Stardock Announces the Release of WindowBlinds 10
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 by Island Dog | Discussion: Press Releases (WC)
Plymouth, MI. – March 15, 2016 - Today, Stardock announced the release of WindowBlinds 10, the latest iteration of its popular desktop customization software. WindowBlinds allows users to make their desktop interface uniquely theirs by customizing the start panel, taskbar, window frames, and control buttons.
WindowBlinds 10 has full Windows 10 compatibility, a collection of new desktop skins like "Ice", "Eva", and "The Captain", and a new User Interface.
"We do our best to keep up with new operating systems as they become available," said Angela Marshall, Stardock COO and Vice President of Software. "We know our customers have been waiting for our products to integrate with Windows 10, and we are happy to do that with WindowBlinds while we continue to do the same for our other applications."
WindowBlinds joins the lineup of great desktop customization enhancements available through Stardock's comprehensive Object Desktop product, where consumers can gain access to all of the company's award-winning software like Start8, Fences and DeskScapes. WindowBlinds supports Microsoft Windows 10 and is available to download now for $9.99, and those who own a previous version can upgrade for just $4.99.
For more information about WindowBlinds 10, please visit www.windowblinds.net.
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About Stardock: Stardock is a developer and publisher of PC games and desktop software founded in 1991 by nationally recognized technology expert Brad Wardell. Located in Plymouth, Michigan, Stardock is a powerful leader in the video gaming and software development world. Its PC games include Sins of a Solar Empire, the critically acclaimed Galactic Civilizations series, and the highly anticipated upcoming Ashes of the Singularity. Stardock puts the user experience first through software that enriches the Windows experience for everyone from casual computer users to highly technical professionals. Products offered by Stardock include Start8, Start10, Fences, WindowBlinds, Multiplicity, and more at www.stardock.com.
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Reply #22 Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:25 PM
If you do install it follow Wiz's instructions. I didn't and everything worked out anyway.
Ditto. I installed over the old install, no problems. Even the tray icon works. Good job, Stardock!
Reply #23 Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:28 PM
Now I past my activation limit so have to wait for them to be reset.
If you go to about, and deactivate license before reinstall, it won't effect your activation limit. Been that way a while now.
Reply #24 Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:30 PM
Reply #25 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:43 AM
You should not use SkinStudio 8 with WB10 as it will mess with activation.
Use SkinStudio 10 which I believe there should be a release build of up now.
Reply #26 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:58 AM
The Start Menu of Windows 10 can be skinned? or users have to use the Start10 by Stardock?
Reply #27 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 9:03 AM
The Start Menu of Windows 10 can be skinned? or users have to use the Start10 by Stardock?
You have to use Start10 for the start menu to skin.
Reply #28 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:10 AM
Still no mouseover state on the start button....... [e digicons]:'([/e]
Reply #29 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 8:10 PM
YESSSSSSS !!!! I KNEW IT !!!!
Stardock ROCKS !
With the help of my friend i just purchased the upgrade to Windowblinds 10 
feeling complete again now .. hahaha
We are back on the road ! THANKs STARDOCK !!
Reply #31 Wednesday, March 16, 2016 10:45 PM
Still no mouseover state on the start button.......
Funny thing is, I use DisplayFusion for start buttons on both monitors, and the start button on the secondary screen has mouseovers that work. But not the primary monitor.
Reply #32 Thursday, March 17, 2016 7:31 PM
I am sorry to derail the thread but now with the good news of WB 10 released and working with Windows 10, is there any chance that we will see Icon Packager being compatible with Windows 10 soon too? That other app is all I need to be in my happy computing / desktop customizing place again like I did on Win 7 
But yeah, good job to the devs. I've always liked Stardock and their creations and even have a couple of their games on Steam too
Reply #33 Thursday, March 17, 2016 8:27 PM
Not to be a contrarian but I'm on Windows 10 and Iconpackager 5.10 is working great here. What issues are you experiencing?
Reply #34 Friday, March 18, 2016 2:55 AM
If you already own WB you should get a notification (if you signed up with Stardock and don't own a pirated copy) via email offering a discounted price to upgrade. Otherwise you buy it full price.
SkinStudio is a separate program that customizes the skins and yes, works with WB10.
IMO though, still have yet to see some really nice skins out there that pay attention to even the slightest of details. Everything available appeals to that of a 15 year old. Yack
Reply #36 Friday, March 18, 2016 9:52 AM
I could not get Windowblinds 10 to work on my Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit laptop. I uninstalled WindowBlinds 7 and installed Windowblinds 10. It did install but I could not apply a skin, the UI would hang for about 40 seconds why trying to apply the skin but no change would take place. I checked the about section and it said that Windowblinds was installed properly but windows desktop manager service was not started. I checked services and it was running and it was set to start automatically.
I uninstalled again using Revo Uninstaller Pro and reinstalled Windowblinds with the same result. I uninstalled 10 and went back to Windowblinds 7 and it works fine. I am actually in the minority and prefer the look of the old UI. The only reason I tried to upgrade was for the new skins. I made sure to grab those before I uninstalled Windowblinds 10.
Reply #37 Friday, March 18, 2016 10:12 AM
Do you have any AV or security software running?
Reply #38 Friday, March 18, 2016 10:17 AM
Do you have any AV or security software running?
I have Panda free and Malwarebytes Pro running. There was no indication from either of them of a problem and Windowblinds 7 installs fine. If one of those was the culprit I will never know (could check logs I guess) because I am happy with Windowblinds 7.
Reply #39 Friday, March 18, 2016 10:18 AM
Actually I have not installed IconPackager yet, I am running the latest update build of Windows 10 (Some call it 10.1) and I am afraid to try it. but if it works I will install it. I held off after Windows 8 was released.
Great to know about it breaking the OS if I remove it. Kind of afraid to see if I do install it if the next major OS build update will break this like it did with my other programs 
Reply #40 Friday, March 18, 2016 10:20 AM
Actually I have not installed IconPackager yet, I am running the latest update build of Windows 10 (Some call it 10.1) and I am afraid to try it. but if it works I will install it. I held off after Windows 8 was released.
Great to know about it breaking the OS if I remove it. Kind of afraid to see if I do install it if the next major OS build update will break this like it did with my other programs
DO NOT INSTALL ICONPACKAGER ON WINDOWS 10.
It is not supported, and will cause issues.
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Reply #21 Tuesday, March 15, 2016 11:07 PM
It is there now, thanks.