Compatibility Issues

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I installed WindowBlinds 8 Beta yesterday and ran into these issues:

 

Logitech Gaming Software will not load under any condition while WindowBlinds is running

 

Google Chrome Browser crashes universally, any webpages in their respective tabs will not load (state crashed)

 

Once I had uninstalled WindowBlinds the Chrome Browser worked perfectly fine and I had to unload WindowBlinds to get Logitech Software to work.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What version of chrome do you have installed and what OS is this?

In our testing Chrome works just fine.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Uninstall and reinstall Chrome and see if WindowBlinds works then. 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Chrome: 

Version 27.0.1453.93 m
 
 Google Chrome is up to date.

My Chrome was fine yesterday but all-of-as-sudden today would not display any webpages.  I tried reloading/restarting/updating with no result.  I uninstalled WB Beta and Chrome instantly worked again.
 
Windows 8 Pro OS
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting zeuseason, reply 3

Chrome: 

Version 27.0.1453.93 m

 

 Google Chrome is up to date.


My Chrome was fine yesterday but all-of-as-sudden today would not display any webpages.  I tried reloading/restarting/updating with no result.  I uninstalled WB Beta and Chrome instantly worked again.
 
Windows 8 Pro OS
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Which skin did you have applied?  Perhaps it is something about the skin in use.

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

At the time, WindowBlinds was unloaded so I could run the Logitech software so I didn't have any skin applied.  I did d/l a few skins yesterday from WinCustomize that had some flaws but not a big deal as they were designed for Win7 and not Win8.

 

Also of note, this was only occurring in Chrome.  I could run every website I tried in Firefox without any issues.  I restarted my computer which didn't help. I wasn't getting a connection problem, it was that dark blue 'Oh Snap' crash screen that occurs when flash or shockwave crashes.  It was fine yesterday and most of today before this happened and I couldn't get anything to function in Chrome after it did start happening.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting zeuseason, reply 5

At the time, WindowBlinds was unloaded so I could run the Logitech software so I didn't have any skin applied.  I did d/l a few skins yesterday from WinCustomize that had some flaws but not a big deal as they were designed for Win7 and not Win8.

 

Also of note, this was only occurring in Chrome.  I could run every website I tried in Firefox without any issues.  I restarted my computer which didn't help. I wasn't getting a connection problem, it was that dark blue 'Oh Snap' crash screen that occurs when flash or shockwave crashes.  It was fine yesterday and most of today before this happened and I couldn't get anything to function in Chrome after it did start happening.
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If WindowBlinds is unloaded and you have rebooted then WB shouldn't be impacting Chrome at all unless there is a system colour / font combination which upset it.

Do you recall the last skin you had applied before it caused problems?

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I agree on not impacting Chrome, tho when I restarted, WB did load up but I had to unload to run Logitech, so it *did* load on the restart.  I believe the last skin was either Eco Green or Win8 Metro (pretty sure the later).

 

I can try to install again, see if it occurs again, but my biggest issue was the Logitech not working as I have 3 devices running off that software.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Zubaz, reply 2
Uninstall and reinstall Chrome and see if WindowBlinds works then.
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It appears some have found this to 'fix' Chrome's issues with WB.

Unfortunately, when you post your individual 'bugs' in a separate thread you may miss potential solutions listed in the general/combined bug thread...;)

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Actually, I'm using the Chrome browser -- and the "up to date" version (in my case) is v28.0.1500.20 Dev.

And yeah, I know this is a "beta", but I've been using Chrome betas since they first started making them available and have yet to encounter any problems with any of them.

A great site for keeping up with the versions is the following:  Browsers Downloads - FileHippo.com

Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top

I can confirm the issue with Logitech Gaming Framework.  I had to add it to the exception list so it doesn't get skinned.  It's the only way to make it work.

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Vantorax, reply 10

I can confirm the issue with Logitech Gaming Framework.  I had to add it to the exception list so it doesn't get skinned.  It's the only way to make it work.
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What file did you exclude?

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

LCore.exe

There is also an issue launching the game SimCity (the one EA just released) under Win8.  Simcity.exe stops responding and I can't get in the game unless I unload WB or excluse that file.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

I installed WindowBlinds 8 Beta yesterday and ran into these issues:

 

Google Chrome Browser crashes universally, any webpages in their respective tabs will not load (state crashed)

 

Once I had uninstalled WindowBlinds the Chrome Browser worked perfectly fine and I had to unload WindowBlinds to get Logitech Software to work.

End of quote

 

Exactly the same for me, three days searching what caused the crashes, today I uninstalled WB 7.9 and chrome works fine.

 Edit : even if WB isn't active (loaded) and no skin are applied chrome crash

Google Chrome 27.0.1453.94 (Build officiel 201630) m
Système d'exploitation Windows 
WebKit 537.36 (@150101)
JavaScript V8 3.17.6.14
Flash 11.7.700.203
Agent utilisateur Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.2; WOW64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/27.0.1453.94 Safari/537.36
Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting babylonbwoy, reply 13
Exactly the same for me, three days searching what caused the crashes, today I uninstalled WB 7.9 and chrome works fine.
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Are you using the 7.91 release from Thursday last?

https://forums.stardock.com/445125/page/1/

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting babylonbwoy, reply 13
Exactly the same for me, three days searching what caused the crashes, today I uninstalled WB 7.9 and chrome works fine.
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I've been running Chrome, first some v27 releases, and now v28.0.1500.20 Dev, both with Windowblinds 7.90 and now with Windowblinds 7.91 -- and have never had any problems with any of these combinations.

So, it's not just the Chrome Browser.  There must be something else involved, as well.