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Reply to Still having MAJOR skin update/delete issues. in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Guys - isn't the font load a Windows issue? Doesn't Windows manage the fonts? The only way to delete them is to unload them from Windows (which is what re-boot does). Have you asked Stardock directly to see if they could add a warning box after a skin delete? Surely a check could be made to see if the folder has been fully deleted. If it hasn't, a warning box could pop-up instructing the user to re-boot and manually delete the folder. Perhaps that's the whole point of your post <img

Reply to Still having MAJOR skin update/delete issues. in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Guys - sounds like you're looking for feedback from other skinners. As a user, I have WB set to not use the skin's icon nor wallpaper. I make those changes manually. Those are two less things to worry about during a skin delete. After I delete a skin the first thing I do is go to the Windowblinds folder and delete the skin's folder if it's still there. If I can't delete it, it's usually because the skin installed some fonts at the OS level. I re-boot and then delete the fonts and fo

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

pentjakmagick - contact SD Tech Service, they'll set up a link for you to download 5.50. You might have more luck than I had, but once I installed 5.51, I was not able to fix the problem by uninstalling 5.51 and then re-installing 5.50. The only way I could get 5.50 to work again was to restore from a backup I had BEFORE 5.51 was installed. This issue worries me. My suspicion is neither Stardock nor Bitdefender will see this as a big enough issue to waste resources to resolve. We ma

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Thanks Pentjakmagick. I exchanged some e-mail from Bitdefender and they mailed me an uninstall utility to try. What's curious is the WB service you refer to does not show up in my services list, yet I am able to run WB 5.50 without it being there. It's only with 5.51 that WB won't start up automatically. My plan is to drop this issue for now, stick with 5.50, and keep my fingers crossed that what I'm seeing won't be there with the next WB upgrade. If it is, I'll try uninstalling Bit

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Nimbin - you ask a great question and there is no simple answer. I've not had a problem with any install from any program EVER until WB 5.51. Does that mean it's a Stardock problem - of course not. There a lot of complicated interdependencies going on. The reason people post and ask questions is to get sifficient data to determine what the root cause is and once it's found it's often a simple fix. The fact only a handful of people are talking about this makes the issue harder to root out.<br

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Pentjakmagick - you may be on to something. I also use Bitdefender (anti-virus only) and have a problem similar to yours. I'm able to get version 5.51 to install, but it will not start on a boot-up. I have to start WB manually and re-choose my skin after every start-up. Because WB won't start initially, my system always starts in Windows Classic style. I installed 5.51 with Bitdefender disabled and all Bitdefender services stopped. The only Bitdefender background activity that can't

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Don't think so. Don't think folks might be having a problem with WB 5.51? Why because you're not experiencing any issues?

Reply to windows blinds no responding in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Hankers - spoke to the folks at Stardock TS today. I'm still unable to run WindowsBlinds 5.51 on this system. Here's what we tried: 1. Swtiched to Windows Classic mode manually 2. Uninstalled every trace of Stardock software that I could find including registry keys 3. Installed SDC 4. Installed WB 5.51 to the default directory 5. Rebooted The WB configuration came up and I chose a skin from the installation skins. Everything looked good and I was all smile

Reply to windows blinds no responding in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

It's happening to me and I assure you I'm not running the trial version. There is problem with 5.51. I don't know if it's not accepting the activation properly or it's something with 5.51's code. I call that funky. You call it what you want. Have any idea what might be causing this besides an expired trial version? Or besides use SDC to install the program?

Reply to windows blinds no responding in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Chris - check out a couple of the recently started threads. What you're describing others are seeing too. I think there's something funky with WB 5.51. Not everyone is having this problem, but a few of us are. It happens on both XP and Vista systems. Couldn't get through to Tech Support today. If I get anything concrete from them, I'll post here. Sleep

Reply to Mailwasher wont fully minimize to tray in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Anach - thanks for coming back and letting us know. I've got MWP installed on a NVidia system, that's why I didn't see it. Good luck.

