Windows 7 Upgrade Killed by Windows Blinds

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Got a Vaio couple months ago with a Windows 7 upgrade option.  CD came in.  Ran compatibility.  Uninstalled various apps.  Now when Upgrade runs it halts and says Windows Blind 6 (or earlier) needs to be manually uninstalled to continue.  I have tried everything.  Uninstalled through Impluse, uninstalled manually, cleaned out registry, removed the wbload.dll and wbsys.dll files form system32 and SysWOW64 directory.  Does anyone have any input on this issue?

Thanks!

Sean S.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm going to take that after you uninstalled WB6 and ran clean up on the registry and the other stuff that you rebooted the computer. 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes.  I have tried this several times, several different ways.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Does anyone have any input on this issue?
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I've done quite a few Win 7 installs, but unfortunately none as an upgrade.  One suggestion though would be to re-install WB6 .....set it to 'classic windows' so it is not loaded/skinning then disable/shut WB down, reboot and uninstall, with a final reboot.

Failing that... post a ticket with [email protected]  and/or wait for a more eloquent response here....;)

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

In the meantime...relocated this to the support forum...;)

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Failing to reset to the default setting might be causing the problem.

I did an upgrade from Vista Home Premium 64 bit to Win 7 Home Premium 64 bit.  Prior to doing the upgrade I reset all Stardock programs back to default settings.  I did though have WB 7 installed.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Did you delete the WindowBlinds directory off program files?