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WindowBlinds 4.4 on Object Desktop

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WindowBlinds 4.4 on Object Desktop

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from WinCustomize Forums

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 4.4 onto Object Desktop. It's a pretty big step up from WindowBlinds 4.3 as being the most significant performance increase in visual style handling in years.

It also supports shellstyles being at the top of a folder rather than merely on the left side (see screenshot).

SkinStudio 4.4 is now available on Object Desktop as well and enables importing of msstyles that have unusual shell styles.

Object Desktop is a suite of desktop enhancements that includes WindowBlinds, DesktopX, ObjectBar, IconPackager, and most of the other programs you would need to totally customize the look and feel of Windows.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top
its doing it on mine too Mav, guess they havent gotten around to fixing it yet, i reported it awhile back (though im much happier to have the new shellstyle support then wireless fixed).
Reply #27 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Make sure you reboot after updating WB.
Object Desktop - Get all of our enhancement utilities in one suite
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Brad,

Thanks for the video link.

Followed the steps you provided in the video after updating both WB and SkinStudio.

Went to start menu after installing and opened My Pictures directory and the shell style had changed. Checked My Music, My Documents - all worked.

What a great opportunity this will provide to create all kinds of great skins!

Cheers!
Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok, I took the few seconds needed to uninstall reinstall WB and SkinStudio, and all is well now! Great stuff!!!
Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top
(essorant shuffles around, hands in pockets, wishing he used skinstudio...)
Reply #32 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Anybody know where I can get matching toolbar icons?
Reply #33 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Wow, this is working great. Thanks guys.
Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Any chance of getting a version that will run smoothly with Photoshop CS? Please?
Reply #35 from WinCustomize Forums Top
no skins run really smoothly with PS Flibbertygibbets. It's been a problem for a while. For me at least.. It always offsets your cursor when bounding box is on.. *shrug* I just have WB not skin it and things work fine.
Reply #38 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I just downloaded it from Object Desktop, but my performance is degraded, overall I find no performance change from Version 4.3, but when I open a folder, any folder, even blank or filled with files, there is a lag in opening folders, as compared to WB 4.3

In 4.3 it used to open in a ziffy, click & opened like Windows classic, now there is a notable lag in opening folders, this happened with Windows XP SP2, Luna HoE, 512 MB system RAM & 128 MB GeForce FX5900XT & 65.73 drivers, with these same settings WB 4.3 works flawlessly

one more thing, can some one tell what are changes over 4.3, except for the shellstyle on top feature, I like my shellstyle on side, & I will be using Luna HoE only, rite now I m using 4.3 again
Reply #39 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Well, my performance is the same, if not better with 4.1. I'm running Xp with SP2, 1GB of RAM, GeforceFX 5900, same drivers...no probs here. Works great.
Reply #40 from WinCustomize Forums Top
even I found no performance hit, elsewhere, only when I double click on a folder I get a bit of lag in it opening
Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Does anybody have XP SP2 installed?

I have it installed on my computer and it seems that console windows are not skinned even when the setting of skinning console windows is enabled?

Has somebody met this problem as well?!?!?! >