WindowBlinds 7.4 Update

Wednesday, April 11, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News

WB_icon_smA new update for WindowBlinds 7 has been released today.  WindowBlinds lets you change the look and feel of the Windows user interface with thousands of skins that are available from sites like WinCustomize.com.

This is a maintenance update with various fixes included:

  • Adds support for transparent scrollbars on Windows 7 Explorer windows
  • Updates for start button and high dpi
  • Fix for IE sizing issue
  • Fix for Opera repaint issue on scrolling
  • Fix for blurred borders on large bordered skins
  • Fix for UltraMon secondary taskbar
  • Directory Opus fixes -SyncBack / SyncBackSE / SyncBack Pro fixes. There are still some menu text colour issues with some skins, but thats skin-specific.
  • KVIrc - Black scrollbar resolved along with some other issues linked to the QT framework. Unfortunately apps using this framework may end up with strange mouseover issues where the previous skin images are used on mouseovers for a while. This is not a WindowBlinds issue. It also has menu text colour issues. The QT changes should impact any other app that also uses this framework such as the TeamSpeak 3 client.
  • Total Commander - The black menu bar items are now resolved
  • Photoshop Elements - tweaks to sort out a cosmetic non maximized window issue and seperators in their menus painting light when the rest is dark.
  • Yahoo Messenger - The correct theme is now used on the frames
  • uTorrent- An issue with buttons not positioning correctly when the add link window is expanded / collapsed has been worked around
  • Alcohol 120% - WB enforces strict Vista rules on the menus now
  • Automatic detection of custom menus that use the new menu theme parts added and strict Vista menu rules are forced on the application when this is detected.
  • The mouseover animated flash now applies to readonly combo boxes as well as buttons and toolbars.
  • IE9 should now support the use of the Web scrollbar sections where defined
  • IE9 groupboxes in webpages tweaked to match the style closer
  • CCCleaner - Small tweak to alter margins on header bars to prevent text on headers ending ... when there was enough space.
  • Thunderbird - Small tweak to add a line gap between the attached files list border and the selection box of any files attached.
  • IE9 on Vista - The second apply of a UIS2/PerPixel theme will no longer cause the tabs to vanish if IE is closed and reopened.
  • Keyboard selected items in explorer will now show with a selection image for all themes.
  • Menu padding settings no longer impact the menu bar itself.
  • Activation will request elevation (if required) -Some tweaks to the default themes included with WB

You can download WindowBlinds 7.4 from the Stardock download page (http://download.stardock.com) or via the beta of Stardock Central (https://www.stardock.com/products/stardockcentral).

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neone6
Reply #1 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:05 PM

100%

Uvah
Reply #2 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:15 PM

Mine too. Very smooth!

eagleyelgae
Reply #3 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 7:41 PM

Stardock Central updated with no problems.  Sweet!

Urban1
Reply #4 Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:16 PM

why is it not possible to install it through impulse?

RedneckDude
Reply #5 Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:39 PM

Urban1
why is it not possible to install it through impulse?
Impulse has been sold to GameStop.  All future Satrdock installs are to be done via Stardock Central or the Stardock Store.

Rosco_P
Reply #6 Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:47 PM

RedneckDude
Stardock Central or the Stardock Store

https://www.stardock.com/products/stardockcentral/

and 

http://download.stardock.com/

respectively.

RedneckDude
Reply #7 Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:49 PM

Thanks Rosco.....rednecks are a bit slow sometimes. 

LizMarr
Reply #8 Thursday, April 12, 2012 1:58 PM

RedneckDude
Thanks Rosco.....rednecks are a bit slow sometimes. 

 

All you gotta do is dangle a cool one in front of them the same way you dangle a tennis ball for a dog.

DaveBax
Reply #9 Thursday, April 12, 2012 2:19 PM

LizMarr



Quoting RedneckDude,
reply 7
Thanks Rosco.....rednecks are a bit slow sometimes. 


 

All you gotta do is dangle a cool one in front of them the same way you dangle a tennis ball for a dog.

 

You must have forgotten that they need to be sitting next to the out house also.

Nice update BTW.

Uvah
Reply #10 Thursday, April 12, 2012 4:01 PM

Yup. Just in case the unthinkable happens and the outhouse springs a leak he needs to be ready with the bucket. Waste not want not.

The-Reaper-Man
Reply #11 Friday, April 13, 2012 1:05 AM

Mine did not update properly through Stardock Central. I had to go to the Stardock Store and download it. Then it installed properly to version 7.4.

Budaii
Reply #12 Friday, April 13, 2012 2:26 AM

The-Reaper-Man
Mine did not update properly through Stardock Central. I had to go to the Stardock Store and download it. Then it installed properly to version 7.4.
The same here (Win 7 64bit)

Rosco_P
Reply #13 Friday, April 13, 2012 7:54 AM

The-Reaper-Man
Mine did not update properly through Stardock Central. I had to go to the Stardock Store and download it. Then it installed properly to version 7.4.

vwaldbrunn
The same here (Win 7 64bit)

What happened when you tried?  Errors?  Explosions?  Nothing?

roflmfaoo
Reply #14 Friday, April 13, 2012 7:56 AM

Worked for me through Stardock Central app and I'm using Windows 7 x64

Budaii
Reply #15 Friday, April 13, 2012 12:16 PM

The-Reaper-Manreply 11Mine did not update properly through Stardock Central. I had to go to the Stardock Store and download it. Then it installed properly to version 7.4. vwaldbrunnreply 12The same here (Win 7 64bit) What happened when you tried?  Errors?  Explosions?  Nothing?
No explosion  but error message "could not install silently, please go to download folder and install manually", then prompt to reboot. After that I did a clean install and that it was. May be my fault not to unload WindowBlinds before starting Stardock Central?

Rosco_P
Reply #16 Friday, April 13, 2012 12:34 PM

vwaldbrunn
May be my fault not to unload WindowBlinds before starting Stardock Central?

This shouldn't be necessary.  Perhaps the planets were in such an alignment at the time that it prevented it from working properly the first time.  That's what I'm blaming it on, anyway.

It's up and running now, though?

Budaii
Reply #17 Friday, April 13, 2012 12:48 PM

Rosco_P

Quoting vwaldbrunn, reply 15May be my fault not to unload WindowBlinds before starting Stardock Central?

This shouldn't be necessary.  Perhaps the planets were in such an alignment at the time that it prevented it from working properly the first time.  That's what I'm blaming it on, anyway.

It's up and running now, though?
It's okay, no problems, thank you.

Perhaps I will wait for a full moon next time.

sithious
Reply #18 Friday, April 13, 2012 10:35 PM

i hope this fixes the right click menu from being on the left instead of the right side every time i enable a blind.

Daiwa
Reply #19 Saturday, April 14, 2012 1:11 AM

I got that 'error' message, too, but just clicked OK & it installed without a hitch.  I don't think it was an 'error' message - rather just a 'message'.

The-Reaper-Man
Reply #20 Sunday, April 15, 2012 2:19 AM

The-Reaper-Manreply 11Mine did not update properly through Stardock Central. I had to go to the Stardock Store and download it. Then it installed properly to version 7.4. vwaldbrunnreply 12The same here (Win 7 64bit) What happened when you tried?  Errors?  Explosions?  Nothing?

No errors, although I did hear a couple of explosions It just said it was still version 7.3 (Vista 32bit) The Stardock Store version took much longer to install but it at least upgraded me to 7.4.

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