Search
Forum Home | Login
FrenandoAzola
FrenandoAzola
Join Date 10/2012
0

WB 7.4 problem, have to reapply skin most of the time

October 20, 2012 11:09:03 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums
I have window 7 64 bit, this is really pissing me off so if anyone can help me it would be appreciated, everytime i restart my laptop the skin doesnt fully apply to my system. For instance, the skin taskbar is black but everytime i restart its gray looking like windows 98 taskbar so all i have to do is reapply skin and its very annoying. Anybody?
windowblinds
Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
gmc2
Join Date 11/2003
+296
Reply #1 October 22, 2012 6:31:08 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

It happens. Ever since they bumped up the redraw rate this will occur on occasion. it's annoying but...

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
Neil Banfield
Join Date 04/2001
+1105 sdemployee
Reply #2 October 22, 2012 8:28:43 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Quoting gmc2,
reply 1
It happens. Ever since they bumped up the redraw rate this will occur on occasion. it's annoying but...

Bumped up the redraw rate?

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
gmc2
Join Date 11/2003
+296
Reply #3 October 22, 2012 10:19:35 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 2



Quoting gmc2,
reply 1
It happens. Ever since they bumped up the redraw rate this will occur on occasion. it's annoying but...



Bumped up the redraw rate?

you probably have some technical term for this,but I'm not that technical

Waybackmachine: remember when one of the WB versions loaded really slow and when that was corrected, occasionally, WB would not repaint all of the windows elements and a redraw, repaint, reapply is necessary. happens to me about 33% of the time but when I'm building a blind I "apply changes" a lot.

this has been mentioned on many occasions.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!

Sign Up or Login and this ad disappears!
There are many great features available to you once you register. Sign Up for a free account and browse the forums without ads.

FrenandoAzola
Uvah
Join Date 05/2006
+874
Reply #4 October 22, 2012 11:41:50 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I noticed it too and for some time now I thought there was a problem with WB. Even get a message saying that there's a problem and how to correct it. Trouble is it takes me to some website I never heard of to download the newest version of Windowblinds which I already have. Go figure.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
DaveRI
Join Date 09/2003
+477
Reply #5 October 22, 2012 2:00:42 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
@OP (can't seem to get a quote at the moment) "For instance, the skin taskbar is black but everytime i restart its gray looking like windows 98 taskbar so all i have to do is reapply skin" Do you have the transparency adjusted from within WBConfig? If so, set it back to "Reset All" and see if that has anything to do with it.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
Wizard1956
Join Date 01/2008
+2202
Reply #6 October 22, 2012 2:20:46 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

To be honest, I haven't seen that since around WB 6.1-6.3. Vista 32 and 64 bit would do that, or need a second apply to get transparency working. I don't recall ever seeing it on Win7 or even on my XP rig, but that machine isn't used much.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
doortech1
Join Date 12/2011
+251
Reply #7 October 22, 2012 4:51:08 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

just a thought. When a skin is completed, if there is an abundance of leftover unused images in the blind file, this could be a bit confusing to wb during loading?I am guilty of leaving xtras in my files, and have had these issues with loading periodically.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
gmc2
Join Date 11/2003
+296
Reply #8 October 22, 2012 8:12:03 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Quoting doortech1,
reply 7
just a thought. When a skin is completed, if there is an abundance of leftover unused images in the blind file, this could be a bit confusing to wb during loading?I am guilty of leaving xtras in my files, and have had these issues with loading periodically.

under the "tools" tab, click on the "clean skin". this will remove all the unwanted files into another file folder that can be deleted and will not become part of the finalized WBA package.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
CDAV
Join Date 12/2003
+5
Reply #9 October 22, 2012 8:47:39 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

when I mouseover IE, in the taskbar, instead of page veiws, i just get text box, on occasion. Not just one skin either, so just reapply.  No biggie!

w-7 64

 

 

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
FrenandoAzola
Join Date 10/2012
0
Reply #10 October 22, 2012 11:12:41 PM
from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

Yeah I have transparency set up within WB, sometimes it doesnt seems to be a problem now all I had to do was just reapply but I did it only once when I made this post after that I have no more problem whatsoever, hopefullyy tho this get fix 

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
FrenandoAzola
LightStar
Join Date 12/2002
+1607
Reply #11 October 23, 2012 8:52:37 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

Quoting Wizard1956,
reply 6
To be honest, I haven't seen that since around WB 6.1-6.3. Vista 32 and 64 bit would do that, or need a second apply to get transparency working. I don't recall ever seeing it on Win7 or even on my XP rig, but that machine isn't used much.

 

Happens to me all the time Wiz, upon booting up in Windows 7 64-bit I have to reapply the WB to get transparency working. People keep saying it's a DWM issue, but I don't think so.  I am using the latest WB7:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.5

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.42 (325 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell 2408WFP(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Wblind.dll         2012/07/13 13:23:20
Wblind64.dll         2012/07/13 13:24:18
Wbsrv.dll         2011/09/26 15:10:56
SevenConfig.exe         2012/07/09 17:44:31
Wbload.exe         2010/10/20 16:08:35
Wbhelp.dll         2011/10/04 10:01:37
Tray.dll              2009/10/23 20:12:19
Wbload.dll              2010/06/07 15:59:25
Screen.exe         2010/06/07 15:59:43

Also, a lot of times when working in SKS I will get certain elements, like the taskbar, or part of the start panel, etc. that do not apply correctly and I have to reload the WB, sometimes 2-3 times, to fix it.

Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
View all recent posts
Mark all posts as read Delete cookies created by the forum Return to Top
Stardock Forums v        Server Load Time:   Page Render Time: