Odd Shadow (Workaround Found)
Irritating
Sunday, August 26, 2012 by RedneckDude | Discussion: Stardock Support General
Guys, I may have a thread on this already, but I can't find it.
Anyone other than me seeing this odd shadow on RC menus? Does it with several skins, but not all skins.
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Reply #2 Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:40 PM
I was told that before when I had this trouble with another skin, but it wasn't it. Not it here either. Hide Menu Shadow is enabled.
Thanks Karen. 
Reply #3 Sunday, August 26, 2012 8:41 PM
I'm thinking it's a problem on my rig....just wish I could find it.
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:07 PM
Guess what? WinFX turned off, shadow goes bye bye.
Reply #7 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 7:39 PM
hmmm.....I'm kinda likin' the shadows cast from reply #5 
-- Ace --
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 8:29 PM
WinFX is quite the focker, eh?
Have had my issues with it as well. Went away as soon as WinFX was banished.
What problems did you have?
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:12 PM
Neil, there is a pic in the OP.
Odd shadows on my right click menus.
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 4, 2012 9:17 PM
Oh...lol...you were probably asking Snowman. I guess I should read between the line.
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 5, 2012 4:45 AM
Quoting Snowman, reply 9Quoting RedneckDude, reply 6Guess what? WinFX turned off, shadow goes bye bye.
WinFX is quite the focker, eh?
Have had my issues with it as well. Went away as soon as WinFX was banished.
What problems did you have?
General system slowdown, and I'm not the only one having experienced that.
In my So, you like Windows 7... thread I mention that Windows 7 has/had become a drag to work with, generally slowing down the longer it's active.
I removed a shitload of software incl. WinFX, and now Windows 7 is a whole new joy to work with.
Blame some of the other software, you say?
WinFX was the only 'active all the time' piece of software I removed.
What causes it I obviously dont know, but it's a real shame because WinFX is a great application.
Reply #13 Thursday, September 6, 2012 7:20 PM
Any way we could troubleshoot this thang? I don't have the odd shadows on my laptop, which runs Win7 64 bit, just like my main rig.
Reply #15 Friday, October 26, 2012 1:19 PM
Hmmm...had this fixed, reinstalled my rig, can't remember the fix now....bummer.
Reply #16 Friday, October 26, 2012 1:39 PM
I found a workaround but it is a bummer.... I disabled the open animations on menus and the shadow goes bye bye.
Reply #17 Friday, October 26, 2012 1:58 PM
Ok, if I turn off shadows on windows in Performance Options.
Reply #20 Friday, October 26, 2012 2:54 PM
That's the part he forgot. 
I believe that he is using 5.1 with this re-install.
Changing the shadow setting in Visual Effects has fixed it this time around.
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Reply #1 Sunday, August 26, 2012 6:58 PM
It looks like the Aero default shadow showing through. In Skin Studio, you can make menus flat (thereby getting those nice blunted corners), but you have to click the "Hide Menu Shadow" in the extra settings tab.