rokepok244

Join Date 01/0001

Windows start flickering erratically when a skin is applied

When I apply any skin, all open windows (especially explorer) start rapidly flickering as if they were getting closed and open repeatedly.

While the flashing happens all affected windows become unusable (clicking anywehre in them does nothing), sometimes clicking into the window makes the flickering go away for a while.

Although i have WinAreo tweaker and explorer patrcher installed, these are compatible with WB as I tried them in a VM running the same version of windows as i use where they work fine.

I think this might be an issue with Intel's and/or Nvidia's drivers as i got similar flickering issues after installing geforce experince (along with few other things).
FYI: I did install all recommended/updated drivers

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CPU: Intel Core I5 13500H
GPU: Intel Iris Xe Graphics + Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 laptop
Windows 11 23H2 22631.2861

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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UPDATE: Removing explorer patcher made things more stable (games dont flicker) but WB still doesnt work, but it took longer to start flickering than before,.

Combination of explorer patcher and WB worked well when i was testing it in a VM.

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UPDATE 2: Installed win 11 and WB on my old PC and it runs fine. Looks like that Intel's or Nvidia's drivers are the cause of the issue.

Also the flickering when having a game (Direct 3D or opengl) open is still present.

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Quoting basj,

reply 1

I did that and it didn't solve the issue.

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basj

Join Date 03/2001

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Quoting rokepok244,

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I did that and it didn't solve the issue.

Great, thank you for reporting back. Next try cleanboot: https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#cleanboot

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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c242

Join Date 03/2001

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Situation in a VM still is still different than on hardware. Different drivers and the like. Not comparable.

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YET ANOTHER UPDATE: So i followed basj's instricutions to create a new user and start windows in clean boot. It worked well actually. I was able to install and use WB even with explorer patchjher. The windiw flickering that occures in games also went away. I've done only very limited testing but i can immediatelly see the results. I even did a "full" boot and no flashing happened.

TL;DR: I think i somehow corrupted my user settings or installed a program that causes all of these issues.

BUT... the flickering seems to only happen in games made with Unity and minecraft. It doesnt happen in Dying light and FNAF Security breach,.

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(hopefully) LAT UPDATE: I've moved to the new user I've created to troubleshoot all those issues and everything's been working quite well so far. I'm quite confident that all of these issues and graphical bugs were caused by some bad/corrputed setting in the user's profile.

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