Windowblinds does not install correctly.
Tuesday, November 12, 2013 by JuniorCrooks | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I sure hope someone can help me with this. I had to do a refresh on my system because I buggered it up installing the wrong driver. After the refresh and doing all updates and installing my software all over again I ran into a problem installing Windowblinds, it will not install correctly. I uninstalled it and deleted every Windowblind registry entry and Windowblind file I could find. Do a reboot and new install of Windowblinds but I get the same thing. It installs but no desktop shortcut is created and it will not allow me to change skins. When I click on Apply Style it try's to change the skin but once the loading is done I still have the MS theme.
Also in the past when Windowblinds was not installed right a popup screen would appear saying that it appears that Windowblinds is not configured correctly on the machine, would you like to fix this. That is not happening. Is there a way to launch that manually?
Any ideas?
Reply #2 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:59 PM
Hey Wiz it is a laptop. I did stop Hitman and Malwarebytes the last time I tried it. The thing is I had no problem installing Windowblinds the first time without disabling anything. Something I have never tried and not sure if it can be done is trying to install it from my desktop in safe mode. Can you install things in safe mode?
Reply #3 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:08 PM
Reply #4 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:28 PM
Thanks Wiz. Yes I am running 8.1, I will give that a try.
Reply #5 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 3:55 PM
Still no go. I tried in safe mode so everything but the essentials was disabled. Nothing I try seems to work.
Reply #6 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:05 PM
Perhaps now's the time for that note to support, JC?
Reply #7 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 4:27 PM
Perhaps Doc but I always like to try to figure things out myself first before I bother support.
Reply #8 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:13 PM
When installing Windowblinds, did you right click the installer, run as administrator?
Reply #9 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:32 PM
Yes Jim. I even tried different compatibility settings but it did not help. I cleaned up my registry and just ran sfc /scannow. It found some things and fixed them but that did not help either. I am still trying some things before I open a ticket. I am stubborn that way and don't like to be beat.
Reply #10 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:36 PM
UAC off? Where did you get the WB's installer? If from ODM, try a fresh download from the store.
Reply #11 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:57 PM
hi
first go to your downloads folder and change to the Stardock folder. delete the windowblinds.exe installer there. Then log into your account on www.stardock.com and download from there windowblinds 8 installer and run the installer then restart the system. the object Desktop updater and Stardock Central sometimes screw up the downloads and installs.
GigaBrad
Reply #12 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 5:59 PM
Yup Wiz. UAC is off and I got the installer from the store. This is a weird one. I am using Start8 with no problem. I had Windowblinds installed before on this machine and it worked fine. I went through and deleted every registry entry manually which I thought would have taken care of but for whatever reason I cannot get it to install properly.
Reply #13 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 6:02 PM
GigaBrad when you say change the stardock folder what do you mean, just delete the installer in the stardock folder but leave the stardock folder or do I delete that also?
Reply #14 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 7:23 PM
No...he's just telling you where the installer is downloaded to.
No need to delete the folder....just the installer...
Reply #15 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 9:14 PM
Thanks Jafo. His suggestion did not work for me though. I am not sure what to try now short of wiping my system clean but that hardly seems worth it for only one program.
Reply #16 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 11:13 PM
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Reply #1 Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:52 PM
You didn't say desktop or laptop, but did you try installing with any included security apps disabled(and possibly your AV?. Many laptops come preloaded with a bunch of over-cautious security junk.