Is WindowBlinds 8 Going to Work on Windows 10 ?

Saturday, June 13, 2015 by djthomas55 | Discussion: WindowBlinds

Is WindowBlinds 8 going to work on Windows 10?  I'm getting kind of nervous since July 29th is just around the corner, and I haven't seen much info on this compatibility question.

 

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naroon1
Reply #1 Thursday, July 30, 2015 1:37 PM

Ive just rolled back my windows 10 update as windowblinds dosent work.Iwill try again as soon as an update is released

Jafo
Reply #2 Friday, July 31, 2015 12:03 AM


Is WindowBlinds 8 going to work on Windows 10? I'm getting kind of nervous since July 29th is just around the corner, and I haven't seen much info on this compatibility question.

No.

Windowblinds 8 is NOT COMPATIBLE with Windows 10, and it cannot be made to be so.

Just as there was/is a Windowblinds 8 for Windows 8 there'll be an appropriate Windowblinds for Windows 10....

RedneckDude
Reply #3 Friday, July 31, 2015 12:32 AM

https://forums.wincustomize.com/469524/page/1/

 

 

List of Stardock programs that are currently compatible with Windows 10.

 

It appears that the list IS expanding.      

Cameochi
Reply #4 Saturday, August 1, 2015 1:51 PM

Hello everyone,  I haven't been on for a long time as my job puts me on the road most days.  Thanks for the update on Windows 10 and WindowBlinds, Jafo.  It is good to see you and some other long time members again too.  I am running Windows 10 and it's working fine but not nearly as finished as Windows 7 was when it was released. JMHO of course.   It was with great sadness that I uninstalled WindowBlinds before upgrading.  When Microsoft started all of the needed updates, my system was not terribly happy.  I am really looking forward to WindowBlinds 10.  I miss my WindowBlinds and all of those beautiful skins a lot. 

KillerIce
Reply #5 Sunday, August 2, 2015 10:40 PM

When is WindowBlinds going to work on Windows 10, I feel naked without it, this sucks

anarkys
Reply #6 Monday, August 3, 2015 10:56 AM

If its anything like the upgrade from Windowsblind 7 to Windowsblinds 8 back a couple years ago.   It was like a 6 - 8 month wait to get our hands on a working  beta copy of it.

RedneckDude
Reply #7 Monday, August 3, 2015 11:04 AM

Maybe some should have waited for Stardock, before making the upgrade. Stardock isn't, and can't be expected to be, on Microsoft's schedule.

 

Uvah
Reply #8 Monday, August 3, 2015 11:07 AM

Patience folks. Win 10 is still the newbie and as such will experience some growing pains. SD devs know what they're doing.

Jafo
Reply #9 Monday, August 3, 2015 11:14 AM

Cameochi

Hello everyone, I haven't been on for a long time as my job puts me on the road most days. Thanks for the update on Windows 10 and WindowBlinds, Jafo. It is good to see you and some other long time members again too. I am running Windows 10 and it's working fine but not nearly as finished as Windows 7 was when it was released.

I'm always here [need to get a life]....

Re 'nearly as finished'...Win 7 was really just a correction of Vista....and it was vista that was seriously undercooked....so 7 was 'well done' by then.

With 10 it's more like MS is running to the bathroom after a bad experience with 8 and is barely settling its stomach afterwards with 10.

 

OK...I think I've done the cooking analogy to death.....

moshi
Reply #10 Monday, August 3, 2015 6:27 PM

at least there's finally a benefit of an Object Desktop Infinite subscription. when there's a major os update you can stop paying and re-subscribe when/if the software works again.

Cameochi
Reply #11 Tuesday, August 4, 2015 8:08 PM

I agree totally, Jaffo.  It seems like they were really rushing to get Windows 10 out.  They were pretty blunt about acknowledging the failure of Windows 8. Loving Start 10 and my system looks decent again.  Like one other person said, it does feel rather naked without WindowBlinds but better to get it right.  I am hearing September or October for the next updates to 10.  Have you or anyone else here heard anything for certain? Not that I am anxious or anything.  I'm not a programmer but will be happy to beta test the next version of WB if needed.

CalicoSkies
Reply #12 Tuesday, August 4, 2015 11:35 PM

I just bought a 1-year subscription to Object Desktop, with the intention of installing WindowBlinds on my Windows 10 system.  I should have checked this forum first, as it sounds like WindowBlinds is not yet compatible with Windows 10.  What a waste of money..  

