Skinning Windows Taskbar, but NOT skinning Windows Explorer

Keeping Quick Access Toolbar in Titlebar of Windows Explorer, but still skinning Windows Taskbar

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Greetings, fellow Blinders.  (sobriquet, I just made up)

 

This is my first time creating a New Topic on here.  So, please be patient with my decorum.  Thank you.

I was not able to find a Topic under WindowBlinds 11 for what I was looking for.  So, if there already is one, please point me in its direction.

I want to be able to retain the Quick Access Toolbar in the Titlebar of Windows Explorer– default location of Left-justified – yet, still have WindowBlinds 11 skin the Windows Taskbar.

  • I even made it a point of Checking the Option to "Launch folder windows in a separate process" – in Folder Options, under the View Tab – but it still caused the Windows Taskbar to not be skinned when I added explorer.exe to Per Application and Checked "Ignore this application and do not skin it" – under Total exclusion. — Which I prefer anyway, as it makes Windows Explorer more stable, and I have plenty of RAM for it – 16GB.
  • I tried adding explorer.exe to Per Application and Checked "Disable titlebar skinning for this app", under Feature disabling but that just caused the Titlebar to be Transparent.

I just hope that the Solution does not involve me having to Edit the Skin I am using because, if that ends up being the case, I would rather do without the Quick Access Toolbar altogether.  LOL!!

[Windows 10 Home 22H2 (19041.vb_release.191206-1406); WindowBlinds 11.02 (017 - Windows 10 Edition) - 64-bit OS]

Thank you – in advance – for everyone's patience, and any responses.

 

"Welcome to Abnermality's Asylum"™

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Not sure what you're expecting. Screenshots with highlight area that you don't want to be skin, would help.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you for such an expedient response, Basj.

In the {cropped Titlebar, Ribbon toolbar, Navigation/Address bar} Screenshot below, I have highlighted – [yellow box] – the (Default) Quick Access Toolbar section of the Titlebar, of an unskinned Windows Explorer window (a.k.a. File Explorer).

Default Title Bar

In the {cropped Titlebar, Ribbon toolbar, Navigation/Address bar} Screenshot below, I have highlighted – [yellow box] – the same section of the Titlebar as the above Screenshot (notice the Quick Access Toolbar is absent below, because of the skin), in addition to having highlighted – [red box] – the Minimize/Maximize-Restore/Close section of the Titlebar of a skinned Windows Explorer window.

Skinned Toolbar

As I stated in my initial query:  "I want to be able to retain the Quick Access Toolbar in the Titlebar of Windows Explorer. . .  . . .yet, still have WindowBlinds 11 skin the Windows Taskbar."

In other words, I want to be able to keep the (Default) Quick Access Toolbar – shown in the [yellow box] in the top Screenshot – of the Titlebar, yet still skin the rest of the Windows Explorer window, and skin the Windows Taskbar (the area at the bottom (by Default) of the Desktop, which includes:  Start Button, Search Box, Quick Launch, Notification Area (a.k.a. System Tray), et cetera).

I hope I have explained myself clearly enough this time.

Thank you, again, for your time and patience.

 

"Welcome to Abnermality's Asylum"™

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't think that is possible. However, to be sure, I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

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