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WindowBlinds v10.4.5 beta now available

August 29, 2016 2:00:00 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

The WindowBlinds v10.4.5 beta is now available for current Object Desktop members and current WindowBlinds customers.

Update includes:

  • Universal applications can be skinned!
  • Taskbar preview skinning on Windows 10
  • OS ribbon controls (not Office) now pickup skin colouring and blend in better with titlebars
  • WB option to use standard Windows menus on desktop which skin better
  • WB option to apply system accent colour based on skin (either auto generated or via AccentColour setting under System Colours)
Users should uninstall, REBOOT, and then install this beta.

The beta can be downloaded from your Stardock account at http://download.stardock.com

 

 
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Reply #1 August 29, 2016 4:00:58 PM
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Reply #2 August 29, 2016 5:14:13 PM
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 Off to the store again. 

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Reply #3 August 30, 2016 4:48:56 PM
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And now with even more goodness!~

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Reply #4 August 30, 2016 5:58:42 PM
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Sounds KILLER !

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Reply #5 August 30, 2016 6:18:29 PM
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Quoting neone6,
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Sounds KILLER !
Totally killer.

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Reply #6 August 30, 2016 7:42:23 PM
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Wow! 

Win10 explorer is looking sooo much better.

Win10 taskbar "popup stuff" is looking sooo much better.

Seems to have fixed that bizarre problem I was seeing with certain skins consistently experiencing a display delay in the SD configuration programs.

Excellent, excellent, excellent - Thanks! 

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Reply #7 August 31, 2016 4:17:08 AM
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Taskbar not skinned.Is Classicshell the problem.

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Reply #8 August 31, 2016 4:40:42 AM
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Update,Classicshell was the problem.All good now.

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Reply #9 August 31, 2016 5:41:05 AM
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Dl'd, uninstalled, rebooted, installed, rebooted, activated and......I think the time/date is behaving itself. Don't have all three and is easily readable. Kudos SD! 

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Reply #10 August 31, 2016 7:38:18 AM
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Quoting DaveRI,
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Win10 explorer is looking sooo much better.

Dave or anyone. I haven't installed it yet. I always wait a bit to read about any problems. Doesn't sound like there are any.

Does this mean if one is using Old New Explorer we can delete it?

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Reply #11 August 31, 2016 9:10:48 AM
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Quoting DaveBax,
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Does this mean if one is using Old New Explorer we can delete it?
Yeah, I want to know this as well. Does this render OldNewExplorer unnecessary ?

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Reply #12 August 31, 2016 9:22:18 AM
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From what I can see in the screenshots above the ribbon would still have to be displayed to select any required commands. I think I will stay with Old New Explorer for the time being.

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Reply #13 August 31, 2016 10:53:12 AM
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The latest one I have is 8.13.  Is that right?

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Reply #14 August 31, 2016 10:58:43 AM
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Quoting ASARussell,
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From what I can see in the screenshots above the ribbon would still have to be displayed to select any required commands. I think I will stay with Old New Explorer for the time being.

Well the first SS could be before the update. The 2nd and 3rd are skinned at the top. However all the backgrounds look White. With Old New Explorer the background color changes as set by the skin maker. Just like in Win 7

So my main question still remains. Does the entire top get skinned and the background color change to the skin default color?

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Reply #15 August 31, 2016 11:28:47 AM
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Quoting DaveBax,
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So my main question still remains. Does the entire top get skinned and the background color change to the skin default color?
At the moment, only the File bar is skinned but the ribbon background uses colors from the skin.

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Reply #16 August 31, 2016 11:51:34 AM
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Quoting Uvah,
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Dl'd, uninstalled, rebooted, installed, rebooted, activated and......I think the time/date is behaving itself. Don't have all three and is easily readable. Kudos SD! 

 

Now that is good to hear! 

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Reply #17 August 31, 2016 12:06:36 PM
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Quoting DaveBax,
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Does this mean if one is using Old New Explorer we can delete it?

I imagine if a person's been using Old New Explorer he'd want to keep using it.  I've been staring at that 245/246/247 RGB ribbon for 9 months, so this looks "sooo much better" - everything's relative 

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Reply #18 August 31, 2016 12:31:06 PM
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Just noticed an issue in this latest build.  When you hover over a running app preview in the taskbar for media programs such as winamp, wmp, groove, vlc, you are unable to hit the back, pause/play, or forward buttons in the preview.  The preview immediately closes.  So, you are forced to open the app up entirely to make those selections.  Did not have this issue in the last build.

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Reply #19 August 31, 2016 1:16:51 PM
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Quoting wscwebyoda,
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Just noticed an issue in this latest build.  When you hover over a running app preview in the taskbar for media programs such as winamp, wmp, groove, vlc, you are unable to hit the back, pause/play, or forward buttons in the preview.  The preview immediately closes.  So, you are forced to open the app up entirely to make those selections.  Did not have this issue in the last build.
Using Plastic Fantastic I can sometimes hit the target fast enough to get it to work. Thanks for reporting!

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Reply #20 September 1, 2016 9:05:06 AM
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Also, just noticed that Windowblinds is not skinning all UWP apps.  In fact, the Twitter app does not skin at all.  Yet, other apps, such as the Windows store, skins just fine.  Plus, when you click on the + to see the running apps in the tray, the background does not change color, it remains the standard Windows chosen color.   And, the Windowblinds icon in the tray randomly will disappear.  I've exited out of Windowblinds and reapplied several skins and still see the same issues.  

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Reply #21 September 1, 2016 9:21:38 AM
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Quoting wscwebyoda,
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Also, just noticed that Windowblinds is not skinning all UWP apps.  In fact, the Twitter app does not skin at all.  Yet, other apps, such as the Windows store, skins just fine.  Plus, when you click on the + to see the running apps in the tray, the background does not change color, it remains the standard Windows chosen color.   And, the Windowblinds icon in the tray randomly will disappear.  I've exited out of Windowblinds and reapplied several skins and still see the same issues.  

The tray should pickup the skin setting for it.  If you apply the corporate skin included with WindowBlinds does it then look different?

Regarding Twitter, thanks for reporting this.  It appears they have done things a little unusually, but thats easily fixable so I will ensure that is addressed in the next beta update.  Please let us know if you see any others with a similar issue.

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Reply #22 September 1, 2016 9:32:02 AM
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Thanks for the update Neil.  Yes, for some reason, when I switched over to the other skins such as Corporate and Ice, the tray color did change.  So, maybe it is an issue with certain skins not switching it.  I was using Lantana at the time I noticed the issue.  I'll keep an eye on it to see what happens later when I reboot my machine.  Oh, by the way, the Windowblinds tray icon still never came back on for some reason and now I'm finding that the tray clock is disappearing.

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Reply #23 September 3, 2016 4:00:32 PM
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Quoting Uvah,
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......I think the time/date is behaving itself. Don't have all three and is easily readable. Kudos SD!
Not the case here.

 

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Reply #24 September 3, 2016 5:20:27 PM
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A bit premature. All three are back. I was using Naked Noir and that had only the two. Changed up to Aglitter and all three came back.

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Reply #25 September 6, 2016 3:30:11 PM
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"OS ribbon controls (not Office) now pickup skin colouring" feature is not stable. After some time it reverts to default windows 10

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