Thanks for the reply.

Clean install full version.

WB will not even open to apply or look at anything including settings.

Tried turning off security programs and clean up. Uninstall/reinstall and still crashes out of the gate.

Is this 7.0 or 7.01?

Do you have any additional themes included as well as it may be a problem generating the thumbnails for them.

Do you have any other theme software installed, or other applications that might interfere with WindowBlinds, specifically things that would load into explorer?

disable nview

Do you havre a process set to run at startup called nwiz.exe?  If so, try disabling it.

I got it working.

I uninstalled WB again, and used VistaGlazz 2.0 to patch the Uxtheme.dll. Reinstalled WB and it started working. For the most part.

I can't apply or view the stock Microsoft Aero Theme without it crashing. So right now there is no way to go back to original theme. Also when trying to apply a windows themes through desktop, context menu, personalize.  The colors don't exactly match anymore.

So, I'm one step closer.

As was mentioned in another reply, WindowBlinds doesn't not play very well with other GUI changing programs, especially ones that need to run a patch to work. 

Did you upgrade to Windows 7 or install the OS fresh? If you upgraded....had you ever patched the uxtheme.dll before (while on XP) the upgrade. It's likely if you had patched the dll that the windows upgrade would have ignored the patched file and left it on the system.

My personal opinion is the upgrade path is always problematic.......I would always opt for a fresh install.

Any software that patches Uxtheme.dll pretty much guarantees you issues with WindowBlinds.  These patch apps also tend to not un-patch themselves as much as you'd like them to.  I would suggest checking the integrity of this file (I believe an SFC scan should work).

The patched dll's are easy to remove. All the patching software does is rename the original 3 dll's and patch a copy. These remain in the same folder. To get back to the originals you can use the patching program or manually delete the patched dll's and rename the originals by removing whatever was appended to the end. Then reboot.

I've done that and WB would not start. Same problem as before. I've extracted clean copies of the 3 dll's and replaced the originals. Still WB would not start. I repatched the dll's and voila... WB starts.

The issue with selecting MS Aero still exists but there is a workaround. The color hue issue it turns out has to do with WB being loaded while trying to select an MS theme. If I unload WB and then use desktop context, personalize to select an MS theme it goes back to normal. While WB is loaded any MS theme selected retains the underlying color hue of the last WB theme running.

So, workable but not ideal. I'll keep experimenting. Just updating this for anyone else that might have this issue. I have not heard back from stardock support.

That's an odd thing as well. It can preview and load any other theme. Including added themes. Just not Window Aero, Microsoft. "WindowBlinds 7 Configuration app has stopped working".  It works on Classic,  Modified Aero, Aero colours, Aero Clay, Aero Metals, Aero Woods, AeroGlass, etc.

And once loaded WB config app will crash but WB remains loaded and can be instantly reopened from the taskbar or start menu. But initial loading from full unload my require a few of attempts.

It's US English.

I was thinking along the same lines. Are you referring to MS provided themes or WB provided themes/skins? Are MS themes supposed to show up in WB list of Visual Styles? They don't.  I could remove WB or MS themse/skins for testing? Then I could add them in one at a time and see if there is a problem with anyone specific theme. I know how to remove MS themes, not so sure about WB skins.