Something Has Happened, But I Don't Know What

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Hello again!

I was fooling around with Windowblinds last night, changing blinds and something happened, or I changed something so that the task bar would not change with the blind. The order went like this:

Lore: Have been using for a long time; cool blind
to
Amphitrite: Because I thought it was very pretty
to
Sonix07: Because I didn't know I'd d/l'd it and wanted to try it out but there were some things missing, at least on my machine
to
Mauve: Because I know everything works with it
to
Lore: But here is where the problems start

After all of that switching around suddenly my task bar won't become the same as the rest of the 'blind. Even tho I loaded Lore, the task bar was still Mauve. AND, in using Sonix07, the Systray icons just flat disappeared. The arrow (or other icon) to expand the systray is there, but the icons are not. Mousing over it doesn't even bring up a name of an icon in the tray. It's like they're there, but they aren't. After Sonix07, this happend with Mauve and with trusty Lore. So I unloaded Windowblinds back to plain vanilla XP and I now have icons in my systray again. Now the only thing is the icon names are behind the taskbar. What in the world did I do?

Here is the information, but with just using XP I don't know how much help it will be. I can load each of those 'blinds and send along the info it it'll be helpful. I want my 'blinds back!!!   Thanks.

WindowBlinds 5.0 System Information Report:

STATUS : WB+ SRV+ HLP+ UI+ TRAY+

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC.

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

You have one monitor in total.

(NEC MultiSync LCD1970V) 1 is attached to RADEON X850 Series

Wblind.dll 2005/11/28 14:57:10
Wbsrv.dll 2005/11/28 16:52:00
Wbconfig.exe 2005/11/28 17:19:00
Wbload.exe 2005/11/25 20:30:58
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:00
Wbui.dll 2005/11/20 13:23:40
Tray.dll 2005/11/02 14:28:26
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you tried unloading WB, reboot, and load it up again?
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Now the only thing is the icon names are behind the taskbar. What in the world did I do?


Reboot, this is a known Windows bug.

Even tho I loaded Lore, the task bar was still Mauve


In WB config, Override default settings, there is an option to ignore taskbar and start menu defined in skin and use the one set below, have you click to set this when you where playing.
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
i think its override default settings too........ has to be.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Have you tried unloading WB, reboot, and load it up again?


Yes, I did. I should have mentioned that, too. I unloaded, rebooted, and reloaded "Lore", but the taskbar was still "Mauve". But, okay, I looked in WB overrides and taskbar and shellstyle were ticked for "Mauve", referring to Cavan1's reply.

I may just have had a moment of confusion and forgot to changed those, too, so I'm going to see what happens.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Okay, so I will admit to having a senior moment, is the reason for my troubles. Right now I have "Sonix07" loaded and it's working just fine. I did have "Lore" loaded, then switched to Sonix07 and checked what need to be checked, or not. Taskbar is okay, systray icons are showing up, and Sonix07 is really nice. Now, I hope that I can get "Amphitrite" to load and work okay because I always like jazzymjr's work.

Thanks, everyone for your help and advice.  
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
glad it working.

you also might try giving WB an update