WindowBlinds 6.40 BETA [January 2009] Support Thread

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WindowBlinds 6.40 BETA [January 2009]
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-Support for glass menu bars on Windows Vista
-Support for a different mouseover image on the right hand side of the Start Menu
-Control over the background color of the Start Menu "Programs" list
-Double clicking the top left of a per pixel window will now close it on Windows Vista
-Control over the search box text colour & font
-Better control over the Start Menu fonts & colors
-New section to allow a custom mouseover image used on the "Programs" link on Vista versus the legacy solid color
-Start button overlay now supports animation

windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

  

Edit: nevermind  :-"

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Before anyone asks, I should point out that this build does not support Windows 7.

There is a SKS 6.4 beta to go with it which exposes the new features.

Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

awesome....i see no sks update though...hhmmmmmm......running impulse

:grin:  

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Click on the Stardock Orb (upper left corner) and select "view prerelease versions".... ;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

>_>  hmmmm did that...let me check again.........nope not seeing it....hhmmmmm

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

restarted computer...still not there>_> theres somethign strange going on in the neighborhood

 

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

-Support for a different mouseover image on the right hand side of the Start Menu
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-New section to allow a custom mouseover image used on the "Programs" link on Vista versus the legacy solid color
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5* 5* 5* 5* 5*

 

\o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/ \o/

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Was working fine until I rebooted, seems to disable DWM and force basic mode for me. Unloading and reloading Windowblinds does the trick but I have to do it every single time I reboot my PC.

WB Config:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.4 (build 116 x86 - Vista Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2

Wblind.dll      2009/01/05 11:35:20
Wblind64.dll      2009/01/05 11:35:10
Wbsrv.dll      2009/01/05 11:35:10
Wbconfig.exe      2009/01/01 09:48:54
Wbload.exe      2008/07/20 18:35:14
Wbhelp.dll      2008/07/20 18:35:07
Tray.dll           2008/07/20 18:35:21
Wbload.dll           2007/11/04 17:50:28
Screen.exe      2008/07/20 18:35:09

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ok waited a few hours and still no update in my impulse for sks>_> X( wanna check out the new skinning areas

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

SkinStudio 6.40 BETA is published.

Please use this thread for any issues.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Awesome. \o/

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Are there any skins that show off these new features? Or do I just have to enable them in a preference file somewhere?

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

We have to build them first ;)

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting 2of3, reply 13
We have to build them first
End of 2of3's quote
/me taps his foot

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

1°) Cool to see that lots of things are done for XP ... :banhammer:

2°) not speaking about features but updating: if by any chance, WindowBlinds is running when you update, at he next boot there's systematicly an error message that "WindowBlinds is missing a core dll file WBLIN.DLL. Please reinstall WindowBlinds"

As Impulse is not proposing to download and archive the new version (like SDC did), the only way to do it, is to go back to re install previous version, then to don't get the same error message, unable WindowBlinds to start with Windows by activating "Windows Classic", then reboot, then update, then reboot again ... With the time needed by Impulse to load and verify everything's, the update has taken about ½ hour for me >_>   . Should it be possible to fix that ? (it's not a trouble relative to the last version, it's something which came with Impulse ...)

3°) SDC gave the opportunity to "Prompt to select where Start Menu shortcuts are created" . It would be a minimum that impulse would do the same ... (not specific to WindowBlinds but to any of apps)

Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

so when can we windows 7 testers get a wb beta try link i have the win 7 beta and would like to test wb on it . thx:digichet:

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

so when can we windows 7 testers get a wb beta try link i have the win 7 beta and would like to test wb on it . thx
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Windows 7 just barely entered the beta stage, don't expect anything for months.

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Cool to see that 24 h later (or not far), someone from Stardock had taken care of what i reported ... >_>

Reply #19 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting neophil78, reply 18
Cool to see that 24 h later (or not far), someone from Stardock had taken care of what i reported ...
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As always, we appreciate feedback.  The more, the better as it improves the software experience for all our users.

Having said that I would like to point out that 1) No response does not mean no action; 2) Finding an anomaly may be easy, fixing it might not be; 3) an anomaly on one user's system does not always mean it will happen on any other system.

You may trust that Stardock follows up on all reports so that issues are addressed.

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

1) No response does not mean no action
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Perhaps, but an answer may let know the one who reported something, he did not blow up in the air :-"   

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Having prob's with the right side of the start panel.... :'(

on mouse-over the wrighting turns black and it's sopose to be white, i tryed every thing to correct it but no go, so i had to uninstall and go back to 6.3 :'( :'( :'(

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Robbie_Boy, reply 21
Having prob's with the right side of the start panel....

on mouse-over the wrighting turns black and it's sopose to be white, i tryed every thing to correct it but no go, so i had to uninstall and go back to 6.3
End of Robbie_Boy's quote
Every skin you used?  Updated drivers?  Can you post your WB sys info to make sure you have the right files?

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top

only some skins.. cant update drivers..(sony dont have them..)

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.7
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.3 (build 112 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(SyncMaster 2243LNX/2243LN) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT

Wblind.dll         2008/11/03 14:07:20
Wbsrv.dll         2008/09/22 16:59:22
Wbconfig.exe         2008/11/18 15:02:54
Wbload.exe         2008/04/28 11:35:14
Wbhelp.dll         2008/04/28 11:35:07
Tray.dll              2008/04/28 11:35:21
Wbload.dll              2008/04/28 11:34:28
Screen.exe         2008/07/22 10:10:09

Reply #24 from Stardock Forums Top

Can I get a sampling of skins that work and skins that don't?  Pretty please?

Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

is mine correct? just updated it  (WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.4 (build 116 x86 - Vista Edition)