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WindowBlinds v10.4.6 beta now available

September 15, 2016 2:16:20 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

The WindowBlinds v10.4.6 beta is now available for current Object Desktop members and current WindowBlinds customers.

Update includes:

  • Supports blurred window frames, menus, and the start menu (with Start10 installed). (Anniversary edition and higher)
  • Modern skin has a blurred pre-set sub-style

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

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Reply #1 September 15, 2016 7:41:42 PM
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Nice!!!  So close now.   I still dream of the return of glass explorer backgrounds.  

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Reply #2 September 15, 2016 9:03:12 PM
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Don't know if it's just me, but I installed this on Windows 7 and Windows 10 and all is well. On Windows 8.1 though it prevents you from opening explorer, and any other window. If you load the original skin though, everything works, load a different WB skin, major problems doing anything and any skin takes a looooooooooooong time to load. So I went back to the previous beta and all is well.

 

Were we supposed to do anything special before installing this beta?

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Reply #3 September 15, 2016 9:30:10 PM
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Quoting LightStar,
reply 2

Don't know if it's just me, but I installed this on Windows 7 and Windows 10 and all is well. On Windows 8.1 though it prevents you from opening explorer, and any other window. If you load the original skin though, everything works, load a different WB skin, major problems doing anything and any skin takes a looooooooooooong time to load. So I went back to the previous beta and all is well.

 

Were we supposed to do anything special before installing this beta?

No need to do anything different.

I will note that the blur (in the preset sub-skin) will ONLY work with Win10 Anniversary Edition (and higher).  It will not work with Win8.

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Reply #4 September 15, 2016 10:35:34 PM
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I'm with Tom here, the new update killed explorer.exe in 8.1. No windows would open. Went back to the previous beta.

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Reply #5 September 16, 2016 6:58:20 AM
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Quoting ALMonty,
reply 4

I'm with Tom here, the new update killed explorer.exe in 8.1. No windows would open. Went back to the previous beta.

Not seeing that here on 32 or 64 bit Windows 8.1

What else are you running which might interact with Explorer?  Any other Stardock products installed?

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Reply #6 September 16, 2016 9:46:21 AM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 5


Quoting ALMonty,
reply 4

I'm with Tom here, the new update killed explorer.exe in 8.1. No windows would open. Went back to the previous beta.



Not seeing that here on 32 or 64 bit Windows 8.1

What else are you running which might interact with Explorer?  Any other Stardock products installed?

 

Well, on my Windows 8.1 I am using the following products: CursorFX, IconPackager, ShadowFX (maybe that's the culprit?), Start 8 and Windowblinds, all latest versions/betas, (except Windowblinds of course). I am also running ObjectDock v1.9 Free.

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Reply #7 September 16, 2016 9:50:58 AM
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This is on my laptop Win 8.1 Pro 64 bit. Fences, Start 8, Cursor FX, Icon Packager and Shadow FX are the Stardock programs.

I uninstalled WindowBlinds, rebooted and installed the v10.4.6 beta and rebooted. Applied Naked Noir skin. Took a long time to apply, I would say about 2 or 3 minutes. Everything looked fine but if I put the cursor over the Task bar it would show busy and the start menu wouldn't open. Tried to open My Computer the cursor would show busy for about a minute then stop. No window would open then I noticed the cpu was pinned at 100%. I pressed ALT, Ctrl, Delete and brought up the Task Manager and there was nothing that was showing me why the cpu was so high. I tried to restart Windows Explorer but the button did nothing. So I rebooted from ALT, Ctrl, Delete it loaded fine but still had the same problems as above. Rebooted again and pressed Ctrl to shut off WB and did the uninstall-reinstall with v10.0.7 and it's fine.

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Reply #8 September 16, 2016 10:17:47 AM
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Do you have any other apps always running? (shell extensions, UltraMon, DisplayFusion, docks etc)

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Reply #9 September 16, 2016 10:51:14 AM
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No it's kind of bare. I am using Window's Defender as an AV and everythings up to date. 

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Reply #10 September 16, 2016 11:32:17 AM
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Just installed this latest beta.  Using the default Windows 10 style along with Start 10 I'm getting the blur, but I can't access WindowBlinds settings.  I can open the UI and browse styles, wallpaper, and "About", but if I click Settings the UI hangs and eventually says unresponsive.  Oddly I can click "Advanced" and "Per application" under Settings and access those options.  I was also able to apply a WindowBlinds skins without a problem.  

