No.  WindowBlinds 8 requires Windows 7 or 8.

WOW. This just made my day. Not only did I get a discount on the new version, but it installed perfectly on the first try, and it works great!

But the best part is that my favorite Windows 7 theme works flawlessly. Thank you Stardock, you never cease to amaze!

I don't think so Reaper-Man.

I realize this was quoted from the beta thread, but I think it still applies.

What the....I swear Neil's reply wasn't there when I posted. Or at least I didn't see it. Dang.  

Thanks Guy's...  Windowblinds has fixed the only thing I did not like about Windows 8.... 

Fantastical!

Many thanks to Stardock and the Stardock team.  

Just bought my copy and am currently using Windows 7. Do I need to uninstall the previous version of Windowblinds before installing this one?

Thanks for the replies, guys. That's too bad Stardock no longer supports Vista. The only way I will upgrade to Windows 7 or 8 is if I get a new computer and since I am out of work right now it's not likely to happen anytime soon. But on the bright side I still have many (500-600+) Windows Vista and Windows 7 WindowBlinds skins on my computer to enjoy! So I shouldn't be too bad off!

At CNET too. I just got an email from them. So off to the SD Store I went and dl'd it from there. One thing though...After rebooting I got a pop up that said Index listing is out of bounds(0). Should I be concerned?

Downloaded my copy from the Stardock Store and proceeded to install it. It said I had to uninstall Version 7.x in order to install Version 8.

I Proceeded to uninstall and selected the advance option and eventually uninstalled Version 7. I noticed that ALL my installed themes were deleted/uninstalled as well.

Is this intended? I have not installed Version 8 yet.

Regards

Andrew

Did you make a back up for the skins folder first? The new install will give you what comes with version 8. I know there is/was an option to keep the skins folder instead of deleting them. Otherwise you'll need to dl the ones you had. Somebody know more?

Hi Uvah,

I did not backup my skins folder as I thought that the uninstall would not delete my skins.

Oh well, it is not a train smash.

I will remember for future.

Andrew

Hi Zubaz,

I have just checked and they are not there.Maybe I selected an option to delete them. Don't remember selecting such an option.

Andrew.

I wonder if to be involved in a software development team, one has to have a brain...?

1/ Almost everybody nowadays owns a 4:3 for some or 16:9 monitor for the vast majority, so switching from landscape view to portrait in the main configuration window is really an improvement..

2/ I don't know for you b ut I use windowblinds, beside it's ability to skin, to roll up windows. With this V8, using a masterskin, jakuta for example, let's roll up notepad.. or any subsystem windows...

So... Back to 7.41 for a while I guess.. !

It certainly is an unusual strategy to get assistance by insulting the developers on the developers own forums.

1) The default size of the WindowBlinds8 configuration UI is wider than it is tall, in fact the aspect ratio is more like 16:10 aspect ratio.  The window is resizable so you can make it wider or taller as per your need.  The main advantage of the new UI design is the ability to see many more skins in the skins list as the older design was very limited in this regard.

2) Unfortunately you have not provided any details of what the problem is other than you apparently have an issue with roll up.  It would have been helpful to provide details on a problem if you are interested in having it resolved.

I was about to post a nasty reply to her/him. However, I bit my tongue and decided not to stoop to her/his level. Thank you for addressing that Neil. 

I am on Windows 8. This issue seems to be skin specific. Jakuta was out well before Windows 8 was.

Now, you haven't stated your OS, But I don't see this problem on 7. Just on Win 8.

 Xiandi, for instance, does a marvelous job with her blinds in that regard.

to Neil Banfield:

I didn't know that asking an entity, above all a corporate one, about it's brain could be considered as an insult. If it is, I wonder what are the F...... words and many other toned ones US movies and series give us all days. Anyway... Oh, I forgot the politically correct, every one is allowed to f...... say something but outside the common place. OK, I got it !

Let's talk about the resizing thing... So, you designed an interface with a downward flow, resizable sure, but still downward when monitors are landscaping everything, more and more. I got it also, I can resize but still you are going from up to down so maybe when I'll resize max on the left and right I'll have more columns. Oh.... did you compare the available information from previous interface and this one ? Which one was clearer and usefull ?

I was so quick to uninstall it, maybe I miss something, but where are the start menu/taskbar/complete window previews in this interface (compared to the previous) ?

Now, let's see the roll thingy... I use, because I rolled back to it, V7.42 with an old modified skin, aeros. When I roll notepad or any sub system windows I get a clean result (without any tweaks of course). With V8 the same operation gives me a menu hanging directly to the desktop... Is this what you call improvement ?

to RedneckDude :

sorry, but I forgot to tell that I didn't see the need for my desktop to be moved forward to windows 8 : so in windows 7, with this master skin we spoke, Jakuta, rolling doesn't give a clean result anymore and when a software leaves its customers behind on the road of upgrade, I don't see it as an upgrade but a downgrade.

To all, even the the zealous followers, I didn't shout, I didn't cry it out loud, I didn't insult anyone, It wasn't names, maybe a bit hasty but justified. So it's rectified.

Why dosen't the rollup show or work on windows 8, also the top of the open app is not there.

Can you provide a bit more detail?

OS version?

WB version?

Skin?

Screenshot of the settings?

Screenshot of the app?

Thanks

I think I may have found a bug in the WB8 Configuration UI. If I right click on a skin preview and select "Edit Style" or open the menu in the upper left and select "Edit in Skinstudio" nothing happens - I have to open SS manually.

Running WB8 Final on Windows 8 Pro.

What version of WB?  What version of SKS?

Thanks.