Wooo this is not good !!

Please help me fix this

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Hi. I've had this with all versions of windowblinds, and the same thing happens everytime. It applies the skin fine, but when it's done it is soooo messed up. It's rediculous, i can't even work on it anymore. Here's a picture of my desktop after applying:

http://img432.imageshack.us/img432/161/notgood4lv.png

[mind the traybar on the bottom right corner in the picture]

What can i do to fix this. My graphic card rivers are up to date, it is not a virus, i have set all my displays to 'best'. I'm desperate, please help me fix this

~Juiced
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

It looks like something is either corrupted in your graphics settings, your explorer shell, or in WindowBlinds install.

 

If you are running Windows XP, you might try doing the following:

1 - Unload WindowBlinds

2 - Go to Display Properties > Themes tab > select Windows XP from the theme list > click "Apply"

3 - Right-click My Computer > Properties > Advanced tab > Performance "Settings" button > Visual Effects tab > select "Let Windows choose what's best for my computer, and also make sure that all options are selected in the list > click "Apply"

4 - Save all your skins to a temporary folder

5 - Unistall WindowBlinds, and then reboot the computer

6 - Delete any "WindowBlinds" folder left in "C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop" folder

7 - Reinstall WindowBlinds

8 - Test WindowBlinds with one of the prepackaged skins

9 - If all is well, replace the saved skins into the WindowBlinds sub-directory

If this does not help, or you are running a different operating system, post again so someone can try to help.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Given that even wbconfig is corrupted, it points to a video driver / video hardware problem.  The icons in wbconfig for example seem to be shifted out of place.  Its certainly not WB at fault.

Drop hardware acceleration on the display properties->Advanced->troubleshooting tab and reboot and I suspect all will be fine.

What graphics card do you have?

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
Man thanks heaps ! The hardware acceleration thing worked I owe u mate. Btw i have a geforce fx6600 256 mb, must be good enuf to run WB lol.