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Reply #11 September 16, 2016 1:01:44 PM
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Quoting Victechnical,
reply 10

Just installed this latest beta.  Using the default Windows 10 style along with Start 10 I'm getting the blur, but I can't access WindowBlinds settings.  I can open the UI and browse styles, wallpaper, and "About", but if I click Settings the UI hangs and eventually says unresponsive.  Oddly I can click "Advanced" and "Per application" under Settings and access those options.  I was also able to apply a WindowBlinds skins without a problem.  

Hmm.  That would suggest it is getting blocked querying something from elsewhere.  Did you uninstall WB, reboot and then install the new version?

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Reply #12 September 16, 2016 3:08:40 PM
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Another issue with Windowblinds 10 (all releases) is that even though you set the Default sub-styles for Windows 7 / 8 / 10 in SkinStudio, WB10 no longer defaults to the sub-style for the OS you are on. You have to manually select the OS sub-style.

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Reply #13 September 16, 2016 5:07:15 PM
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We've slipstreamed a fix into WindowBlinds for Windows 8.1, 64 bit.

It would be best if you uninstalled, downloaded the new build (same version number and what-not), and then reinstalled.  Reboot in between to be safe.

After you reboot, verify you don't crash (and check out the ribbon in Explorer)

And thanks for testing our betas!

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Reply #14 September 16, 2016 6:43:58 PM
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Runs great on Windows 8.1 now, thanks for the quick fix! 

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Reply #15 September 16, 2016 7:00:12 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 11


Quoting Victechnical,
reply 10

Just installed this latest beta.  Using the default Windows 10 style along with Start 10 I'm getting the blur, but I can't access WindowBlinds settings.  I can open the UI and browse styles, wallpaper, and "About", but if I click Settings the UI hangs and eventually says unresponsive.  Oddly I can click "Advanced" and "Per application" under Settings and access those options.  I was also able to apply a WindowBlinds skins without a problem.  



Hmm.  That would suggest it is getting blocked querying something from elsewhere.  Did you uninstall WB, reboot and then install the new version?

Oops, I installed over the top - is that likely to bork it?  I'll try uninstalling/rebooting/installing again and see if that clears it.

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Reply #16 September 16, 2016 7:00:35 PM
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Quoting LightStar,
reply 14

Runs great on Windows 8.1 now, thanks for the quick fix! 

You should find (we hope), the ribbon picks up the same skinning as it does on Windows 10 too on 8.1 (and 8)

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Reply #17 September 16, 2016 7:04:27 PM
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Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 16


Quoting LightStar,
reply 14

Runs great on Windows 8.1 now, thanks for the quick fix! 



You should find (we hope), the ribbon picks up the same skinning as it does on Windows 10 too on 8.1 (and 8)

 

Well, I use OldNewExplorer on Windows 8.1 and 10, so I don't even see that ugly useless ribbon, but thanks for fixing it for others!

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Reply #18 September 16, 2016 9:01:42 PM
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YAY !! Thanks Neil (tell Brad to give you a raise)

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Reply #19 September 18, 2016 12:20:26 PM
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Firefox is skinning in full now!!!!

 

Thanks for that guys.  The text on the inactive tabs is invisible, but baby steps right?

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Reply #20 September 19, 2016 6:11:20 AM
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Quoting werewolf,
reply 19

Firefox is skinning in full now!!!!

 

Thanks for that guys.  The text on the inactive tabs is invisible, but baby steps right?

I am afraid that appears to be a bug in Firefox itself and requires a fix on their end - though we are still looking if there is anything we can do from our side.

One thing you can do is apply a Firefox theme which on Windows 10 will only apply to the tabs and if the theme uses shadows on the text then the shadows continue to paint even when Firefox decides to stop painting the inactive tab text.

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Reply #21 September 19, 2016 11:28:14 AM
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Wow Brad.  That worked perfectly.  There are a lot of themes which paint white text onto the tabs, not just the shadows.  Thanks for the tip.

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Reply #22 September 20, 2016 12:27:00 AM
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That would be Neil.  Let's be sure to give props where due (lord knows he deserves 'em). 

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Reply #23 September 21, 2016 12:47:53 PM
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Is there a chance that this release of Windowblinds will skinn Opera (Chrome)??  Opera has not been skinned for the last several WB releases.  Thanks.

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Reply #24 September 21, 2016 1:15:14 PM
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Opera is skinning itself and WindowBlinds can't do anything with it.  It's not Microsoft, it's not WinodwBlinds, It's Opera.  

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