LaraHCroft91

Join Date 08/2025

"Save as" dialog broken in Mozilla Firefox - Windowblinds 11

I am using:

- Windows 11 Core 24H2 (26100.ge_release.240331-1435)

- WindowBlinds 11.06 (021 x64 - Windows 11 Edition) - 64 bit OS

- Mozilla Firefox (142.0 64 bit)

- Start11 (2.53)

When using any skin in Windowblinds (even Stardock ones), for some reason "Save as..." dialog in Firefox is broken even when Firefox is excluded from skinning. The broken "Save as" dialog is missing Navigation Pane and the random button (as you can see down below) do nothing. In order to get things back to normal, simple reverting to default skin does not solve the issue, I have to restart to get rid of the broken dialog.

The "Save as" dialog works normal outside of Firefox, even in different browser like Microsoft Edge it works normal. "Upload file" dialog looks better but is still missing Navigation Pane.

(my OS is in non-english language so tell me if you need to translate something)

SAVE AS dialog

Save as dialog

SAVE AS dialog without skin

And even though I excluded Firefox in Windowblinds, I have always title bar enabled. Ideally I would like to skin Firefox's title bar but for now I am just showing you that the dialog is not displayed correctly and that exclusion does not work entirely.

Thank you for any help or suggestions.

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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I can not reproduce you issue on my system. Refer my short Gif below.

Would like to suggest try, uninstall Windowblinds, reboot immediately (important), download latest version available in your account product download page (WB11.07 (beta): https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Thank you for your reply.

I tried to dig more and figured out that Explorer Patcher (which I am also using) is responsible for it. I tried to uninstall it and then the "Save as" dialog was working as you shown. But Explorer Patcher is essential for me because it brings back W7 file explorer title bars that are essential for retro skins (meaning gets rid of W11 tabs). So unless compatibility between Windowblinds and Explorer Patcher will be resolved, Windowblinds is unusable for me at this moment.

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Perhaps, you can try Windhawk instead, its an app that been mentioned by Windowblinds user few times. Not sure if it can do what you wanted to have.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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Yes, I am using Windhawk too for other things and you are right, there are actually mods that do exactly what I wanted. W7 Title bar without tabs and W7 command bar. Perfect!

Thank you!

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Awesome, glad it work.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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