The mouseover colour for start menu items is incompatible with the start menu item mouseover image.  You can have one or the other on XP.  On Vista you get both.

I was beginning to think I was loosing my mind...........
I just caught it changing. If I open say "My Documents" first after a recent boot then the shellstyles are there. As soon as I change to "My Pictures" the shellstyles become unskinned or change to the basic blue. Then every subsequent window I open with shellstyles has the unskinned look. Even backing up to the original "My Documents" window show the unskinned look.

Am I the only one seeing this? I see it on both my systems....

Office
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 21 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 and Play Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500
(Plug and Play Monitor) 2 is attached to NVIDIA Quadro FX 4500

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:18
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Wbui.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:06
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49

Lantec...

Does it matter what skin or shell style it is you are using?



Thank you Neil Banfield - Now I can look at doing a slight change if I want that to work seems. Gona give it a try here today and see...

You have saved my weekend for better things with your reply "Sir"! Thank you very much!

SGT  

Lantec, could you please open the skin folder, backup the it (zip all)
and then look for to files with this names:

NS_Shellstyle1.UIFile
NS_Shellstyle2.UIFile

...delete 'em, reapply the skin and check if you still get the problem
(if you do, you can copy the files back).

What was the point in releasing WB6 Beta if it dont skin your windows yet?

What do you mean? Works perfectly fine for me...

Sayan of Darkness:

See the word I bolded & underlined for you in the quote above...

It is a BETA release ...one should expect bugs when using/testing a beta software product. If you find no bugs/issues, then all well & good ...If you DO find bugs/issues, then that is what this thread is for...

Some people are bound to have issues, software does NOT behave identically on every machine it is installed on.

Didn't work.....
I was using Ares, removed the files mentioned from Acrylic and then applied the Skin, checked and there was no change, still basic blue. I rebooted just to be sure but My Documents came up without skinned shellstyles on the first try.

Lantec: could you please zip this skins that are you having problems with and e-mail 'em to danillooc(at)stardock(dot)com?

I am unable to apply any skins using WB6 and Vista Business. After choosing a skin and clicking Apply my changes, WB6 goes thru the motions but nothing is applied even thought it appears to be finished applying the skin. Any suggestions??

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.6

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 36 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(COMPAQ MV940 Color Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7800 GS

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56

I don't know if this has been answered yet, but Windows Media Player 11 doesn't play nicely with any skin that is applied. I can load WMP, but all I get is a blank, white spot over what is usually the library, the now playing section, etc. I have it on my exceptions list right now, but even that's making it do some interesting things... Anyway, here's my info:

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.4

Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6 (6.0 (beta build 36 x86 - Vista Edition))

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to RADEON 9600 Series (Microsoft Corporation - WDDM)

Wblind.dll 2007/08/07 11:43:20
Wbsrv.dll 2007/08/02 11:25:02
Wbconfig.exe 2007/08/02 11:25:47
Wbload.exe 2007/07/30 13:14:11
Wbhelp.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:07
Tray.dll 2007/07/24 10:21:49
Wbload.dll 2007/07/24 10:33:56

WB6 ownz, WB5 was a big innovation to XP - WB5.5 on Vista was a flop though - and now WB6 rules completely in both XP and Vista. There no real complains to do about WB6 beside the Blur/Transparency settings need more work. Blur need to be able to be changed in terms of amount of blur, not just transparency. And Per-Skin blur settings are needed too.
Otherwise WB6 is top!

(Now, we just need a DECENT SkinStudio6...)

NEE77: It is unlikely we will be adding any sort of control over the level of blur.  On Windows Vista blur is either on or off.

Just a small thing - I would like to have an add skin and delete skin button on the main screen, the dialog box is great but not too userfriendly imho

And 2nd -please let us decide where wb6 will be installed

And 3rd - I did install skinstudio 6 after wb6, no when using option in wb6 -edit skin- wb6 takes me to stardock webpage insteadof skinstudio 6

Ruben

Add skin and delete skin are on the main dialog (Install skin from disk and Delete this skin - they are on the preview)

The edit in skinstudio option will not launch SKS6 as right now it does not set the associations for .UIS files.  The final version will do.

Will WindowBlinds 6 allow us to put the scroll bar arrows together at one edge like Mac OS X allows? I have been waiting for this feature forever.

@Neil

I know, but before there were just two buttons to do that - looked easier ()

Sad because on some Skins a lighter Blur would be needed. Ohwell, WB6 just Rock anyway and nothing can be perfect.

danilloOc: I get no "restore" button in the titlebar when I maximize any window using the new Diamond skin, with "Never use per pixel borders on a skin" checked. When this option is left unchecked, I get the restore button on maximized windows, but - as you say - the titlebar is intentionally shown as black. Same on two computers, already deleted the .WB4 files.

Neil is there any update on when 64bit support will be added to the WB6 beta? The front page now has a countdown to release date, and we still don't seem to be getting any love from you folks on the 64bit side!

Is this just me or is there a problem with Stardock Central. When I opened it today it updated itself an there is no windowblinds 6 available for download. Just when I was gona install it. I do have a objectdecktop subscription.

Check your other post for a reply.   

I have found an interesting problem with wb6. The diamond vista skin cause ie7 to crash when you access the tools button on the explorer bar. The xp version of the skin is fine. I have repoduced the problem on another computer I have. I uninstalled wb6 several times deleting all the skins etc, with the same results.

tubster, I just reproduced the problem and I'm looking for the cause,
I'll update the skin soon as I get it fixed.

Thank you.

WB6 is working fine here too. I do have a wierd problem though after installing WB6. Let me see if i can explain ( english is not my native language ).
When i click a txt file ( or view a picture ), then i have to wait some seconds before i can click the txt file again ( or view a picture ). For some strange reason it hangs for some seconds.
This happens with the majority of the skins. Only a few dosen't bring up this problem.
I can't really see why this happens, so i was hoping some of you might know why this is and how to fix it.
Not a big problem but rather annoying.  
Despite that, i love Windowblinds and i'm looking forward to the final release.