bubbabyte

Join Date 01/2005

Explorer window will not load

SO i've had WB7 installed for a while, got all the latest updates thru impulse but haven't used WB in quite some time. So i loaded up impulse today, didn't show any updates so i thought i'd give it a try again. Loaded up a random win7 skin, then tried to open an explorer window. It opened up completely blank with the timer going, and the hard drive light would continuously be working. So i waited figuring it was just gonna take a few seconds cause i haven't loaded it in a while, after about 5 minutes, still nothing. I tried killing explorer.exe and loading it again, same thing, no explorer window. I tried about 6 other skins, same thing with each one. So then i uninstalled, rebooted, reinstalled, tested again, same thing. WTF is going on?

The hard drive light will blink rapidly when an explorer window is open but it will be blank with the timer, and it shows no signs of stopping, so it's not skin related and i already reinstalled, what else is left short of a format?

Here is my info.

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.2
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 6.6

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 273 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS

Wblind.dll        2010/06/07 15:10:20
Wblind64.dll        2010/06/07 15:10:52
Wbsrv.dll        2010/06/07 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe        2010/06/07 15:10:02
Wbload.exe        2010/04/01 17:40:18
Wbhelp.dll        2010/04/01 17:40:07
Tray.dll             2010/04/01 17:40:19
Wbload.dll             2010/06/07 15:10:25
Screen.exe        2010/04/01 17:39:26

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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Does the same thing occur if you don't apply a skin though WBs and use the default GUI?

I'm running Object Desktop on a Win 7 64 bit system also with no problems.

Just to make sure I understand, the WB applied okay, is that correct?

If you can post a screenshot that might help also. Looking at what you are getting might help someone provide an answer to you problem.

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i'm not really sure what you mean by the default gui. I open WB7.. choose the skin and click apply. The skin DOES apply correctly, everything looks as it should, but when i open an explorer window (computer, docs etc..) i get a skinned window, but blank with the timer and HD light never ending as if it's doing something. I would post a screenshot but at the moment i have it uninstalled, until i figure out what to do with it. I didn't think a screenshot was necessary because as I said, the skin applies correctly, even the explorer window itself applies correctly (although the min/max/close buttons are non functional) and the main part of the window is completely white, with timer going.

WB7 worked fine last time i used it.. but since it's been "hibernating" without use, it's now not working, no idea why.

But aside from reinstalling, anything else i can do?

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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From what you say if doesn't sound like a WBs problem more like a hard drive problem.

Default gui is the normal Windows 7 interface. Open up WindowBlinds and scroll to the left and apply Windows Aero. Does the same problem happen when you open an explore window?

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Nah it's not a hard drive issue, Aero as well as other msstyles work perfectly fine in win7, i've tried several in fact after this happened with WB today. It's most definitely a WB issue, or something causing WB to act like this, but 100% not a hard drive issue.

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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That does sound strange for WBs to act that way.

Do have any other desktop customizing software on the computer that might not be compatible with WBs?

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only stardock products, iconpackager etc.. I have a modded uxtheme.dll file so that i'm able to use custom msstyles, however that would have no bearing on this issue as i've had the same modded file forever and WB used to work fine. So i'm really at a loss here, I don't know how to make WB usable again.

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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You mention that you uninstalled, rebooted and reinstalled, I'm taking that was WBs. You did that using Impulse? Did you run a clean up program like CCleaner before rebooting?

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yeah it was through impulse. I didn't run any cleaner program but i guess i could, i remember a few admins around here saying that it's a useless step as uninstalling and reinstalling is sufficient, but who knows.

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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Well sometimes there can be a some left over stuff so that's why I do run CCleaner. I even run the Registry tool also.

If you do the uninstall, clean up, reboot and reinstall and it still has the problem something is sure going on.

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Bebi Bulma

Join Date 04/2004

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Messing around with the registry can totally hose your machine, be very careful with that. I just don't buy into this "CCleaner is a magical fix-all tool" nonsense.

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Philly0381

Join Date 11/2004

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Quoting Bebi Bulma,

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Messing around with the registry can totally hose your machine, be very careful with that. I just don't buy into this "CCleaner is a magical fix-all tool" nonsense.

Bebi y ou are very correct, using any tool to clean up your system should be done with caution.

Any good registry cleaner allows you to create a restore point so you can always go back if something gets eliminated that shouldn't have. I usually clean the registry once a week when doing scans. I have yet to have a problem.

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I have used Ccleaner for a long time and it has never rid of something in the registry that it wasn't suppose to. It does give you the option to backup the registry keys it finds invalid before it actually removes them.

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