windowblinds 5.5 is not doing anything

1 - The trial may have expired.

2 - The hacked .dll may well conflict.

3 - Both.

The installation does not create a desktop shortcut, never has.

Open the WindowBlinds Configuration screen and click on "View my system information". Copy/paste that info here. As mentioned previously the trial period nay have run out.

EDIT-it seems after a reset the problem got fixed
(he didnt ask for a reset after the installation)

I have the same problem and this is the system information.

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 92 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.

(hp 7500 color monitor) 1 is attached to Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller

Wblind.dll 2007/02/21 15:06:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/02/07 17:31:19
Wbconfig.exe 2007/02/21 15:06:33
Wbload.exe 2006/09/30 13:59:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 15:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 21:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:27:49

I`m a registered user of WindowsBlinds and i have the same problem, i click on "apply skin" and it tries to change the skin, but then i get stuck with the "classic" one:

Windows XP SP2

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.5 (build 94 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 und Play-Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS

Wblind.dll 2007/03/13 10:50:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/03/13 10:57:52
Wbconfig.exe 2007/03/13 11:16:17
Wbload.exe 2006/09/30 14:59:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Wbui.dll 2005/12/06 22:29:06
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 19:27:49

mine shows

Wbload.exe 2006/03/13

My issue is solved, some processes got blocked by Agnitum security, so i completly deinstalled WB + reinstall

Hmm, no idea why my file version is newer, i downloaded WB via the link i had in my "welcome email" after buying

are you running 64bit?