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.
 |
|
Page 3 of 4 | |
|
|---|
Reply #42 Monday, December 22, 2014 6:10 PM
Also the Systray Tooltip, Tom. Miracle of miracles.
Understood, but 8.06 was not just for Windows 7, works on Windows 8/8.1 just fine. WB 8.09 is also for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 (but evidently with LOTS of issues). It should never have been released before a major holiday, especially if there was to be no support available for over two weeks after releasing it.
Reply #43 Monday, December 22, 2014 8:44 PM
Understood, but 8.06 was not just for Windows 7, works on Windows 8/8.1 just fine.
On Windows 8, it'll say 8.06 (Windows 8 Edition). 
Reply #44 Tuesday, December 23, 2014 8:51 AM
I should prolly start a new thread about the strange things that WB does on windows 8.1. But I don't think I should bother seeing as all issues I have reported lately have been ignored by Stardock.
Take it as it is, folks.
Reply #45 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 3:34 PM
Version 8.09 is not showinf me not my stardock account or in OD manager ? even have it set to show beta's ? not sure whats going on there
Reply #46 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 6:26 PM
ODM is very wonky & irrational, has been since its release. Just opened it & it shows no Stardock apps installed at all, no updates available, no subscriptions (I have active Object Desktop & Wincustomize subscriptions). The MyAccount page at the Stardock Store always seem to be correct, though. FWIW.
Reply #47 Wednesday, December 24, 2014 7:52 PM
Uninstalled WB 7.xx, rebooted, installed the latest offering of WB 8.00 which turned out to be 8.06. Doesn't look as though there is a 8.09 update anywhere. Not on my Stardock account anyway.
Reply #48 Thursday, December 25, 2014 8:44 AM
I would imagine that they pulled 8.09 everybody because of all the issues it was having. It disappeared from my store listing and Object Desktop Manager too. Wise decision on their part.
Reply #49 Thursday, December 25, 2014 10:01 AM
I would imagine that they pulled 8.09 everybody because of all the issues it was having. It disappeared from my store listing and Object Desktop Manager too. Wise decision on their part.
ODM is very wonky & irrational, has been since its release. Just opened it & it shows no Stardock apps installed at all, no updates available, no subscriptions (I have active Object Desktop & Wincustomize subscriptions).
Reply #50 Thursday, December 25, 2014 4:55 PM
You were right, Wiz. That fixed ODM. As Tom & werewolf have noted, no 8.09 to be seen there, though.
Reply #51 Sunday, December 28, 2014 12:01 PM
Because WB 8.09 reported 8.06 even though ODM reported 8.09 (see my previous post), I took the opportunity to uninstall WB and clean the registry. After a reboot, I ran ODM and discovered that WB 8.09 was no longer available! Now I have to reinstall WB 8.06 because Stardock apparently pulled WB 8.09 without any notification.
What a waste of my time... 
Reply #52 Sunday, December 28, 2014 1:21 PM
Followup to my last post: When I attempted to reinstall WB 8.06 using ODM, the installation complained about a decompression error with the TGA files in a blind called "Precision". I aborted the installation and deleted what I believed to be a bad blind, then tried to reinstall. Again the installation complained about the "Precision" blind. Clearly this blind must be packaged with WB 8.06, so I just skipped over the problem files, but it then stumbled over another packaged blind called "Win8".
I then downloaded and installed WB 8.06 from the web site. This was successful, so there is something wrong with the WB 8.06 that is downloaded by ODM.
Reply #53 Monday, December 29, 2014 3:38 PM
Again, I'll ask...
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?
Reply #54 Monday, December 29, 2014 4:37 PM
Since WB 8.09 is gone SJN, I am guessing that you are installing 8.06 and getting this issue? If so, uninstall it, run a good registry cleaner or two, reboot and download WB 8.06 it directly from the store and install it that way. ODM seems to have issues too.
Reply #55 Monday, December 29, 2014 8:12 PM
Am I the only one having a 1pixel gap in chrome on the left and right frame, when using a windowblinds skin on windows8.1?
Or is there a fix for this yet?
Reply #56 Tuesday, December 30, 2014 3:52 AM
I updated to 8.09,so far everything seems to be working fine.But it sometimes got stuck.Very angry。
Reply #57 Tuesday, December 30, 2014 9:40 AM
How are you upgrading to 8.09 when it has been removed from ODM and the Stardock store?
Reply #58 Tuesday, December 30, 2014 11:02 AM
My guess, Tom, would be that he got it before it's removal. It isn't in my downloads either. Not that I'd go anywhere near it if it were.
Reply #59 Saturday, January 3, 2015 3:37 AM
with this or 8.6 ive never had title bar buttons with any internet program
Reply #60 Thursday, January 8, 2015 12:37 PM
Hope this helps Stardock:
With 8.09 installed, Directory Opus will not launch any more and going back to 8.06 did not help that.
When I unload WB and then launch Directory Opus, it launches fine. Then I can launch WB and until I reboot my machine, Directory Opus keeps launching fine.
So WB is preventing some subsistems of DO from launching, but once lanched, WB does not bother DO any more.
Please login to comment and/or vote for this skin.
Welcome Guest! Please take the time to register with us.
There are many great features available to you once you register, including:
- Richer content, access to many features that are disabled for guests like commenting on the forums and downloading skins.
- Access to a great community, with a massive database of many, many areas of interest.
- Access to contests & subscription offers like exclusive emails.
- It's simple, and FREE!
|
|
Page 3 of 4 | |
|
|---|
Reply #41 Monday, December 22, 2014 5:49 PM
Also the Systray Tooltip, Tom. Miracle of miracles.