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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Malinois165
Reply #21 Thursday, December 18, 2014 2:33 AM

I've been having issues. 2nd time to install. Buttons in IE all messed up, black over buttons in IE, etc. 8.06 was  working fine for me, this version not well at all.

Malinois165
Reply #22 Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:12 AM

So, uninstalled and installed for the 3rd time, all seems well for now.

nicholas scarlett
Reply #23 Thursday, December 18, 2014 3:14 AM

Edited.

Firefox working after restart

Thanks

RedneckDude
Reply #24 Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:22 AM

Guys, I wouldn't expect help until after the holidays. I would advise not installing this update until an official statement has been made by Stardock/WC on the status of this matter.

 

 
Expires Jan 5, 2015 8:45

Stardock's offices will be closed in observance of the holiday season from December 19th until January 5th, 2015.

During this time there will be a delay in answering support tickets, so we ask for your patience during the holiday period.  While we will keep tabs on the tickets during the break, we will respond to them as quickly as possible upon our return.  

On behalf of the Stardock staff we wish you a happy holiday season and look forward to the new year!

knuddibeier
Reply #25 Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:31 AM

The new version crashes my Firefox.
Die neue Version lässt meinen Firefox abstürzen.

2of3
Reply #26 Thursday, December 18, 2014 10:57 AM

win 8.1.......running smooth as silk.

Mark Phelps
Reply #27 Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:00 AM

victorian gray

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?

Same here.  Running DirOpus v11.8 and noticed after applying this update that it wouldn't launch anymore.  Reinstalled Windowblinds 8.06 and DirOpus is working again. But ... this is using Win8.1 32-bit.

When I tried WB 8.09 in Win10 TPZ 64-bit, not only does it work OK, but it doesn't hamper DirOpus, either.

So maybe, the updated version is intended for Win10 TP.

UPDATE: After this morning's boot, same problems as with 8.06 -- restart loop on desktop.

So, I was wrong -- WindowBlinds does not work with Win10 TP 64-bit.

I'm not testing anymore with Win10 because I already used two activations for these tests and don't want to risk my Win8.1 copy being deactivated!

MeSleeper
Reply #28 Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:27 AM

Guys, I wouldn't expect help until after the holidays. I would advise not installing this update until an official statement has been made by Stardock/WC on the status of this matter.     Expires Jan 5, 2015 8:45 Stardock's offices will be closed in observance of the holiday season from December 19th until January 5th, 2015. During this time there will be a delay in answering support tickets, so we ask for your patience during the holiday period.  While we will keep tabs on the tickets during the break, we will respond to them as quickly as possible upon our return.   On behalf of the Stardock staff we wish you a happy holiday season and look forward to the new year!

Good catch RedNeck.  I burned up two activations - one trying to get 8.09 activated and to work and then another to get 8.06 back running.  I would be pretty aggravated if I had to wait two weeks waiting to get my activation count adjusted.  Unless I hear success from folks who are having the same Directory Opus issue as me, I'll wait this one out.  I'm sure it will eventually be corrected.

Robert_Snyder
Reply #29 Thursday, December 18, 2014 11:51 AM

I had to disable Malwarebytes and Windows Defender (Win 8.1) to get the update to install correctly but now Malwarebytes will not run. I get "Instruction tried to access memory location 0x00000000. The location could not be read. Help?!

hayastani15
Reply #30 Thursday, December 18, 2014 12:11 PM

Bonsoir

Fontionne très bien , windows 7 64 bits  ok

firefox no problème

Merco

LStatie
Reply #31 Thursday, December 18, 2014 7:12 PM

On a slightly messed up note:

I uninstalled 8.09 and rebooted and re-installed 8.06, but some components of 8.09 did not completely uninstall. So now 8.06 identifies itself as 8.09 and Direcory Opus works again.

Firefox seems to be working also. Titlebars and all are working fine. So far.

Funny, but I thank the lord for these favors.

thedoctor953
Reply #32 Friday, December 19, 2014 8:51 AM

Also getting the "Invalid image list" message in Skype, but only when clicking on the first menu "Skype".  Also right click menus in Skype have the menu choices tightly scrunched together on top of each other.

thedoctor953
Reply #33 Friday, December 19, 2014 9:10 AM

Also had an issue with installation.  It wouldn't take my product key.  But, it did validate my account via the online option.

S J N
Reply #34 Friday, December 19, 2014 4:27 PM

When trying to update WB and WFX through Object Manager, I'm asked for my serial code and e-mail.

I have also tried downloading from my account downloads with the same results.

Click, and I get an error code 202. Thank God for system restore. Guess I'll not be updating for awhile.

Anyone else with this problem?

TheDude23112
Reply #35 Friday, December 19, 2014 6:06 PM

Updated to 8 8.09 and Zakbat xplorer2 will not open.  Reverted back to 8 8.06 and xplorer2 Pro version 2.5.0.4 x64 is working fine.

 

Gotenfels
Reply #36 Saturday, December 20, 2014 12:23 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.
Had the same Problem on Win 8.1, but fixed it like you did!

werewolf
Reply #37 Sunday, December 21, 2014 6:12 PM

howdy all and merry christmas/happy holidays.  I realize that support is off for the holidays, but this is probably a stupid question anyway

I'm running Win 7 on this machine and my current WB version is 7.42.  Is this the latest version for a Win 7 machine or should I be running WB 8.xx?  I figured that WB 8.xx was for Win 8.1.

 

Thanks,

David

Daiwa
Reply #38 Sunday, December 21, 2014 8:25 PM

Actually, the latest version for Win7 is 8.06 (Windows 7 Edition).  The 8.06 installer knows your OS & installs the correct files.

And Happy Holidays to you, as well.

LightStar
Reply #39 Monday, December 22, 2014 8:38 AM


Actually, the latest version for Win7 is 8.06 (Windows 7 Edition).

 

Where did you read that at? 

RedneckDude
Reply #40 Monday, December 22, 2014 10:12 AM

There is no distinction between a Windows 7 version and a Windows 8 version. The latest version of Windowblinds is for 7 and 8. Will be that way going forward until support for 7 is dropped.

 

The installer will know if you use 7 or 8. The file you download is the same either way.

 

LightStar

Quoting Daiwa,

Actually, the latest version for Win7 is 8.06 (Windows 7 Edition).



 

Where did you read that at? 

 

Tom, that info would be in the "about" section of the WB Config window.

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