Search
Forum Home | Login
ben1605
ben1605
Join Date 11/2002
0

Taskbar corrupted

April 16, 2005 8:17:30 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Almost everytime I change skins, my taskbar becomes a partially skinned ghost, nothing clickable, but the icons in the notification bar are still active (blinking). The real taskbar has disappeared and I have to restart the windows shell to get it back. The problem seems to have appeared with the two latest builds of WindowBlinds (now 4.51.047).
I have been using WindowBlinds since version 3 and never had this very annoying problem which makes WB unusable. I have uninstalled WB several time already, to no avail.
Win XP SP2.
windowblinds
Locked Post
Search this post
Advanced Search
Subscription Options
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
ben1605
Corky_O
Join Date 04/2004
0
Reply #1 April 16, 2005 8:51:12 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
ben1605,

Not sure if this will help, but in working with someone else who's taskbar was not being skinned, the fix turned out to be deselecting and reselecting the taskbar related options in WB Config > Basic Settings.

Might be worth a try.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
ben1605
ben1605
Join Date 11/2002
0
Reply #2 April 17, 2005 5:16:42 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Corky_O, thanks I will try that, although it seems to me that I have already tried it. I wonder if the problem could be related Basic Settings > Performance > Enable Hyperpaint. I don't know what exactly this function does. Setting it to Smallest seemed to help, but then the problem reappeared. The loss of the taskbar is random and unpredictable so far.
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
ben1605
Halluci
Join Date 12/2002
0
Reply #3 April 17, 2005 6:23:33 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
If reducing hyperpaint seemed to help, then perhaps it is a graphics card problem... hyperpaint uses your hardware (such as gfx card) to make windowblinds run faster; maybe try turning it off?
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.

ben1605
Halluci
Join Date 12/2002
0
Reply #4 April 17, 2005 6:41:23 AM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
and if it doesnt work for you, then you should just roll back your wb version to the last stable version and wait for then to address the issue (if it is a wb issue)
Reason for Karma (Optional)
Successfully updated karma reason!
ben1605
ben1605
Join Date 11/2002
0
Reply #5 April 17, 2005 5:27:20 PM
from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
Thanks Halluci, I might as well do that! The taskbar sometimes also freezes when I right-click on an icon ...
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: