WindowFX 3.00a[b].005

Windows Live (MSN) Messenger windows have enlarged top bar

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This is a little tough to explain, so I'll include pictures. Windows Live Messenger 8.0 (Build 8.0.0812.00) has a feature that allows you to hide the menu bar. When I have that enabled, my Messenger windows, seemingly randomly, develop an extended top bar where the menu bar used to be. If I move my mouse anywhere on that area, the cursor becomes the vertical double-arrow for stretching the window size. It's as if WindowFX only partially recognizes that the window isn't as big as it thinks it should be?

I sure wish I could explain this better, but let's try this:

Messenger window with menu bar enabled (everything works normally):





Messenger window with menu bar hidden (note that this is not edited; this is an alt-prtscn of my Messenger window with a portion of my wallpaper absorbed as part of the window):

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Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
what happens (if i correctly remember such an option exists) if you have Win FX ignore it?
or
if you use the per application to have WB only skin the title bar?
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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I can add Messenger to the exclusion list, and it correctly doesn't do the WindowsFX effects on the window, but the problem stays. The problem stays even if I unload WindowBlinds completely.

The only way to get rid of it appears to be to uninstall WindowFX.