WindowBlinds 10.8 Update is Now Available!
Adds improved skinning support and compatibility features for the upcoming Windows 10 update
Tuesday, May 14, 2019 by Tatiora | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Stardock releases WindowBlinds 10.8
Stardock has released a new version of its popular Windows customization app, WindowBlinds.
Version 10.8 adds improved skinning support as well as additional compatibility features for the upcoming Windows 10 update.
WindowBlinds lets you customize desktop interface themes called skins to personalize the look and feel of your desktop. WindowBlinds enables you to make your desktop interface uniquely yours by customizing the Start menu*, taskbar, window frames, and control buttons.
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*Start menu skinning on Windows 8 and Windows 10 requires Start8 or Start10.
Reply #2 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 1:28 PM
This update borked my browser, Opera. After upgrading to 10.8 I got a page crash every time I opened it. Also all my extensions were disabled and had to be manually reloaded, and this happened every time I opened the browser. Fonts were also changed and other features didn't display properly. When I rolled back to 10.6 all these problems went away and everything returned to normal functioning. I remember that there were similar problems with 10.6 and Firefox which were never fixed, I made a thread about that a few years ago.
Reply #3 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 11:00 PM
nice just updated mine, everything went smooth!!
Reply #6 Friday, May 24, 2019 6:53 AM
Reply #7 Friday, May 31, 2019 11:12 AM
Any ETA for when 10.8 is going to be fixed? Taskbar buttons bad. Clock text showing up dark in some skins. Would like an estimate on a fix.
Reply #11 Friday, May 31, 2019 12:41 PM
Any ETA for when 10.8 is going to be fixed? Taskbar buttons bad. Clock text showing up dark in some skins. Would like an estimate on a fix.
I have not seen reports of the clock text issue?
The taskbar buttons thing has been resolved in an internal build though.
Reply #12 Friday, May 31, 2019 2:27 PM
Link please.
It's a wandering thread:
https://forums.wincustomize.com/495103/page/1/#replies
(Lightstar mentions clock text in reply 10, "on some skins")
Short thread about taskbar buttons where Sean confirms (and I do see that Neil has that covered):
https://forums.wincustomize.com/495189/page/1/#3750807
Reply #13 Friday, May 31, 2019 4:14 PM
This thread is dated 5-14 so this isn't a new update. I assume, hope, that when a new update is available it will be clearly stated as such.
Airing out the problems like this can lead to confusion. I suppose tickets should have been opened on any issues.
I await an updated version of WB.
Reply #14 Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:05 PM
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post. Move it if desired. Since the recent update I have a red box covering the "X" on the "Preview Pop up Close Button". It's the same on every WB and don't have a clue how to fix it.
Reply #15 Thursday, August 1, 2019 2:41 PM
Sorry if this is the wrong place to post this. Move it if desired. Since the recent update I have a red box covering the "X" on the "Preview Pop up Close Button". It's the same on every WB and don't have a clue how to fix it.
Open an Administrator level Command Prompt and type sfc /scannow and press enter, when it completes reboot and check things.
Reply #16 Thursday, August 1, 2019 8:47 PM
I remember that command line, used it many times. nice tool occasionally. checks windows protected files to see if still default. if not it replaces it. Correct me if i am wrong Tom.
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Reply #1 Tuesday, May 14, 2019 12:42 PM
Since it wasn't mentioned, this release fixes the white background issue in the explorer tree area on WIndows 10 v1809 and higher. However, skins designed for Windows 10 before SkinStudio had settings for those colors will still experience the issue. Any of my skins still having that issue will be updated over time.