@wizard1056

Thanks for the link .. for passing it to RND to pass to me

Well it may not have been ignored but it has been an on going problem for the is beta in A B C and D now E, versions of this update. However the perception exists that it may well be a very low priority item to fix. We all know that MS excel is not a widely used program by the masses

Thank you very, very much!!!!! Did exactly as you said and the WB was NOT installed correctly. Unchecked "pre-releases", restarted then updated; the beta is now gone replaced by 7.0 and WB is fully functional again even at reboot.

Great forum here!!!

Copperhill

Maybe I have not done enough reading or maybe I am just missing something. I had uninstalled impulse a while ago because I thought it no longer worked after being sold. I read post here that people are still using it to verify installations and update. So out of curiosity I downloaded impulse again and checked my software.

Here is where it gets interesting. I verified wb and it came up that I needed an update ( show prerelease versions unchecked). I clicked to update and I get a message saying my OD subscription had expired. Well that is certainly not true because I renewed it just a couple months ago.

What I don't understand is why is impulse telling me I need to update when I downloaded the latest version from the stardock store? (not the beta) and why is it telling me my OD has expired? Am I missing something. I just assumed if you had downloaded from the store it is the updated software, not according to impulse though. 

Can someone explain whats going on here or point me to the thread that does.

Thanks

JuniorCrooks:

It is my understanding that if someone's OD subscription was renewed after Impulse was purchased by GameStop then they would only have access to their OD apps through the Stardock store link (until something better comes along).  Those whose OD subscription is still current after Impulse was purchased by GameStop are still able to access their OD apps through Impusle until their OD subscription expires or they renew their subscription.

Also I believe Impulse does not check your computer to see what version of WindowBlinds is installed but goes by what it's database indicates the version you last had installed through Impulse and what version is available through Impulse.

Also, the OD subscription is also matched according to what the expiry date last indicated on the Impulse database and doesn't check Stardock's active subscriptions as that is a different company now.

Hope that explains it.

Yup, thank you both RND and Hankers.

Neil...Just think someone should say what a great job you did and are doing with WindowBlinds! Without it we would all have really fugly desktops and this is the greatest thing since sliced bread! Keep up the great work!

Some of mine which haven't been updated to W7 yet. Noctilucent does it, whereas Blue Xtasy works fine.

Can you tell me what your ticket id was please.

I had WB7 and SKS7 installed through Impulse, then I removed Impulse after that because I was told itwas no longer needed.  When I saw there was an update to WB I went to the Stardock store and downloaded the beta release and installed it.  Not only did it screw things up in XP, but it also created another install entry in Add/Remove Programs, I had two entries, one called Windowblinds, and one called Windowblinds 7.  This also happen with SKS7.  So evidently one app install has no idea that the other one was even there in the first place.  I am only going to install from the store from now on, never again will I use Impulse.

Does anyone know if the problems with the update for WindowBlinds have been fixed and if the Stardock Store is where we are supposed to download it?

Check this post out - https://forums.wincustomize.com/409931

Thanks I just bookmarked this page