choja_uk make sure you have Show pre-release versions checked in the Impulse settings.

I highly doubt Windows 7 said WindowBlinds has known security issues.

It may have said WindowBlinds 6 does not support Windows 7 (which is true), but if you got that message then you tried to install WB6.4 rather than WB 7.

Hi Everyone,

I just installed the latest WB7 update and I have a minor problem.  Here is a link to the screen shot so you can see what I'm talking about.  Has anyone else experienced this?  As you can see from the screen shot, the right side of the task bar is flat while the rest is normal.  I've tried rebooting, cold boot, etc. and played with the blur.  With blur enabled (don't normally use it) the taskbar seems to be okay but when I set it for high (almost completely transparent) transparency with blur not checked, the notification area disappears completely.  By that I mean that it seems to disappear completely and go to full transparency.  The icons are fine though. It's a minor problem and I can simply set the entire task bar for full transparency but I do like to see it at the bottom.  Transparency is normally set higher than what it's set for in the screenshot. 

http://cameochihuahuas.com/WB_theme/WindowBlinds7.html

Has anyone else noticed this or is my experience unique?  I played around with WB for awhile and briefly, it displayed correctly but when I increased the transparency, the notification area changed to full transparency again.  Here is my system information in case it is needed.  Windows 7 will be here Wednesday so that may solve the issue I'm having. 

Update:  After a LOT of fiddling around, I finally got the taskbar to display correctly BUT it is blurred.  Removing the checkmark from "force blur effect" seems to have no effect at all.  The taskbar remains blurred.  If I reboot, the original problem reappears again with the notification area. 

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 4.8
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 5.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.0 (build 226 x86 - Vista Edition)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260

Wblind.dll      2009/10/22 14:49:20
Wbsrv.dll      2009/10/22 08:40:16
SevenConfig.exe      2009/10/22 14:49:17
Wbload.exe      2009/10/22 08:40:12
Wbhelp.dll      2009/03/24 17:04:07
Tray.dll           2009/10/21 10:13:19
Wbload.dll           2009/09/25 09:41:28
Screen.exe      2009/10/22 08:40:01

Just thought I would let yo now know that everything is alright with Office 2007 and WB, Just done a clean install of the released version of Windows 7 everything working like a charm, learning to to create different textures for frames task bar and start menu.

Is there a way to create different effects for explorer backgrounds in WB

What happened to the Default Windows Aero skin? I can only see the Classic version. The next one is Stardock's Aero Colors. Is this the way it is or is it a  bug? I have read the threads but don't see any other of the same nature.

Gary

You are a genius my friend, That must be why the name Wizard. That's my birthyear on top of it. Talk about Kismet. . I never would have thought about that! Thank you very much.

It's funny how that doesn't apply to Stardock Design Skins

Oh...and the Aero skins are showing a preview either...just a listing.

They were only showing when I reverted back to a version (76.30.099_09.28.2009) of WB's where the toolbaricons and animations were working. The Aero skins were listed but nothing actually showing in the preview. I did however see the textures when I opened them in SkinStudio to see what they were...but I don't recall seeing any substyles in the previews in WB.

I just installed the newest version of WB's to see if anything was fixed...which wasn't...and they no longer showed. Any idea why the toolbaricons and animations still aren't working? The toolbaricons seem to get stuck on the ones in the Subscriber skin "Space" and no matter what I change to they stay the same. Rebooting doesn't change anything either.

What happens if you use the rebuild skin list option from the skins menu?

I noticed that skin previews use the incorrect font on the Explorer command bar- looks like MS Sans Serif rather than Segoe UI.  Picky, I know, but looks extremely out of place

Another thing: the Updates icon that appears on the start menu Shut Down button never seems to get padded.

Just got this upon closing wbconfig-

Problem signature:
  Problem Event Name:    APPCRASH
  Application Name:    SevenConfig.exe
  Application Version:    7.0.0.0
  Application Timestamp:    4ae0a5d3
  Fault Module Name:    SevenConfig.exe
  Fault Module Version:    7.0.0.0
  Fault Module Timestamp:    4ae0a5d3
  Exception Code:    c0000005
  Exception Offset:    0002a5e8
  OS Version:    6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1
  Locale ID:    1033

Ok I've erased my previous to edit as suc: I had the same problem concerning the Fire Suite. After applying the theme it installed the IconPackager and Gadgets as well as the WIndowsBlind which was not installed when I nstalled the theme.

The problem is the taskbar remains the same but with the Fire icon. It's not skinned as in the preview. Is that beacuse I am running Win 7?

Unfortunately we cannot hide the skins from an earlier version of WB, but they will not show with WB7.