help. Repeated with 4.96, same results.
It looks like I'll just have to wait for that IP bug to get squashed.
Reply #115 Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:50 PM
I'd like to see a bit more customization for the wobby windows. I'd like to beable to adjust it's friction, and the amount of wobble. Is there even a way to do that?
Reply #116 Thursday, March 29, 2012 4:59 PM
You can find WindowFX_Scripting.doc in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX
Using that and the scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX\Scripts the community has the opportunity to create many effects.
There used to be a group of people that made really interesting effects: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowfx
Now is a good time to start again. 
Reply #117 Thursday, March 29, 2012 10:28 PM
Quoting KoltonRamsey, reply 115I'd like to see a bit more customization for the wobby windows. I'd like to be able to adjust it's friction, and the amount of wobble. Is there even a way to do that?
You can find WindowFX_Scripting.doc in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX
Using that and the scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX\Scripts the community has the opportunity to create many effects.
There used to be a group of people that made really interesting effects: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowfx
Now is a good time to start again.
So you're saying that in windowFX_Scripting.doc that I can customize the degree to which wobbly windows actually wobbles? Because the amount given by default is virtually nonexistent in comparison to the real wobbly windows on Compiz(which you can customize easily). Not that I'm comparing the two, I would just like the ability to edit the amount of which my windows wobble, or increase the the effect to be more "dramatic".
Reply #119 Friday, March 30, 2012 7:52 AM
Quoting Zubaz,
reply 116
Quoting KoltonRamsey, reply 115I'd like to see a bit more customization for the wobby windows. I'd like to be able to adjust it's friction, and the amount of wobble. Is there even a way to do that?
You can find WindowFX_Scripting.doc in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX
Using that and the scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX\Scripts the community has the opportunity to create many effects.
There used to be a group of people that made really interesting effects: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowfx
Now is a good time to start again.
So you're saying that in windowFX_Scripting.doc that I can customize the degree to which wobbly windows actually wobbles? Because the amount given by default is virtually nonexistent in comparison to the real wobbly windows on Compiz(which you can customize easily). Not that I'm comparing the two, I would just like the ability to edit the amount of which my windows wobble, or increase the the effect to be more "dramatic".
Zubaz is in error here.
The scripting applies to window animations such as open, close, minimize and restore. The wobbly windows is not run as a script and as such has no ability to modify it. We may consider enhancing this area going forward though.
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Reply #101 Thursday, March 22, 2012 11:58 PM
My understanding is you can use WFX3 and WFX5 simultaneously. Could use WFX3 for the shadows if you want. Don't think shadows will be part of WFX5.