WB 7.01 Gadgets and Show desktop

WB 7.01 not playing nice with gadgets and "show desktop"

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Testing the newest build of WB. I love the UI - great job! Stardock always does wuality work and is only improving! I noticed two things with the latest WB build.

1- Some of my Google gadgets I have on the desktop are not even loading when I switch to WB. I get crash errors when starting up.

2- On the Aero colored skins the desktop doesn't become transparent when using the "show desktop" option. I am not even able to see the wall paper. the desktop just becomes the color of the aero colored skin.

Other than that have had no other issues.

Keep up the great work and may God bless you all in this new year!

windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Which gadgets are you having problems with?

The show desktop showing the colour is normal.  This is a side effect of how Show Desktop works.  Most of the sample aero skins we include have very little transparency compared to the normal Aero which is why it is obvious.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi Neil! Thanks for taking the time to look at this post. The gadgets that are having problems are some I have created using Amnesty Generator. Most of them are working, except for two of them, gold price and silver price. I also want to report Google Chrome crashing when using the skin Sabertooth. With this skin on i am not having any problems when using "show desktop". Thanks for your input.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I changed the skins a few times and for some reason now my gadgets behave well. That's great! I now can use WB 7.01 confidently. If I experience problems with certain skins I will post again.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Just one additional problem with the latest WB build - Chrome seems to be having problems. Didn't have problems with it until I started using WB. Anyone else seen this issue?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What problems specifically?  Screenshots would also help?

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi Island Dog! Thanks for your interest. Don't know if a screenshot would help/ Chrome is just hanging, A blank page comes up and i eventually have to click on the blank page a few times to invoke the close program dialog. I will try some other themes to see if this is theme specific or if it is the particular skin I have added to Chrome. I have two computers and on the other one Chrome works perfectly well with WB 7.01.