Adding the Windowblinds Service Manually

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Does anyone know how to add a service manually to the Windows service list? I spcifically want to add the Windowblinds service. It's not setting u properly on my system during an install. That's created some problems for me with the most recent 5.51 release.
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Copy and paste the following into a Notepad document and save it as wbservice.reg and then open it and say yes to putting it into the registry

Code: registry
  1. Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  3. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindowBlinds]
  4. "Type"=dword:00000010
  5. "Start"=dword:00000002
  6. "ErrorControl"=dword:00000001
  7. "ImagePath"=hex(2):43,00,3a,00,5c,00,50,00,52,00,4f,00,47,00,52,00,41,00,7e,00,\
  8. 31,00,5c,00,53,00,74,00,61,00,72,00,64,00,6f,00,63,00,6b,00,5c,00,4f,00,42,\
  9. 00,4a,00,45,00,43,00,54,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,57,00,49,00,4e,00,44,00,4f,00,\
  10. 57,00,7e,00,31,00,5c,00,56,00,69,00,73,00,74,00,61,00,53,00,72,00,76,00,2e,\
  11. 00,65,00,78,00,65,00,00,00
  12. "DisplayName"="Stardock WindowBlinds"
  13. "Group"="UIGroup"
  14. "ObjectName"="LocalSystem"
  15. "Description"="Stardock WindowBlinds Service"
  17. [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WindowBlinds\Enum]
  18. "0"="Root\\LEGACY_WINDOWBLINDS\\0000"
  19. "Count"=dword:00000001
  20. "NextInstance"=dword:00000001
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
Dear Purrball - THANK YOU VERY MUCH. Your registry fix was the "Cat's Meow" (sorry 'bout that )

I struggled for several weeks now trying to get WB 5.51 installed successfuly. The WB 5.51 installation went through the motions, but after a re-boot Windowblinds wouldn't start automatically. I had to start it manually and set my skin each time.

The fix for those having similar problems is to run the registry fix above, exactly as Purrball describes, reboot to start the service, check your service list to be sure the Stardock Windowblinds service started, then re-install 5.51. That worked perfectly for me. You know 5.51 is installed properly if:

1. Windowblinds starts automatically on a re-boot and your chosen skin is applied
2. You go to Display Properties, click the Appearance tab and your chosen skin shows in the "Windows and Buttons" box (XP system, Vista may be different).

If the display properties show Windows classic style in the "Windows and Buttons" box, try running the registry fix again and re-boot to see if the service starts. The key to completing the installation is to make sure this service starts on boot-up.

If you follow this process, there is no need to uninstall any security software. My suspicion is this problem is related to a conflict with the Bitdefender security suite, but I'm not 100% certain. This fix worked without disabling Bitdefender or removing anyother software.

Thanks again Purrball. Now if only I can convince you to make those Noix taskbar buttons a bit brighter and bigger for old eyes like mine

My best,

Sleep
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You're Welcome, glad it's fixed.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Yes PurrBall, that was exactly what was needed to fix this. Even afterwards, Windowblinds protested a little by not letting me change the skin, but switching to and from Aero and Diamond eventually sorted everything out.

I'm now running the v26 beta on Vista with Diamond and it is really quite tasty.

I will cross post this wherever I can to get the word out.

Thank you muchly!

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Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You're welcome.