Installed WB5B.002, reboot and no desktop icons, taskbar etc

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After upgrading my licence for another year, I installed the WB5b.002 update through Stardock Central, rebooted when prompted and when I logged into my profile, I had my desktop bitmap and nada else. No icons, taskbar nada. Uninstalled through another profile, rebooted, logged into that profile and same problem, desktop background but nothing else.
Uninstalled again, rebooted, logged in and got Windows classic interface and my taskbar minimised and on the left hand edge of the screen. What the?

I'm also running adaware which loads on startup and that crashed on this beta. The previous WB5 beta never had a problem. Can I download the "old" beta from somewhere?

I'm running XP 64Bit
2Gb DDR II
3.4Ghz LGA775
Asus P5WDL2
etc etc

Any clues would be grateful, and as I mentioned, even a link to the previous beta would be appreciated

Thanks

Greg
windowblinds
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I am having exact same problem on x64. I use ultramon and it makes that crash on boot too (missing reg entries), so I uninstalled it, but still WB5 has no taskbar as if explorer.exe has somehow failed.... Back to previous version I go....
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi Citizen Nuxx,

Any clues on where I go to get the "old" version?

Thanks

Greg

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Galactic Civilizations IV
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Windowblinds 4.6 should still be showing in Stardock Central as a seperate download from 5.0.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
how long does it stay like that? mine will do the same thing "regular xp" i have to wait at least 10 min before anything shows up..i thought it was my old p4 1.4 machine, nortons, and all the bs that that has to boot up..
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thanks Journeyman, but I was hoping for WB5.001 version. I can see WB4 but some of my fav skins
don't work.
Bah It does'nt always pay to update.

Greg

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Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Did you have SDC archive prior to updating?


If so: restore the archive.


If not - try uninstalling through SDC - uncheck show pre release - and WB5.001 should show up.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Glad to se someone's on the ball, thanks Sir Bichur solved the problem perfectly.
Untick "show pre-release" and Hey presto there it is.

Thanks again

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Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top

you're welcome


you might consider checking the auto archive before install option if you haven't already done so...it can come in handy

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I am running x64. I updated WB5 and on reboot got only my wallpaper. Nothing else. I opened Task Manager and could not for the life of me figure out what happened. I reinstalled Windows only to have it happen again. But I tried running a new task, Explorer.exe. Everything loaded.
I don't know why the new update does that, but it was allowing my wireless connection and system idle process was at 99%. I could not end that, so I tried this bold move. I'll just keep it on WB4 and leave it at that. I hope this info will be useful to someone.


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Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
Same problem with this version on WinXP64. This is the second time I have tried with the same results...

there is something very wrong with this version.
Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i'm also getting the exact problem. i'm running winx64.
WindowBlinds 5.0 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 supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(Plug and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to Radeon X1800 Series

Wblind.dll 2006/02/10 19:33:34
Wbsrv.dll 2006/02/06 20:45:00
Wbconfig.exe 2005/12/05 18:42:52
Wbload.exe 2006/01/19 16:19:18
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 13:28:26

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Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have tried to reproduce this here without any luck.

Are you using the Welcome screen logon, or the classic domain style?  Also is your profile local or roaming?

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

Nice to see I'm not alone. I am on WinXP64. This last version caused the exact same problem as Greglaw and Nuxx. The desktop has nothing on it. When logging in as administrator afterwards and uninstalling WB, I can log back in my usual profile. If I re-install, the same issue surfaces.


I also use Ultramon and it fails to "set systray icon" like Nuxx. I guess WB is locking up something and Ultramon can't get its thing done. I use a local profile and classic domain style logon, as per Neil's questions.



I wonder if it could be the skin last used? (Mine was Thallos) Is there any way to reset current settings?

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top
No other posts from Stardock? Usually, you guys are pretty responsive...
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I need to get this checked on domain style login to see if that makes a difference.
Reply #16 from Stardock Forums Top

I was getting the same problem with 5.002. I haven't tried 5.001 yet. But it does not seem to be skin related other then any skin other then MS default.  Below is how I would recover from nothingless.


When I was in neverland, I would ctrl-alt-del to get to task manager. Here you can do File, New Task. Do not bother with Browse it will just blow up. Explorer is going toast, hense no shell or anything. Select Run and CMD. Work you then work your to program directory for me that is C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowBlinds now you can run wbconfig.exe and set the skin to MS default. Click apply. Usually I would log off and back on again to sort out the shell.


Though I guess my next step is to uninstall 5.002 and try 5.001


Dave

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

Just as a follow up. Version 5.00.001 seems to be running well on my Xp x64 pro system. I am able to any of the skins and my system has not seem to have any of the explorer crashes that I was having before.


Dave


 

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Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top
if you are referring to 5.00.001 an you're using a higher beta...using SDC...uninstall the beta and uncheck 'show prerelease' and the released version should show for download. Check 'auto archive' first so you don't lose the one you have in case I'm wrong.
Reply #21 from Stardock Forums Top
x64 - I am having the same problem with 001 and 002 where the explorer issue not working. This is a freshly install x64? Has some programs on it but not many???

Any ideas?
Reply #22 from Stardock Forums Top
x64 - I am having the same problem with 001 and 002 where the explorer issue not working. This is a freshly install x64? Has some programs on it but not many???

Any ideas?
Reply #23 from Stardock Forums Top
This also happend on the x32 Windows XP as well?? I am running
a ATI video. My laptop running x32 and a Nvidia 7800 Go works fine with 001 or 002??
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I am not aware of this problem occuring on 32 bit Windows.

The non beta release of WB should work fine on 64 bit.  Only the current beta release has problems on some 64 bit machines.