WindowBlinds 5 now available!

Start personalizing Windows!

Tuesday, November 29, 2005 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5 to the public today.  WindowBlinds allows users to completely alter the look and feel of the Windows interface by applying visual styles (skins) to title bars, buttons, the Start bar, borders and more. Consumers customize nearly everything else in their environments: their cars, homes, clothing and cell phones are based on their personal preferences and needs. With WindowBlinds 5, users can now make their Windows desktops look and feel the way they want.

WindowBlinds 5 introduces a broad range of new features, including per-pixel alpha blending, resulting in smooth or glassy title bars and borders that realistically distort the content behind them; as well as the ability to change toolbar icons, progress animations and the hue and saturation of the Windows interface.

With over over 8 million users worldwide, WindowBlinds 5 is the most popular desktop-enhancement utility of all time according to CNET’s Download.com where it recently passed the 9 million download mark. It is also used by companies such as Microsoft, ATI, nVidia, Alienware, Nintendo and many others to provide custom Windows user interfaces for their customers.

WindowBlinds 5 is $19.95 as a stand-alone program or for $49.95 by purchasing Stardock’s award-winning Windows enhancement suite, Object Desktop. A shareware version of WindowBlinds is available for free download.

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dwax
Reply #41 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:19 PM
Thanks Rauhn.I have it in Stardock Central,it will do the same there too?

Bichur
Reply #42 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:31 PM
.I have it in Stardock Central,it will do the same there too?


yes, just don't get click happy. watch for the box that mentions uninstalling the skins too - make sure that part is unchecked

dwax
Reply #43 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:39 PM
I looked,and there is no option as where not to uninstall the skins.When you select uninstall is says Are you sure you want to uninstall windowBlinds and all of its componets? And there is only a yes or no button

GreenReaper
Reply #44 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 5:44 PM
Just copy the skin folders out of Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds and then uninstall. If they *do* disappear, you can always copy them back and then rebuild the skin library.

dwax
Reply #45 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:02 PM
Got every thing working! Sweet!! Thanks for the help!

firebrick
Reply #46 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:13 PM
it's worth the $15.00.. i had no icons after the reboot, had me sweating a little bit, but i think it's my machine..(nortons) 8 min reboots are a killer.. Anyway great job to all involved..

snake108
Reply #47 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 6:18 PM
Installed like a dream. Great work Stardock, well worth the wait.

Firedogs Ron Son Jose
Reply #48 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:20 PM
Well, the Firedogs keep getting e-mails from Stardock up the wazoo but not the 5.0...the 4x! BTW, for our friend Sir Bichur, good to uninstall the 4x completly before installing the 5x?

Bichur
Reply #49 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:25 PM
for our friend Sir Bichur, good to uninstall the 4x completly before installing the 5x?


Hey Dogs O Fire. Yes. In fact I just clicked install on 5 through SDC it told me it had to uninstall 4.6, then reboot. Did that. Installed 5, told me to reboot. Did that. Now I'm up and running with no issues so far.

bkmitch
Reply #50 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:28 PM
Excellent job, guys...well worth the upgrade price
Runs perfectly and looks sweet
also, good idea on adding some WB5 blinds with the package
thanks, again everyone

ncish7
Reply #51 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 7:38 PM
Someone please help, this has done nothing but screw everything up. I installed it, reinstalled it, and it still stinks. Its installed, and the lil icon is in my toolbar, Welp, big deal, i double click it to open up the program, and i get Nothing... I download a theme from this site, and I have to manually open the .zip file because wbload wont do it automatically like wb4 did, And, once i do get it to work, theres Zero transparency...

Someone email me at [email protected] and help out, it would be very appreciated.

Firedogs Ron Son Jose
Reply #52 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 8:02 PM
Now I'm up and running with no issues so far.


O.K. Tango Yankee Sir Bichur. So, you installed through SDC? Is there not a difference between doing that and waiting for the link from Stardock in order to insert the serial number furnished? Or, does the SDC already know if one has purchased...therefore the serial number is not necessary?

DocX
Reply #53 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:16 PM
Is everyone with Object desktop going to get a email for a direct link to the new blinds? Im trying to get WB 5 through stardock central and it keeps erroring out at the end. I uninstalled the version I had and rebooted. I found WB in the display props box and tryed to use it and it wanted me to actavate it. I did and rebooted. I tryed to then use it and it just keeps wanting me to reboot again? Any ideas?

Thanks, Mark

JinnRikki
Reply #54 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:19 PM
I've gotten no e-mail and SDC still only shows the beta release that I'm running. Waiting.....patiently....chirp...chirp (crickets)

Firedogs Ron Son Jose
Reply #55 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:34 PM
Send those E-Mails "Priority" and not Fourth Class!

The Real Shark
Reply #56 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:48 PM
Excellent job Stardock!

Rutabaga64
Reply #57 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:51 PM
Just upgraded through SDC, everything appears to have worked just fine. Uninstalled 4.6, rebooted, installed 5, rebooted again, the configuration window popped up and took a while to load all my skins (I have wwwaaayyy too many skins in my library ), but voila, they were all there, and everything looks fine so far. I like the new look of the configuration window .

Bichur
Reply #58 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:52 PM
the SDC already know if one has purchased..


It knew for me. I unchecked 'show prerelease'

DocX
Reply #59 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:53 PM
To be more specific right at 99% done installing windowblinds it says stardock has encountered a error and has to close..Any ideas..

Bichur
Reply #60 Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:54 PM
I had 4.6 installed. I did not uninstall it first. I clicked install on 5 and SDC said the other needed to be uninstalled first, when I said yes - it uninstalled it. I just kept following the prompts. No problems.

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