I seem to have an issue with PaintshopPro XI locking up almost immediately after starting. My cursor changes to the precision select and the program goes non-responsive.

I set it to be excluded and it works until I change to an unskinned app. I notice it will then sometimes suddenly get a skinned title bar but goes back to unskinned after a second or 2 upon selection.

hope that's not too confusing..........

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 46 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 2008/02/13 16:15:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/02/13 16:15:42
Wbload.exe 2008/02/14 11:05:14
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/11/06 10:13:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 16:58:21
Screen.exe 2008/01/14 17:02:18

edit: I'm not using nview
edit2: I found if I drag a skinned window on top of PSP XI it will corrupt the display below it and cause the program (PSP) to go unresponsive for several seconds while the CPU(s) peg out

Lantec: I think your issues may be unrelated to this build of WB as the XP build had very minor changes over the 6.02 XP build.

If an excluded app shows a skinned titlebar then that app is not responding.  This causes a skinned titlebar window to be shown BUT this window is not the app window.  So the skinning is not causing the hang, it is a symptom only.

OK, Thanks Neil

hmmmm, I wonder if CusorXP might be the culprit. It's the only other "new" software recently installed.

If it helps even the slightest, hopefully not too off base.

I had the same problem with PSP 7 previously when running with Skinstudio but the problem was fixed sometime recently. I am not sure what build. I missed a couple. I have tested it running CFX as well and it works fine. It was one of the issues keeping me from skinning the past months. Thanks Stardock for fixing the prob.

when i use an explorer background that is anything other than the default background supplied by the skin (Leo), i can't open windows update in vista and be able to read the text in the windows update window. other than that, this update if great! thanks for your hard work and patience, neil! i appreciate it a great deal

Snidely Whiplash: Thanks for reporting that.  We have fixed that internally so the next build should have the fix in it.

I will put that on my to-do articles list. 

neil, i just updated to the build that was posted today. i still have the issue with windows update. maybe this build isn't the one you spoke of earlier, i dunno.

These latest builds (WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 83 x86 - Vista Edition) + WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 84 x86 - Vista Edition)) are really problematic.

1. Open WindowBlinds config panel
2. Apply default Windows Vista theme > Aero (WindowBlinds will close automatically)
3. Open SDC and update WindowBlinds (6.02 > 6.1 or 6.1b83 > 6.1b84)
4. Reboot
5. Try to apply any skin (example Aero > Buzzz or Aero > Dallas Mavericks)
6. Doesn't work (default classic theme)

Event viewer > The Desktop Window Manager was unable to start because a composited theme is not in use + The Desktop Window Manager has exited with code (0x40010004)

Log off, log on and the problem is gone. [Tested with 2 Vista installations, same problem]

So you only have the problem on the very first apply after updating?

Hi Neil,

yes.

Theres another problem in the newest beta build with x64 (still has address bar problems..... )
Also:

All property dialog boxes are like that, only the frame/close.min.max are skinned with the themes elements.

Hola Mr. Neil,

Outlook 2003 calendar appointment dropdown arrows for location, label, start time, end time, reminder and show time as, get hosed. Worst arrows are the start/end time ones. I tried to capture a couple of screenshots but they didn't show the anomalies.

How to reproduce:
Using Diamond, or Harmony, click on an appointment (or create a new one) in your OL2003 calendar.
The arrows for the start time and end time dropdowns look like their doubled or something.
Run your cursor over them and they retain a blue color (Diamond), even when mouse off. The drop down arrow almost looks normal after the mouse over.

Can anybody with MS Outlook 2003 Calendar confirm this? I can reproduce it with many skins. Elegance is not as bad as Diamond.

WinXPPro/SP2

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.1 (build 46 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.

(Default Monitor) 1 is attached to MOBILITY RADEON 9000

Wblind.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:20
Wbsrv.dll 2008/02/13 16:15:10
Wbconfig.exe 2008/02/15 17:39:42
Wbload.exe 2008/02/14 11:05:14
Wbhelp.dll 2007/08/27 11:54:07
Wbui.dll 2007/12/01 16:43:05
Tray.dll 2007/09/12 17:58:21
Screen.exe 2008/01/11 12:14:18

Cheers,
f

With explorer background transparency on, the recycle bin is black if there isnt anything in it.

This update doesn't do anything on my machine. The new feature (Explorer Backgrounds) tab shows up, but when I apply any of the textures it just crashes Explorer.exe and closes my WindowBlinds window. No changes to my Explorer windows. I am on Vista Ultimate SP1.