Some apps (Textpad, calc) not skinnable anymore - suggestions?

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I guess the following is a common problem - but much like the common cold, I cannot get rid of it.

I purchased and installed WindowBlinds 5 circa four months ago, and most of the time it does what it should. I am now running the current build (5.49e).026.

But it seems a few apps now resist skinning (<- urgh, what a nasty metaphor). Windows’ own calc.exe and my main text editor Textpad (which were skinnable before) now have the plain dull Windows look again. Changing the skin (Tiger2, Fresco) had no effect.

Any idea how to fix this?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've just tested with calc and it's skinning fine.  Can it be that you accidently excluded it?

(I can't install textpad right now to test it - sorry)
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I've just tested with calc and it's skinning fine. Can it be that you accidently excluded it?


No, I checked - no apps are exluded.

The odd thing is both apps mentioned above were skinned, and I did not reinstall them ...

I spend all day in Textpad, so getting the chrome back would be great.
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
what happens if you add them to the per exclusion to only be skinned with a certain skin?

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Are the apps being loaded via a hotkey which uses the ctrl key?

Or are they being launched from an application which is excluded?

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Are the apps being loaded via a hotkey which uses the ctrl key?


Yes, they are (I’m using AutoHotkey and literally hundreds of key combos) - and launching them without Ctrl removes the problem.

That’s interesting. So Ctrl is a modifier that keeps an app from being skinned? I haven’t seen that in the help file ... Is this something than can be changed/removed?

Thank you!
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Nice catch Neil!
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This can be disabled by setting the following in wb.ini (which is in the Windows Directory)

[Global]
DisableCtrlKey = 1

 

Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
This can be disabled by setting the following in wb.ini (which is in the Windows Directory)


Got it, everything’s working perfect now. Thank you!