When I hit apply skin....

Friday, December 16, 2005 by IncomingF5 | Discussion: WindowBlinds

I get windows classic just with the colors the skin would have been. Windowblinds isnt even in my taskbar by my time. I dont know what happened to it. One day it works fine next day no dice.
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BX
Reply #1 Saturday, December 17, 2005 7:10 AM
What is the version of WB you are using (build #) .. is it paid or demo??? .. And please copy data from SystemInformation tab of WBConfig window (from where you install themes) plus a little information about your system specs will be very helpful ..

Regards
BX

IncomingF5
Reply #2 Saturday, December 17, 2005 10:12 AM
Im using the newest one paid.

But I got to hit apply changes for the taskbar and all the to show up like the skin.

I got to hit apply skin then apply changes on the left side.

I dont know why but that is how it is. I might reinstall later to see if it fixes it though.

SyntaxLaser
Reply #3 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:12 PM

Mines doing that to, except after a reinstall its just staying on windows xp silver skin.


WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:


STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+


WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.


WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC


Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.


You have one monitor in total.


(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200


Wblind.dll      2005/12/07 20:01:12
Wbsrv.dll      2005/11/28 15:52:00
Wbconfig.exe      2005/12/07 19:09:54
Wbload.exe      2005/11/25 19:30:58
Wbhelp.dll      2004/09/18 16:37:00
Wbui.dll      2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll      2005/11/02 13:28:26


 


Neil Banfield
Reply #4 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:05 PM
Those apply options do the same thing so it should make no difference which one you click on.

SyntaxLaser
Reply #5 Tuesday, December 20, 2005 6:09 PM

Mines still not working


Albtraum
Reply #6 Thursday, December 22, 2005 1:44 PM
I have a similar problem. WB is properly installed but I can't get it to load in my systray. Everything is registered so I should be getting my money's worth... The problem I have is my skin is set in Windows Classic Mode and I hit apply skin but nothing happens. I tried installing skins from the site but no go.

Bichur
Reply #7 Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:24 PM
Albtraum:

Open configure WB and click on system info and post it here.

PurrBall
Reply #8 Thursday, December 22, 2005 2:47 PM
Try reinstalling WB anyway. Mine went borked when it claimed to be installed correctly, but when I reinstalled it all was fine.

Jeff8075
Reply #9 Saturday, December 24, 2005 2:39 PM
I found that unloading and reloading Windows Blinds works, but of course it's annoying to do that every time I start my computer.

scorpio-logic
Reply #10 Saturday, December 24, 2005 5:06 PM
If you have WB5 installed, and had WB 4.6 before: uninstall all versions, making a back-up of any skins you've downloaded. Then, after all versions are uninstalled, reinstall WB5.

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goob22
Reply #11 Monday, January 9, 2006 5:41 PM

I just bought ODNT based on their good history and had the problem of getting the classic style as soon as I installed WB5. I've been reading thru the forums and while I found others with a similar problem, none had a fix. I finally fixed mine so maybe it will help others.


I had the latest ATI drivers loaded, 5.13, for the Radeon series. I decided to roll back to an earlier driver as I had had issues with the DotNetMessenger window error coming up on shutdown and it was related to the 5.13 drivers I found out. I decided to reinstalled the 5.11 drives to see if it fixed both problems and WB5 started working just fine. I am now able to apply skins and I no longer get lockups or just the classic theme. It appears to be a compatiblity issue between the 5.13 drivers from ATI & WB5.


FYI.


ADFSBoot
Reply #12 Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:28 PM
I have the same problem, WB4 works fine, i've uninstalled it completely. WB5 is just not loading skins, leaving my system as before, boring.

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ADFSBoot
Reply #13 Tuesday, January 17, 2006 2:38 PM
WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

This is because :

Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.

You have one monitor in total.

(Digital Flat Panel (1024x768)) 1 is attached to VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP

Wblind.dll 2006/01/09 18:11:00
Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 22:57:44
Wbconfig.exe 2005/12/05 18:42:52

It always used to work.
[Oh and I've ticked "Never use per-pixel borders on a skin" box, so that's not a problem.]

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BX
Reply #14 Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:18 PM
IncomingF5 and Albtraum -- Please copy and paste the information form SystemInformation window of WB Config -- Otherwise it is almost impossible to help you fellows -- and I believe no-one @ WC knows magic or telepathy --

BX
Reply #15 Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:21 PM
SyntaxLaser Try update to Latest build available @ SDC (StarDock Central) -- !!

BX
Reply #16 Tuesday, January 17, 2006 3:42 PM
LeeTx What are the versions of Wbload.exe, Wbhelp.dll, Wbui.dll, Tray.dll -- I think you have forgotten to paste them ..

scvanguard
Reply #17 Wednesday, January 25, 2006 11:55 PM
I too have the same problem...but what boggles me is that the system info all looks normal and i have a brand-spanking-new laptop!!!

WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Generic Television) 1 is attached to ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600

Wblind.dll 2005/11/28 13:57:10
Wbsrv.dll 2005/11/28 15:52:00
Wbconfig.exe 2005/11/28 16:19:00
Wbload.exe 2005/11/25 19:30:58
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 15:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/11/20 12:23:40
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

BX
Reply #18 Thursday, January 26, 2006 2:58 AM
scvanguard You are using very old build of WB --- Please update through SDCentral (Make sure to enable "show pre-release software") --

scvanguard
Reply #19 Thursday, January 26, 2006 7:57 PM

Thanks BX! 


alright...its all updated and restarted...and it is still doing the same thing.  heres the new specs...


WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:


STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+


WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.


WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC


Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.


You have one monitor in total.


(Generic Television) 1 is attached to ATI MOBILITY RADEON X600


Wblind.dll      2006/01/19 11:37:36
Wbsrv.dll      2005/12/20 22:57:44
Wbconfig.exe      2005/12/05 18:42:52
Wbload.exe      2006/01/19 11:37:42
Wbhelp.dll      2004/09/18 16:37:00
Wbui.dll      2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll      2005/11/02 13:28:26


scvanguard
Reply #20 Wednesday, February 1, 2006 2:35 PM
sorry to bump this, but i'm getting very frustrated with WB.  after searching thru the whole WB area, i've tried every fix to pretty much every problem and nothing has worked.  my specs are the same as above.

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