Well no changes and it looks like I got an XP problem here and gona have a long weekend for a new install to fix this mess as usual...
Never fails - I get a bug or something from one of the servers at work on here and it kills me.
That and then I try to clean things up and ya away goes all kinds of stuff with the wash job too!
Tomorrows a long day for XP here... but it will be worth it I hope???

SGT  

The mouseover colour for start menu items is incompatible with the start menu item mouseover image.  You can have one or the other on XP.  On Vista you get both.

I was beginning to think I was loosing my mind...........
I just caught it changing. If I open say "My Documents" first after a recent boot then the shellstyles are there. As soon as I change to "My Pictures" the shellstyles become unskinned or change to the basic blue. Then every subsequent window I open with shellstyles has the unskinned look. Even backing up to the original "My Documents" window show the unskinned look.

Am I the only one seeing this? I see it on both my systems....

Office
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 21 x86))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
(Plug and Play Monitor) 2 is attached to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49

Lantec...

Does it matter what skin or shell style it is you are using?



Thank you Neil Banfield - Now I can look at doing a slight change if I want that to work seems. Gona give it a try here today and see...

You have saved my weekend for better things with your reply "Sir"! Thank you very much!

SGT  

Lantec, could you please open the skin folder, backup the it (zip all)
and then look for to files with this names:

NS_Shellstyle1.UIFile
NS_Shellstyle2.UIFile

...delete 'em, reapply the skin and check if you still get the problem
(if you do, you can copy the files back).

What was the point in releasing WB6 Beta if it dont skin your windows yet?

What do you mean? Works perfectly fine for me...

Sayan of Darkness:

See the word I bolded & underlined for you in the quote above...

It is a BETA release ...one should expect bugs when using/testing a beta software product. If you find no bugs/issues, then all well & good ...If you DO find bugs/issues, then that is what this thread is for...

Some people are bound to have issues, software does NOT behave identically on every machine it is installed on.

Didn't work.....
I was using Ares, removed the files mentioned from Acrylic and then applied the Skin, checked and there was no change, still basic blue. I rebooted just to be sure but My Documents came up without skinned shellstyles on the first try.

Lantec: could you please zip this skins that are you having problems with and e-mail 'em to danillooc(at)stardock(dot)com?

I am unable to apply any skins using WB6 and Vista Business. After choosing a skin and clicking Apply my changes, WB6 goes thru the motions but nothing is applied even thought it appears to be finished applying the skin. Any suggestions??

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.6

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 36 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(COMPAQ MV940 Color Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56

I don't know if this has been answered yet, but Windows Media Player 11 doesn't play nicely with any skin that is applied. I can load WMP, but all I get is a blank, white spot over what is usually the library, the now playing section, etc. I have it on my exceptions list right now, but even that's making it do some interesting things... Anyway, here's my info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.4

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 36 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56

WB6 ownz, WB5 was a big innovation to XP - WB5.5 on Vista was a flop though - and now WB6 rules completely in both XP and Vista. There no real complains to do about WB6 beside the Blur/Transparency settings need more work. Blur need to be able to be changed in terms of amount of blur, not just transparency. And Per-Skin blur settings are needed too.
Otherwise WB6 is top!

(Now, we just need a DECENT SkinStudio6...)

NEE77: It is unlikely we will be adding any sort of control over the level of blur.  On Windows Vista blur is either on or off.

Just a small thing - I would like to have an add skin and delete skin button on the main screen, the dialog box is great but not too userfriendly imho

And 2nd -please let us decide where wb6 will be installed

And 3rd - I did install skinstudio 6 after wb6, no when using option in wb6 -edit skin- wb6 takes me to stardock webpage insteadof skinstudio 6

Ruben