This Windows explorer is MAXIMISED. The background is set to "None" (plain).  No texture, no colour. 

I do not think that this is the intended behaviour.

Yes you are right - if transparency is 0 then the problem does not happen.

I like the transparency though - and I don't think the problem existed in WB 6 on Vista.

Bichur - WB6 doesn't run on Win7.

Plus because I've upgraded my OS there is no way to tell for sure where the problem lies anyway - it might as well be something in Windows 7....

Anyway, I'm not in the Stardock test team... I'm just going to report what I find. They have test facilites and time. I don't.  It's up to them if they choose to do something about problems or not. But take it from someone who's been there, done that...  if you release software with too many bugs, then people look elsewhere.

100% this is a bug, and a VERY annoying one. Cannot read the black text against charcoal background.

I know what the workaround is (disable transparency)  I'm just posting to highlight that this ought to be fixed.

WB version, latest, not cracked. OS Win 7.

This background is supposed to be transparent and the background colour is pale cream. 

The window is not maximised.

I don't know and I don't want to test it because I have my desktop set up exactly the way I want it and don't want to mess around anymore and mess up settings etc.

However, the skin in the screenshot is "Laguna" which is by a "Master Skinner".

So it ought not be corrupted. I think I even paid for it. If the theme had been a hack by some teenager, then I would probably have suspected the skin... But with Laguna, I didn't.