https://www.stardock.com/files/odnt_zapper.exe

Warning: this will delete any installed skins/themes for the component when used to uninstall that component. Back up your skins.

Is there any chance you guys can add a option into windowblinds 8 to not skin the start menu. I use startisback as my startmenu replacement and unable to use it. When a windowblinds skin is applied, the startmenu gets chopped up. I would prefer to use it over start8. It would be nice for that feature to be added in the next beta version. Thanks! Now for the bugs.

-I seem to have an issue with chrome maximized. The frame goes off by quite a few pixels. (Goes away over time it seems)

-Desktop icons have classic selection rather than aero style selections.

WB 7.91 on Windows 8........ icon in systray does nothing at all. Right clicking it and clicking either option also does nothing.

Hi everyone,

I would like to point out some of the issues I am facing with Window Blinds 7.91. I am using Windows 8 Pro 64-bit and here are some of the issues I am facing:

1) Title bar fonts are slightly out of position with some skins -e.g Precision Theme

2) Re-sizing of windows will cause some weird graphical problems on the interface of some programs

3) Some icons on right click menu would disappear after changing to WindowBlinds themes - Does not happen with default Aero.

4) Graphical glitch on the address bar of Google Chrome ( Happens randomly anytime)

I have summarized the above problems with a simple screenshot in the link below:

 http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/849/stardock.png/

Thanks everyone!

Could you be more specific about issue 1 please.  I am not seeing anything wrong with the titlebar fonts in that screenshot.

Which theme are you using?  Is chrome set to use its own theme vs the OS one?

Regarding that startmenu, it looks like it is being cropped so only the bottom left area of the menu shows?

Sorry for not going into detail. I meant to say that the title bar text was not aligned to the center position of the title bar as the default aero theme would. From the screenshot, the title bar text was seen to be positioned slightly to the left.

Positioning of text is determined by the theme.  Many themes have text left aligned, there are even some which use right aligned.

I think what he might be saying Neil is that the text positioning on the titlebars in Windows 7 and Windows 8 is different, a little off.

Another for instance is the start menu, places panel. When the text is horizontally positioned perfectly on Windows 7, if you load the exact same skin in Windows 8, the right margin of the text is shifted inward (left) about 4-5 pixels, and the end of the separator image is extended to the right about 4-5 pixels and is no longer centered horizontally as it is in Windows 7. This even occurs on the current (latest) WB8 beta release.

I've tried WindowBlinds 7.91 and still no luck. The desktop icons and taskbar disappear and the desktop goes totally black. I'm running Windows 8 64bit Pro. Eset 6 (with the configuration change to allow wbcore.exe), Outpost Pro 8, Office 2013, Start8, WindowFX 5.

Hardware is AMD 8350 CPU, 7850 video card (catalyst version 13.4), razer keyboard with Synapse 2.0 drivers.

Please download and run the following utility: http://sd.stardock.com/SDSupportTool.exe

This is a tool that we use to gather relevant log files and basic information about your computer. Once the utility finishes running, please send the .zip file it creates on the desktop  to [email protected]

I am using the Win8 Theme included in windowblinds. (With the metro style start button) Chrome has no themes. It seems the issue went away after reapplying the skin.

The start menu(startisback original start menu) gets cropped to only show the bottom left area and the user picture. It happens with all windowblinds skins.

Also another issue popped up. Some Java Applications dont skin properly as well. They go into classic mode

I don't know if this has been covered, but, at least on Win8, I click the button to edit in skin studio, from within WB 7.91, and it opens the website to buy SkinStudio, which I have installed.

I'll check this on 7 as well.

Here are a few bugs one in VUE and one it the top buttons not lining up correctly. The skin I'm using is win8 Metro that came with WindowBlinds 7.90 and 7.91

This is VUE their is a line that runs through the top of the window.

This one happens on all windows the top right hand buttons in all windows are out of alignment.

my system specs.

Windows 8 pro 64bit

Intel mainboard:DZ77GA-70K   

 CPU:Intel I7-3770K

GPU:EVGA GeForce GTX 670 FTW Driver Version 320.18

I'm using windows 8 built in antivirus and firewall.

Monitor: Samsung SyncMaster P2770

I have recently encountered another two issues.

Whenever I highlight or select multiple files/folders within a non-full screen window, part of the window included in the highlight will become semi transparent and show the desktop background behind. This happens with every single theme in WB and does not happen with the default aero theme.

The second issue would be regarding the Win 8 Metro theme, in which the file dragging color is black. I believe it is supposed to be green.

I'm on Windows 8 Pro 64-bit.

A link highlighting my issues:

http://imageshack.us/f/823/stardock2.png/

On a side note, it would be great if stardock could implement a feature in which users of start 8 will still be able to choose their start button picture of liking even when using a WB theme.

After updating this morning to the new beta Transparency works 
Even chrome gets skinned nicely... just one tiny thing to throw in there is when you maximize the chrome window
one frame ( left or right frame will reach the second monitor ) if placed on the first monitor the right ( second in this case ) will have a white line on it - if the chrome window is maxed on the "right secondary monitor the same will happen on the first monitor and a line will be visable.
But i can live with that over a non transparent taskbar
 
this happens on 1920x1080 dont know if it does on other resolutions  

Windows8-x64 pro Systembuilder 
Norton AV
screenshots included below
Skin : doesnt matter they all show it

Edit: was in rush earlier so i couldnt make a screenshot thingy also that line isnt grey it is transparent looked grey on that backgorund

I'm totally new to this, but there does to appear to be conflicts with Start8. Namely once you pick a configuration in WindowBlinds, you can't customize the Start8 button. I'm guessing one might be able to workaround by loading a different image into the specific folder that holds the given start button for the style chosen. 

I ran the tool and submitted the file to support under ticket #WDN-346-83412

That happens because every time you install an updated Windowblinds, you have to reinstall SKS, been that way for years Jim.

I read earlier that was intended Michael, they figured a user would want the start button that came with the skin and disabled that function in Start8.