WindowBlinds 8.09 Beta Update
Thursday, January 8, 2015 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Today we have released the WindowBlinds 8.09 beta. This also addresses the issues from the last update that users reported.
Updated:
- Fix for a fix for Firefox titlebar issue
- Added better support for high DPI displays
- Directory Opus and Skype 7 fixes
You can download the update from your Stardock account.
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Reply #3 Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:23 PM
Installed with no issues on Windows 7 and Windows 8.1. Thanks Stardock! 
Reply #4 Thursday, January 8, 2015 11:23 PM
I had to disable Windows Defender to install successfully on Win 8.1, but the update installed smoothly and Malwarebytes works again, too! Thanks Stardock for a quick, thorough fix! 
Reply #5 Friday, January 9, 2015 11:31 AM
Can confirm that the 64-bit version of this "fixes" the previous Directory Opus problem in Win8.1.
Reply #6 Friday, January 9, 2015 12:11 PM
Still has the titlebar painting issue (total transparency) in Pale Moon (Firefox) on Win7Pro 64bit here. It is usually always present on first launch of Palemoon (from it's icon) & requires re-applying the skin via WB Config to fix it. It's strange, though: if the first launch is by way of a link in an email, for instance, it usually paints normally. Paints normally on subsequent launches in same computing session.
This was the case with 8.06, too, FWIW.
Reply #8 Friday, January 9, 2015 1:25 PM
Still has the titlebar painting issue (total transparency) in Pale Moon (Firefox) on Win7Pro 64bit here. It is usually always present on first launch of Palemoon (from it's icon) & requires re-applying the skin via WB Config to fix it. It's strange, though: if the first launch is by way of a link in an email, for instance, it usually paints normally. Paints normally on subsequent launches in same computing session.
This was the case with 8.06, too, FWIW.
Comment from the other thread on WB 8.09:
I reset Firefox to defaults again and now all is well.
Reply #11 Saturday, January 10, 2015 12:56 AM
It definitely fixed the titlebar painting issue on Firefox for me. I am running Firefox 34.0.
Reply #13 Sunday, January 11, 2015 3:28 PM
An alternate way to fix this issue is to go to the Customize Menu in Firefox in the Menu near the Search Box. Or you can go to View - Toolbars - Customize. Open the menu and on the very bottom left you will see a Title Bar button. Click it and the Title Bar will appear and will no longer be transparent. Then exit the Customize Menu.
Reply #14 Sunday, January 11, 2015 4:56 PM
Installed the 8.09 update for the second time and it still say's 8.06
Windows 7 Home Premium (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140706-1506)
WindowBlinds 8.06 (029 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS
Wblind.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:ll
Wblind64.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:49
Wbsrv.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:48
WB8Config.exe 2015/01/11 16:39:54
Wbload.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:43
Screen.exe 2015/01/11 16:39:34
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Reply #15 Sunday, January 11, 2015 5:14 PM
Installed the 8.09 update for the second time and it still say's 8.06
Windows 7 Home Premium (7601.win7sp1_gdr.140706-1506)
WindowBlinds 8.06 (029 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS
Wblind.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:ll
Wblind64.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:49
Wbsrv.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:48
WB8Config.exe 2015/01/11 16:39:54
Wbload.dll 2014/07/16 06:42:43
Screen.exe 2015/01/11 16:39:34
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How did you install?
Uninstall WB, reboot, and then reinstall. Something is not being overwritten correctly.
Reply #16 Sunday, January 11, 2015 9:55 PM
I uninstalled three times because it kept showing in my programs. After reinstalling and activating, nothing works. I uninstalled again and ran a registry cleaner. Hopefully that will work. If not,then I'm gonna give up. Im tired of wasting the day on one program.
Reply #17 Monday, January 12, 2015 9:25 AM
Put windowblinds 7 back on this morning. Installed fine. Won't load any skins. Tried to reinstall Windowblinds 8 and it says to install 7 first. Done with windowblinds and win customize. Back to ordinary windows. I guess I wasted my money on all of this.
Reply #18 Monday, January 12, 2015 11:34 AM
I uninstalled WindowBlinds, rebooted and reinstalled. Still had some issues, so I did another uninstall and reinstalled this morning again.
I can see that the Directory Opus issue is resolved, but my Firefox 34, is still without a title bar. Even the dialogs, like options, comes up without a title bar.
Reply #19 Monday, January 12, 2015 12:03 PM
Supposedly setting Firefox back to default settings fixes that issue LStatie, there's a thread somewhere here on the site about it but I just can't find it again. 
Reply #20 Monday, January 12, 2015 12:32 PM
Thank you for the suggestion, LightStar. It worked.
Firefox 34, still looks a bit off, but it is much better than before.
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Reply #1 Thursday, January 8, 2015 3:14 PM
I went to Stardock/My Account, there were two options, version 8.06.0 or 8.09.0(Beta). I downloaded the beta and rebooted, it shows as loaded.
I am running Skype and it did fix the dropdown menu problem.