WindowBlinds 6 Beta Feedback

Published on August 1, 2007 By Neil Banfield In Stardock Support General

Please post all feedback about the WindowBlinds 6 beta on this thread.

Note that the beta is for 32 bit XP and Vista systems only. Please do not post about it not working on 64 bit XP/Vista. Please continue to use WB 5.51 on those platforms.

This beta is for Object Desktop customers ONLY. Standalone WindowBlinds 5 owners will not be able to activate this build.

Please note that you must have Stardock Central 2.46 Build 154 or later to install the WindowBlinds 6 betas. If you try and use older versions, it'll eventually timeout and give you an error about an invalid URL.

If you have problems with it running at all, please uninstall WB6, reboot and then try reinstalling WB6 again.

Comments (Page 36)

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silverspider

on Oct 05, 2007

And this happens with all skins?

yes - every single one of them except for the 2 'microsoft skins' at the begining of the choice of skins to load - i've been through all including the stardock skins.

jeese I could probably understand this if i used an illegal copy of wb - but im not

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silverspider

on Oct 05, 2007

hi Neil

someone else has the problem too - see this link (just in case you havent) https://forums.wincustomize.com/?forumid=167&aid=164366

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silverspider

on Oct 05, 2007

Hi Neil, we may be making some progress here. I've just downloaded Stardocks Adamant skin and I dont get the problem at all.

hope that can be of assistance too you

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Neil Banfield

on Oct 05, 2007

Do you get a crash address when it crashes?

530

silverspider

on Oct 05, 2007

no - not at all. Explorer just restarts, and hte ms programs that it happens with just instantly close, poof! no warning.

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Daiwa

on Oct 05, 2007

Would SmartException help catch the crash data?

532

NightTrainthedark

on Oct 05, 2007

The newest version is applying much quicker and smoother. Thanks.

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silverspider

on Oct 06, 2007

Would SmartException help catch the crash data?

Thanks for that suggestion, I just installed it, rebooted and gave it a whirl, reporduced the problem and SmartException didnt catch a thing. So i reproduced it everywhere i have the problem hoping to catch something but it didnt at all.

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Neil Banfield

on Oct 06, 2007

Silverspider: Look in the Event viewer (controlpanel -> admin tools) as it may list the crashes with a crash address.

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silverspider

on Oct 06, 2007

Silverspider: Look in the Event viewer (controlpanel -> admin tools) as it may list the crashes with a crash address.

Hi Neil, yuo, nothing logged in there either and to be sure again, i've recreated the errors, checked the time, refreshed the event logs and checked under all the event viewer sections. Absolulty nothing is being logged as far as these errors are concerned.

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Lantec

on Oct 06, 2007

Vistart Build 2502

Neil, Silverspider,
from your list of software. Isn't this a Start Menu replacement?
Seems to me like it would be suspect for conflicts with Windowblinds.

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silverspider

on Oct 06, 2007

Vistart Build 2502

Neil, Silverspider,
from your list of software. Isn't this a Start Menu replacement?
Seems to me like it would be suspect for conflicts with Windowblinds.

well thats why i disabled it, just in case, but i still get the problem. If you read past that you will see that I have run through disabling alsorts and uninstalling. The only time it ceases is by using the Stardock Skin Adamant. I discovered last night that there is another user with the same problem. He started another thread - i posted the link to that previously.

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