a little help with windowblinds please

By davezone Posted June 25, 2008 19:21:56

well the thing is that i downloaded a new skin and I want to replace my old skin, but when the skin load finishes my old skin still apears, that happens with all the new and older skins i had before.

hope someone can help.

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Open the WindowBlinds Configuration screen and click on "System info" then click the "Copy text" button. Paste that info here.

hehe the new skins shouldnt replace the old skin unless they are named the same.. I have a library of over 100 WB skins in my pc and switch as I feel the need. So down load what you want and install by double clicking them then open WB config and select the one you ewant and apply..its just that simple..

you are actually installing and then applying the new skins you download, right?

back to the important stuff....

Open the WindowBlinds Configuration screen and click on "System info" then click the "Copy text" button. Paste that info here.

maybe he's just opening the WBA file and it's just installing it but not applying it... maybe...

What specific skins are we talking about? Meaning what are you trying to get rid of and which are you trying to apply? Also please post the system info.

this is what it says:

WindowBlinds 5.1 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

This is because :

Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.

It appears you have enabled limited per pixel mode, so WindowBlinds will support per pixel, but with no hardware support.

You have one monitor in total.

(Monitor Plug and Play) 1 is attached to VIA/S3G UniChrome Pro IGP

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 12:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 13:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 23:57:13
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 18:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 02:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 23:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 20:27:49

if I understand,
You are trying to update a skin you downloaded at an earlier date, that has been modified in some way, but each time you download the skin it still appears as the same skin you started with?
if this is the case, and I read correctly,
Try deleting the original skin (or placing it in a renamed folder, if you're not sure the newer skin will work as well) prior to downloading the newer edition. then apply the newer eddition. This should solve your problem if that was what you were trying to say.

if it is not what you meant, I apologize for wasting time.

(some skins must be removed to get the newer skin to apply properly)

Your version of WindowBlinds is old and should be upgraded. Also in your System Info:

Your machine does not support per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.This is because :Your computer graphics hardware does not support acceleration of per pixel alpha. WindowBlinds requires this for per pixel alphablended borders as without it performance would be poor. Please see if you can obtain new drivers for your graphics hardware. Recent ATI & NVIDIA boards should support this feature. Onboard graphics tend not to.

these do not appear to be valid for 5.1 standalone:

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 12:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 13:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 23:57:13
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 18:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 02:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 23:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 20:27:49

and these do not appear to be valid for 5.1 via SDC:

Wblind.dll 2006/10/09 12:24:20
Wblind64.dll 2006/10/09 13:51:37
Wbsrv.dll 2005/12/20 23:57:13
Wbconfig.exe 2006/10/10 18:39:13
Wbload.exe 2005/12/21 02:04:47
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 17:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 23:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 20:27:49

so... what am i suposed to do?

Upgrade WB.

uninstall, reboot
use SDC or Impulse to download/install the latest

post new info