Jafo
Reply #13 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 12:01 AM

Eric Oulashin

I just bought a 1-year subscription to Object Desktop, with the intention of installing WindowBlinds on my Windows 10 system.  I should have checked this forum first, as it sounds like WindowBlinds is not yet compatible with Windows 10.  What a waste of money..  

It's not 'sounds like', it's 'definitely not compatible' - yet.

You should have no issues with updating your Object Desktop Subscription whilst Windowblinds is not-yet compatible with 10, other than the 'please wait until it IS compatible before installing'. ...

CalicoSkies
Reply #14 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 12:15 AM


It's not 'sounds like', it's 'definitely not compatible' - yet.


You should have no issues with updating your Object Desktop Subscription whilst Windowblinds is not-yet compatible with 10, other than the 'please wait until it IS compatible before installing'. ...

When you say "updating your Object Desktop Subscription", what exactly does that mean?  Does that mean I can cancel my subscription and get a refund until WindowBlinds is compatible with Windows 10?  Stardock's web site is only showing me my account information options and nothing about subscription updates.

Jafo
Reply #15 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 1:04 AM

CalicoSkies

When you say "updating your Object Desktop Subscription", what exactly does that mean? Does that mean I can cancel my subscription and get a refund until WindowBlinds is compatible with Windows 10? Stardock's web site is only showing me my account information options and nothing about subscription updates.

Your Object Desktop Subscription is entirely functional with functional software for which it was intended.  Windowblinds [and the other software] still functions as usual with the OS vers for which it was purchased.

It is entirely beyond Stardock's purview of control to determine whether a Customer is going to move beyond supported/functioning OS vers to become early adopters of a new OS.

I am sure that if you were to contact sales@stardock.com they would be able to explain any options open to you more clearly...

Excalpius
Reply #16 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 1:05 AM

The real question is whether WindowBlinds 10 will be able to tap into the Aero Transparency/Blur API that has returned to Windows 10 via the taskbar/start menu/etc.  I would love to be able to run my old "all glass" skin from Windows 7 on Windows 10.  

CalicoSkies
Reply #17 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 10:58 AM


Your Object Desktop Subscription is entirely functional with functional software for which it was intended.  Windowblinds [and the other software] still functions as usual with the OS vers for which it was purchased.


It is entirely beyond Stardock's purview of control to determine whether a Customer is going to move beyond supported/functioning OS vers to become early adopters of a new OS.

I am sure that if you were to contact sales@stardock.com they would be able to explain any options open to you more clearly...

Regarding "OS vers for which it was purchased" - There was no specific question asking which version of my OS I was purchasing it for.  They seem to offer multiple versions of WindowBlinds for multiple OS versions, so it seems they don't restrict you in that regard when you purchase it.  Furthermore, there is nothing on the WindowBlinds page saying it doesn't work on Windows 10 yet:

https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

Also, after I installed the Object Desktop download manager, it would not let me download WindowBlinds 7, saying that was incompatible with my version of Windows, but it did let met select & download WindowBlinds 8 - which I thought meant that would work with Windows 10.  But of course, it did not.

Jafo
Reply #18 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:12 AM

CalicoSkies

Regarding "OS vers for which it was purchased" - There was no specific question asking which version of my OS I was purchasing it for.

I do not have access to your customer account records however it was reasonable to expect that since you joined back in August 2001 you would have had your Object Desktop subscription long before the advent of Windows 10.

Windows 10 is NEW software.  It actually requires a lead time before shell enhancement software can be made compatible.

This has always been the case [certainly since 2001] and only differs more recently in complexity with Microsoft's radical rethinking [and about-face] of the OS interface.

DrJBHL
Reply #19 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:13 AM

CalicoSkies

Furthermore, there is nothing on the WindowBlinds page saying it doesn't work on Windows 10 yet:

https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/

Scroll to the bottom of the page. Supported OSs are clearly stated.

Island Dog
Reply #20 Wednesday, August 5, 2015 11:29 AM

If you have an active Object Desktop subscription, you will get WindowBlinds 10 when available. That's one of the benefits of the subscription.

For anyone else: https://forums.wincustomize.com/469524/

Stardock apps and Windows 10.

 

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