Microsoft Once Again Ruins Windowblinds - HELLO???!!!!!
I wish they would stop doing things like this!
Wednesday, December 26, 2018 by LightStar | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Well, lets all thank Microsoft again for screwing up Windowblinds. The Windows 10 update to version 1809 has messed up the explorer background color in the treeview area on the left. It is being forced to white, and the only way to fixed it is to set the Windows color in SkinStudio or WB itself in the Modify Style, Change System Colors area to match the rest of the explorer area. But doing so screws up many applications that need to have a white background in order to remain functional. Microsoft Office, NotePad and many other dialogs and applications that use a white background get ruined.
I sure hope this can be fixed somehow, as it has totally screwed up every single WB skin that uses an explorer color other than white. 
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Reply #22 Sunday, January 13, 2019 3:45 PM
Well, lets all thank Microsoft again for screwing up Windowblinds. The Windows 10 update to version 1809 has messed up the explorer background color in the treeview area on the left. It is being forced to white, and the only way to fixed it is to set the Windows color in SkinStudio or WB itself in the Modify Style, Change System Colors area to match the rest of the explorer area. But doing so screws up many applications that need to have a white background in order to remain functional. Microsoft Office, NotePad and many other dialogs and applications that use a white background get ruined.
I sure hope this can be fixed somehow, as it has totally screwed up every single WB skin that uses an explorer color other than white.
Back to the OP.
Not much point in dark substyles until Neil fixes this. Bummer.
Reply #23 Wednesday, February 13, 2019 7:03 PM
OK, it has been a month and a half since the last post in this thread, and not one reply from anyone that can fix this, what the heck is going on!
Reply #24 Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:17 AM
OK, it has been a month and a half since the last post in this thread, and not one reply from anyone that can fix this, what the heck is going on!
It was reported internally, LightStar, but no updates have been posted to it as of yet.
I have updated it with your feedback.
Internal ref: 205312
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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager
Reply #26 Friday, April 19, 2019 11:21 PM
OK, this is now getting ridiculous, it been almost 4 months now! Does anybody even work at Stardock that doesn't do just games any more???
Please fix this issue, or people might as well just quit skinning entirely if Stardock isn't going to support their own products.
Reply #27 Saturday, April 20, 2019 3:49 AM
I don't mean to hijack Tom.
BUT
Also how in Win 10 for skins with transparency of the start panel like Naked Noir all you get is a blurring. I know that vStyler intended there to be true transparency of the start panel. The task bar is fine. Start Panel is fine in Win 7 but not 10. There are others skins like that as well.
Other people have confirmed this issue.
I don't like buying something that is advertised to look a certain way but is not that way. From what I can see this is a Stardock problem and should be at least commented on. I complained about it in prior posts but so far nothing at all being said or done about the problem.
Reply #30 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:02 AM
As with most things Windows 10 ....it's probably apt to reread the thread title just once more....
Reply #32 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 10:58 AM
With every windows 'update' aka beta release if they only called it as they should....we'd be up to something like Windows 10.6 Second Edition and people might accept that Microsoft is moving deck chairs on the Titanic.
Instead they call it '10' and just 'hope' they haven't broken their own OS.
Reply #33 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 11:10 AM
We are working on an update for the May 2019 release of Windows, so if the white area is fixable (and I note that if the OS hardcoded white then that wouldn't be something we could resolve easily) then we will aim to fix it with that release.
Regarding blur, check the theme doesn't actually ask for blur vs plain transparency. The blur on Windows 10 with WB is stronger than it was on Windows 7 so it will be more obvious.
Reply #34 Tuesday, April 23, 2019 5:34 PM
We are working on an update for the May 2019 release of Windows, so if the white area is fixable (and I note that if the OS hardcoded white then that wouldn't be something we could resolve easily) then we will aim to fix it with that release.
Regarding blur, check the theme doesn't actually ask for blur vs plain transparency. The blur on Windows 10 with WB is stronger than it was on Windows 7 so it will be more obvious.
Thank you Neil, all I was looking for was for someone to finally respond. Hope to see a fix next month. 
Reply #35 Wednesday, May 15, 2019 9:55 AM
Problem fixed with the release of Windowblinds 10.8, thanks Stardock!
Reply #36 Thursday, January 16, 2020 1:31 PM
what would they gain from it?
no, it is simply ignorance, methink.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, January 8, 2019 2:09 AM
Those issues will continue on the skins that do not have the Window Background color set to the same color as the Windows 10 Explorer Background colors. The ones that do work correctly do have the colors set the same. Neil has been made aware of this issue and hopefully it is being worked on.
Ok thanks, I had a feeling that might be the case. I'll just have to use another till then. Anyone know of another good black and blue theme similar to Psynaptix?