wblind.dll conflict

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I’ve used WindowBlinds of years, but have run into an issue very recently, with wblind.dll causing a media app, DVDFab’s Media Player Professional 3, to crash upon accessing any of its features, including menu. The crash report cites wblind.dll, and indeed, if I rename that file, the media player runs without issue. I see several versions of wblind.dll in the WindowBlinds folder. Do I need the original one? I’m running Win7 64.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What version of Windowblinds are you running? Should be 10.62.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

You can hold Ctrl while launching or, better yet, in WB settings set it to exclude skinning the application

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Ah, I didn't realize the current updates were for both Win 7 and 10 (I have both, 10 is a notebook). I also ended up creating two batch files as launch buttons to rename wblind and then rerename when done with media player. That works, but if I forget the latter, then when rebooting Win 7 with wblind renamed, skin components at top of display don't load correctly. I'll try upgrading to newest version of WB.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Didn't realize one could avoid WB for some apps. That might be the issue to avoiding workarounds for media app. Thanks for tips!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Well, I replaced 7.41 with 10.62 and the skins are not applied to Win 7. What's that about? I wouldn't have upgraded if I was aware that the new version doesn't seem compatible with Win 7 despite claim on website, and interface reminded me of why I disliked WB v10.x on my notebook. Ugly blue on white app interface. Nor does WB icon show up in notification area. Is there something I'm missing up running this version?