Anyone going to address any of the issues I posted in Reply #69?

Nothing to say about them.  Neil is aware.  

OK, thanks, all I needed to know.

I'm using Windows 8 Pro x64

I'm using Classic Shell start menu and the text in menu goes ugly glow, and weird.

 I've tried put Classic Shell start menu in exclusion list in WindowBlinds but it doesn't exclude it. That needs to be fixed, please.

I bought Object Destop only to get the new WindowBlinds 7.90.

Could you provide a screenshot?

Just a quick thanks to Neil and the team for WB8

Now I only hope Windowblinds, Deskscapes, Modernmix and Start8 will work on Windows 8.1 from the go. 

Here is a screenshot. The text colors should be all White and no glow. When i use any skins in windowBlinds it gets like this:

http://web.comhem.se/~u50424530/startmenyex.jpg

Works good on both window7 and indows8 x64.  No issues yet.

Wonderful work.  Even though it's just beta, it doesn't appear far from a release version.

Here are some things I've noticed in this beta version that's not quite right.


The lack of small icons next to entries on Explorer context menus.

eg. Win8 x64 and WindowBlinds 8 7.9beta getting context on .ico file
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34013737/context-win8-x64%28Euphoria%29.jpg

vs: Win7 x32 and WindowBlinds 7 v7.41.1 getting context on .ico file
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34013737/context-win7-x86%28Euphoria%29.jpg

vs: Win8 x64 and WindowBlinds 8 7.9beta and default "Aero" theme getting context on .ico file
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34013737/context-win8-x64%20%28aero%29.jpg

The skin I use is Euphoria.  I've observed the same with some of the supplied skins such as "Corporate"

I do see some icons depending on what is being right-clicked.  For instance, getting the context menu for a folder in Dropbox, shows the Dropbox icon next to the copy Dropbox link entry, and the "Show Folder on desktop" icon next to that entry.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34013737/context2-win8-x64%28Euphoria%29.jpg

There is also a small display issue that may not be a WindowBlinds 8 issue but maybe in the skin I use, Euphoria.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/34013737/Desktop%20white%20area-Win8-x64%28Euphoria%29.jpg

The white space appears for any maximised window.  It seems to be the difference between the size of the taskbar and the size of the start button.  In this case, the start button is not set by Start8 but by the global WindowBlinds theme.  Can't seem to override it to let Start8 handle it alone, so figure the issue is solely within either WindowBlinds or the skin.  On my Win7x86 system, these areas are transparent, showing the desktop background portion or any application window (not maximised) that may be in that spot.

Not sure why the clock is overlapping onto the taskbar, but it's no big deal.

Otherwise, am now looking forward to seeing the polished release version ... when it's right.

Error Iv'e noticed is when windows are maximized part of the frame is showing on my secondary monitor.

http://puu.sh/2Zog3/4e728f3641.jpg

Notice the window frame on the right side crosses over past the taskbar inot my secondary monitor area.

IS there any news on the Taskbar thing i mentioned ?
Was told to let it settle for some time to make it work already gave a response that its not working for me. 

We've not reproduced it yet but we have your support information.  Thanks.

I've created a bug report for this.  Thanks.

I believe these are skin design issues.  Thanks.

Since you purchased Object Desktop you could use Start8 until we see what's going on with ClassicShell.

How much compatibility does StarDock hope to achieve with previous themes (assuming they were constructed properly to begin with)?

I bought a couple of the more "professional" themes such as "Alluminate" and "VOX". They don't seem to play well in Start8 (fonts fail to render)

http://imgur.com/pIox7Ug
http://imgur.com/gD0tYHw

http://imgur.com/2Ld6Tz2
http://imgur.com/3r9boxm

And while I was working on these images noticed some other inconsistencies in the photoshop menu and top toolbar:
http://imgur.com/vFBwUOz
http://imgur.com/Cq5YMLH

Themes worked well with xp and windows7... with any luck these are issues that can be resolved with the latest release and windows8.

Thanks!

Soasi, just trying to help. I loaded the VOX and Alluminate skins with WB 8 Start8 and have no problems. Windows 8 Pro 64 bit.

Photoshop does things in a non-standard way.  We are looking to see what can be done.

Thanks for that... I noticed I just switched to another native theme and it is doing the same thing, now... I must have something maladjusted?

Not quite sure what though

Try a reboot.

I'm running Windows 8 pro 64bit with ESET 6. Neil's fix for ESET 6 got me past the 'not installed' problem but now whenever I apply a skin everything disappears and the screens (two monitors) go black except for the config window. I can't even start task manager. The only way out is ctrl-alt-del, switch to another userid and uninstall WindowBlinds (or restore windows from a backup).  Anyone else have the same problem?

Very odd. Problem persists:

Did a drive image restore

Reinstalled WindowBlinds

Applied permissions in ESET

Rebooted

Applied Alluminate theme (no change on start menu)

Rebooted (no change on start menu)

Could it be a permissions problem somewhere?

Also, though doubt it matters, but I do have C:\User and C:\ProgramData directed to another drive.

(I did do a drive image restore on each of the drives)