Graphical Corruption in Windows 10

Firefox, Edge, Explorer windows black/disappearing menu bars

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So I purchased WindowsBlinds 10.5 yesterday and tried using a couple of different themes, but I get some strange graphical corruption and artifacts.  Menus will black out or disappear, title bars will become invisible, close and maximize buttons will be missing, or title bars will be transparent when they shouldn't be.  I tried this with both the Echo and Lantana themes, and both had this problem.  I've rebooted several times as well.

The video driver is AMD Crimson 16.11.2 running on a PowerColor Devil 13 R390X2.  I am also running WindowFX 6.

Has anyone seen this that might know how to fix it?

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

OK, sorry it took so long for me to try this.

WindowBlinds locked up my start menu and task bar so I couldn't click on anything; I had to hit the windows key to reach the start menu.  I attempted to uninstall as you suggested; I went through Add/Remove Programs and uninstalled all of the Stardock software that was installed by Object Desktop.  Unfortunately, the uninstaller for WindowBlinds will not run.  It complained "Invalid start mode archive filename".  I found the uninstaller in the directory and attempted to run it manually.  It kept complaining until I used the /U switch to point it to the uninstall file, then it gave me the same error and I figured out why.

The uninstall.xml file had several XML parsing errors; the prolog was in there twice, there were mismatched tags, etc.  I managed to fix all that, but now I get the error, "Failed to load plugin: %AppFolder%\Uninstall\Wow64.lmd".  This appears to be a binary file and I couldn't find any information on the web about how to fix it.

I can go through and whack the entry out of the registry so it appears uninstalled in Windows 10, but I stopped there thinking I should ask for help first.  What should I do?

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Sorry that didn't help.

Start up a ticket with Stardock Support here:

https://esupport.stardock.com/index.php?/Tickets/Submit

Include a link to this thread so you don't have to type it all again.  It might also be good to include how you installed it initially (exe file or Object Desktop Manager) and which anti-virus you're running.

You should get an automatic response immediately, if you don't see it check your spam folder.  Wait until you get a response from a person, should be within 1 to 3 days - don't send additional emails as that will throw you back to the end of the line each time.