Skins not working on Taskbar?
Saturday, March 18, 2023 by Knoxtane | Discussion: WindowBlinds
I've tried uninstalling everything related to WindowBlinds and reinstalling...then applying every default theme that came with the program as well as multiple downloadable ones and it's the same on all of them.
The start button, winow frames and far right edge of task bar are themed but the task bar itself is not. how do I fix this?
Reply #2 Saturday, March 18, 2023 12:59 PM
Download the version available here: https://forums.stardock.com/517602/page/1/#3882630
Reply #3 Sunday, March 19, 2023 2:09 AM
You need the update to WindowBlinds for the recent Windows update.
This is available as a preview on the forums or it should be available as a release version next week.
my release version of WindowBlinds11 is up-to-date. I also downloaded the "beta" and this issue still persists. It's still broken.
Reply #4 Sunday, March 19, 2023 2:58 AM
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.
Reply #5 Sunday, March 19, 2023 3:55 AM
Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.
Unfortunately this still did not work, Taskbar is still the solid Windows 11 color.
Reply #6 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:04 AM
Try Cleanboot: https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#cleanboot. Something might be blocking WB and Start11 from working properly.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Reply #7 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:10 AM
Try Cleanboot: https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#cleanboot. Something might be blocking WB and Start11 from working properly.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
While I appreciate the help that is too much work to try and find the issue, when it can be numerous things if Clean boot doesn't work. I will just have to wait until 3 or 4 updates from now and hope it's fixed. I shouldn't have to jump through trial and error as an end user who purchased a product that should work for windows 10/11. I understand things get corrupt or blocked but a purge of a program and all it's files that was working just fine 48 hours ago and I haven't changed anything on my end doesn't work after all that, I don't really want to continue digging, at least not right at this moment. I might give it a try later but how this hasn't happened to anyone else on Windows 11 is intriguing, I don't use any other programs or apps that mess with the look and feel of windows, just WindowBlinds11.
Thanks for the swift replies. If and when I do a Clean Boot, I'll post the outcome here.
Reply #8 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:11 AM
Wait, I just notice, don't you have Start11 installed in your system? Start11 need to have the taskbar and Startpanel be skin by Windowblinds. Below is what I get when I uninstalled Start11 from my system.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Reply #9 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:17 AM
Wait, I just notice, don't you have Start11 installed in your system? Start11 need to have the taskbar and Startpanel be skin by Windowblinds. Below is what I get when I uninstalled Start11 from my system.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
I did not have Start11.
I just purchased it though.
Reply #10 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:18 AM
Install Start11, reboot and retest. It should resolve your issue.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Reply #12 Sunday, March 19, 2023 4:40 AM
Yes, Start11 needed for WB11 to skin the Startpanel and taskbar area in Windows 11.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Reply #13 Monday, March 20, 2023 9:55 AM
Yes, Start11 needed for WB11 to skin the Startpanel and taskbar area in Windows 11.
Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
Given that the start button is skinned it would make sense to just remove that feature from WindowBlinds if the taskbar isn't going to get skinned along with it.
Reply #14 Thursday, March 30, 2023 5:40 PM
I recently purchased WindowBlinds and I have the same issue. It's not a good solution to ask users to purchase additional (Start11) product. The skin should work in WB. Is there any plan to release fixed WB?
Thanks.
Reply #15 Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:30 PM
I recently purchased WindowBlinds and I have the same issue. It's not a good solution to ask users to purchase additional (Start11) product. The skin should work in WB. Is there any plan to release fixed WB?
Thanks.
Start 11 is required to skin the taskbar under windows 11. It's due to how Microsoft rebuilt the taskbar compared to windows 10. Start11 has stuff in it to reimplement some of the missing features required for windowblinds to skin. If you don't have it installed, you won't get a fully skinned taskbar. No way around it. Microsoft just keeps breaking things with each update.
Reply #16 Thursday, March 30, 2023 6:31 PM
I recently purchased WindowBlinds and I have the same issue. It's not a good solution to ask users to purchase additional (Start11) product. The skin should work in WB. Is there any plan to release fixed WB?
Thanks.
The latest beta of WindowBlinds 11 should work ok for the taskbar background. It will not skin the taskbar buttons themselves without start11 but thats not a bug as the native taskbar is not theme aware.
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Reply #1 Saturday, March 18, 2023 12:57 PM
You need the update to WindowBlinds for the recent Windows update.
This is available as a preview on the forums or it should be available as a release version next week.