Reply to Installation Problem Windowblinds 5.51 Enhanced in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Bichur - Thanks for taking the time to respond. Yes my install was a standalone. I downloaded SDC. I've got a call into SD TS to find out if there are technical reasons why SDC helps with installs. If I get a technical reason that makes sense I'll try it. I'm pretty picky about not adding extraneous oeverhead. Frankly that's what I see SDC to be at this point. Makes no sense to me why a program that comes with its own installer should require an intermediary installer to do what

Reply to Mailwasher wont fully minimize to tray in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Anach - I'm running Mailwasher Pro v5.3 and have not experienced the issue you describe. I looked at the MWP options in the hope there was a simple setting change you could make. Found nothing that resembles your problem. I'm curious - what version of Windowblinds are you running? I think there's something funky with 5.51. I'm still using WB 5.50. What you might try is to to add MWP to the applications that run outside WB and see if that solves the problem. If you find a sol

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I spoke with Stardock Tech Support about this issue twice this week and the individual I spoke with was unaware of this problem nor a solution. From his response I assumed the problem was specific to my set-up. I no longer believe this. I believe the problem is rooted in the changes made to WB 5.51. The problem occurs with both Vista and XP. Not everyone's set-up is susceptible to this problem. If it were, the forum would be busting at the seams. The changes that WB 5.51

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Hello Rob - We chatted some by e-mail regarding you skins. Been a few months and since I'm incognito here, you might not recognize me Are you running WB 5.51? The problem we're seeing did not start on my system until I installed 5.51. Unisntalling 5.51 and re-installing 5.50 did not fix the problem. I had to recover the old version by restoring from a back-up. I've never had

Reply to why does it converts to windows classic theme? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

This sounds very similar to the problem I posted regarding Windowblinds 5.51, though I'm running Windows XP. I can start Windowblinds 5.51 manually and chose a skin. Everything is fine until I reboot. Windowblinds won't start after a re-boot and Windows defaults to classic mode. I've reverted back to verson 5.50 until I figure what's going on. The only way to revert back was to restore from a back-up. Unisntalling 5.51 and re-installing 5.50 did not eliminate the problem

Reply to Installation Problem Windowblinds 5.51 Enhanced in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Bichur - My video card is a NVidia 6200 A-LE and the driver is the most up-to-date driver for the 6000 series cards (version 94.24 release date May 31st). Here's my cut/paste info, though I wonder if it's helpful here? I restored my hard drive back to 5.50 from my back-up image. I don't have the similar data for 5.51 and unless I can get a few concrete reasons why this is happening I doubt I'll try installing 5.51 again. WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5

Reply to Installation Problem Windowblinds 5.51 Enhanced in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Guys - thanks for the responses. Please help me understand ... what benefit does one get by using SDC to install Windowblinds? I've installed previous Windowblinds and DesktopX versions without SDC. Was I just lucky to never have a problem before? Since WB starts manually, but not automtically, and this happens most of the time, but not all of the time, it sounds like something is running that conflicts with the WB start-up. Could it be the Acivation process? The installation accep

Installation Problem Windowblinds 5.51 Enhanced in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

My problem is talked about (sort of) in a couple threads, but it's different enough I thought I would start a new thread. Hope that's alright I've been using Windowblinds 5.50 without incident. I updated to version 5.51 by uninstalling 5.50 and then installing 5.51. Uninstall/install went without incident. After the 5.51 installation, I removed the installation skins and added my preferred skin

Reply to Skinning Protocol in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

Thank you Cavan1. Very helpful

Reply to Skinning Protocol in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

Yes I mean a WB skin. Can I edit it if it's copyrighted? Does copyrighted impose any encryption limitations or is just a legal term? I have ZERO desire to steal anyones work, but I do often find some otherwise beuatiful skins to have one or two small irritating features. Irritaion, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder! Rather than bother the skinner, I thought I'd just make the changes myself and personalize some great skinds for my own use <img src="http://images.stardock.com/sd_com/

Skinning Protocol in SkinStudio Stardock Forums

There are a lot of great skins to download. Call me fussy, but there always seems to be one or two small things I'd like to change on an otherwise great skin. My question is technical and ethical. First, is it considered ethically acceptable to download a skinner's theme and modify it slightly for one's personal use? Second, is it even possible to do this? I installed the free version of SkinStudio to see if I could make a few minor changes on a downloaded theme. The th

Reply to Skin Performace in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Thanks guys. I'll leave the Themes service off. If I run into any problems, I'll recognize it soon enough. Dog, to your question about performance getting better with time - not sure. I'll watch. I understand what you're saying. The GeForce FX5500 is a low end card. I suspect it's a significant factor here. I switched this morning from a highly colored, fairly graphic intense skin to a more modest skin and noticed some screen refresh differences. First time I saw this. Was surpr

Skin Performace in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

New Windowsblinds user here. Never thought a pragmatic old dude like me would say this, but I've become a WindowBlinds junkie. Love experimenting with the different skins, wallpapers, and desktop looks. Great software. I have two questions, both likely to been discussed numerous times before. The system I'm running WindowBlinds (v5.1) is a modest 2.4 GHz P4 1GB RAM GeForce FX5500. OS = XP Home. I've noticed subtle differences in performance, window refreshes, programs snappi