WindowBlinds 11 unusuable on Win11 22H2 - Windows are 100% black

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Unable to use WindowBlinds 11 on WIn11 22H2.

Applying a skin causes windows to become black with black text and be unreadable, plus the WindowBlinds11 window itself becomes extremely difficult to read. I had to take a pic with my phone as screenshots show the windows correctly?

https://i.imgur.com/e0uxKFU.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/2eAXt7E.jpeg

https://i.imgur.com/iL4IRKN.jpeg

Minimizing and restoring the offending window sometimes fixes that one window, while the others remain black. Newly created windows will also be black.

Applying the default skin gives me a random broken skin. It seems each time i apply a skin then re-apply the default skin it breaks a bit more:

https://i.imgur.com/qQEZWMl.jpeg

I've tried doing a clean re-install of WindowBlinds11, but the problem remains.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Disable HDR mode in display settings.  This is causing the issue.  We are working on a workaround.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you, that worked. However I'm having issues with the title bar of programs not displaying correctly. Seems to be just modern apps that do it? Explorer and Notepad do it, but VLC does not.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting xcloudx01, reply 2

Thank you, that worked. However I'm having issues with the title bar of programs not displaying correctly. Seems to be just modern apps that do it? Explorer and Notepad do it, but VLC does not.

Can you post a screenshot of the issue please.