WindowBlinds 8.09 Released
Wednesday, December 17, 2014 by Island Dog | Discussion: WinCustomize News
Today we released a small update for WindowBlinds bringing it to version 8.09.
Update includes:
- Fix for a Firefox titlebar issue
- Added better support for high DPI displays
You can download the update from your Stardock account, or via Object Desktop Manager.
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Reply #2 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 4:02 PM
Hmmm .... I just updated to WB 8.09 and now I am unable to open My Computer or my file manager Directory Opus. I can open Windows Explorer.
If I set the WB theme to Windows Aero, I can open My Computer and Directory. I just can't open them with anyother theme. Very odd. I downloaded WB 8.09 twice to make sure I didn't have a corrupt d/l. I installed on top of 8.06. I also uninstalled 8.06 and did a fresh install and activation. Same result.
I'll revert back to 8.06 since this was a minor update and I was having no problems. If others have this issue, I assume there will be a fix and new version will be issued. Otherwise 8.06 is good enough for me.
Reply #3 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 4:10 PM
I updated to 8.09, so far everything seems to be working fine I have a good looking title bar and all in good so far
Reply #6 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 5:37 PM
I upgraded on Windows 7 and now Skype won't work. Everything you click on just says "Invalid image list.". So I uninstalled Skype, cleaned the registry several times, re-installed and same issue. Sure Hope I can get the older WB (8.06) from someone.
OK, went back to WB 8.06 and Skype 7.0.59.102 works fine now. Hope no one else has the problem.
Reply #7 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 6:51 PM
LightStar - I went back to 8.06 too and have everything working again. I'm wondering if I should have installed 8.09 as the administrator? I've not had to do that with any earlier versions. I think I will sit tight and wait to see if more problems appear before I try that. 8.06 works great ... and you know what they say about if it ain't broke.
Another thought as I finish typing this is the DPI fix mentioned. I know you and I are both using 2560x1440 resolution. Wonder if the issues we see might be related to the "high display DPI" change made in 8.09? Just grasping at straws here.
MeSleeper
Reply #9 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 7:29 PM
We are not aware of any changes which should cause issues that some of you are having.
What anti virus are you running as perhaps there is some sort of interaction issue.
Reply #13 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:27 PM
OK..........I'll hold and wait and see how this turns out.
Reply #14 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 10:41 PM
I had the same problem when I attempted to upgrade to 8.06: WB kept reporting 8.05 while ODM reported 8.06. I had to uninstall WB, then clean the registry. Installing WB 8.06 then reported correctly.
I have the same problem after upgrading to 8.09: WB reports 8.06 while ODM reports 8.09.
Obviously something is being missed in the registry when upgrading.
Reply #16 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:38 PM
OK..........I'll hold and wait and see how this turns out.
Ditto.
Reply #17 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 11:40 PM
Updated 8.06 to .09 and reverted back right after the required reboot as Directory Opus was broken (both clicking on the desktop to get a new lister and right clicking to 'open new lister'.
Too bad. Hopefully figured out and fixed soon?
Reply #18 Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:06 AM
I mentioned the same issue above. One thing you may not have noticed is should you try to open DOpus (or My Computer) with Chrome open, the Chrome tite bar disappears for a second then re-appears but without the min/max/close buttons. If you click the Chrome title bar the buttons re-appear. I think there is something amiss with the way video is being handled, but that is purely a guess on my part. By the way this only happens when one applies a skin. If you switch to Windows Aero, none of this occurs.
Reply #19 Thursday, December 18, 2014 1:22 AM
KUDOS to Neil for still trying to improve the world's greatest skinning software ! 
-Microsoft sure isn't making it easy for him.
Reply #20 Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:04 AM
Sorry to hear some people are having issues. Before updating today, I disabled AVG and Malwarebytes. Both ODM and WindowBlinds are reporting version 8.09. Haven't noticed any issues here so far on Windows 8.1.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, December 17, 2014 3:47 PM
The Firefox title bar issue is not fixed for me.