That is how things work in Windows.  You have a colour scheme but it applies to everything.  Applications do not get their own colour schemes.  If you have an application which does not look good with some colour schemes then often it is a case of the application using part of the OS colour scheme (say for the background) and then putting hardcoded black text on it.  Basically they assumed backgrounds would be white in which case why did they ask for the colour scheme?

Excluding an application will exclude it from the theme elements, but not colour scheme as that is a system wide thing.

I would never recommend using a dark theme as you are much more likely to run into these issues with colour scheme assumptions.

I would never recommend using a dark theme as you are much more likely to run into these issues with colour scheme assumptions.

I use a dark theme because it is better for my eyes. I don't want black, but too much white gives me headaches.

VLC 3.*

Hi,

there is a problem with the VLC version 3:  when themed, the right and bottom edge/margin get extra fill with color, which gets corrupted (turns into black/dark gray) once you try to resize the window. I tried with various custom and default WB themes and the problem persists. It goes away once the app is excluded from WB skinning.

Windows 10 Home (17134.rs4_release.180410-1804)
WindowBlinds 10.65 (048 - Windows 10 Edition) - 64 bit OS

Window titlebar blur features are enabled on this operating system

        Wblind.dll                   2017/09/05 17:42:33
        Wblind64.dll                 2017/09/05 17:42:00
        Wbsrv.dll                    2017/03/28 16:53:46
        WB10Config.exe               2017/09/05 17:42:09
        Wbload.dll                   2017/09/14 23:51:13
        Screen10.exe                 2017/03/28 16:53:17

I have the previously mentioned corruption of all Steam drop shadows, I've also found WindowBlinds to not play nicely with the current version of Chrome because it has internal skins.  I've also had to exclude both the Nox and Memu android emulators from WB.  OBS (Open Broadcast Software) gets corrupted and had to be excluded from WB.  

So I mean thats like 80% of the things I run on this machine that I've had to exclude from WB.  Some of them its wasnt even skinning anyway it was just interfering with their internal skins.  In the case of OBS the WB skins weren't respecting the internal window contents.

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

a New Update for WB is due out soon , Stay Tuned Please. 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Hello Stardock, Last time I use this software in Windows 7, Just come here today.  Start using it, 

It's making my Visual Studio 2015 crashed.

Firefox latest is also have issue with close, minimize, maximize window.

I am using captain theme which come pre-installed in windowblind.

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

What versions of Windows and WB's are you running ?

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

I am using windows 10 Home Latest (1803 update, release in april may 2018) and

VS 2015,2017  both crashing when I set captain theme. If I set the same theme again it's work fine. 

When I open my machine, (power on) and start using Visual Studio 15 or 17 it's crashing. Kernalbase issue. I set the same theme again and it's working.

I don't find any workaround for firefox. firefox topbar making issue(s). text jaggy and graphic rendering related issue.

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

WIndows 10 64 Pro build 1803

Windowblinds and the new task view in Windows. Every time I use it, the screen locks and I have to force log out and then log back in, in order to use my pc again. I tried it several times with several different skins, and I get the same result. 

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please try the purge and reinstall steps : https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#reinstalling

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Hi there I'm new here. I was wondering if you guys can help with a problem I am having with Windowfx. I downloaded windowfx free trial a few days ago. I noticed that everything works flawlessly except the file Explorer window. It just won't do any of the effects. So figured it would maybe be fixed if I purchased the full version which I did. But it still doesn't work. I am on windows 10 1803. I see it working on all the videos everyone has made. Any help would be appreciated. Sorry if I posted in the wrong thread. I'm just a newbie here.

Hello

Would you Please try this PURGE see if helps https://forums.stardock.com/485856/cursorfx-support-faq#reinstalling

Reboot and ReInstall the latest version.

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Thanks for your quick response. I tried the purge. But got an error saying registry value not found and it uninstalled windowfx. I rebooted and reinstalled windowfx. But it's still the same no change. Anything I can try? Thanks again.

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

First off- My avatar- I know, I know but I can't change it ATM so please bear with me for the time being.

Regarding WindowFX- I seem to recall having similar problems but I was REALLY keen on having my windows burn up when they close (just like Compiz does) so I persevered. I discovered, at the time- around a few months ago, that the trial version of the software available for download is v6.02 whereas the latest registered version is v6.03. Once I'd updated to that version my troubles went away but for some reason the previous version is only available to demo. That might have been rectified since then but I can't tell without downloading and installing which I don't want to do. I do know however that a very similar headache to what you're experiencing cisco that I had for a while went away once I upgraded. I expect this is quite off-putting for all new users!

P.S. AzDude, you might consider moving these posts to a new thread now the topic is diverging somewhat!

Thanks for your reply and help. I am on that version also 6.03. It's still the same problem. I figured updating and purchasing would fix it. But sadly it did not thanks again much appreciated.😀

Back on topic now...

First off- My avatar- I know, I know but I can't change it ATM so please bear with me for the time being.

1. Paint.NET doesn't like the new version of WindowBlinds. It hangs when attempting to save a file. I imagine it's something to do with alpha blending but that's just a novice guess.
2. To fix Firefox--a long-standing problem--somewhat (keep an eye out for another thread I intend to write up soon in regards to general rendering issues since the Windows 10 April 2018 / Spring Creators Update) please follow this guide. A simple fix which won't work for Thunderbird (which uses Mozilla's same graphics routines) because it doesn't have a Title Bar button in its options menu! Thunderbird can be skinned but to press the max, min and close buttons you have to waggle the mouse pointer around over the button when clicking. Very frustrating.

Oh, wait! I remember a bit more now. I had a problem with an item in Explorer's context menu (right click menu) which was causing things to hang. It was Comodo Backup's fault and once I'd uninstalled that app the problem went away; assuming this is the same problem of course (it was a while ago now!) You may have another app causing a similar problem? I completely forgot about that but, now I think about it, that's another thing you might want to consider tackling.

Thank you I will try that. I'll let you know after what happens. Thanks again!

Well tried the uninstall programs method. But no go the problem remains. I do appreciate your advice though. 

Hey there guys I just wanted to give you a quick update on my problem. It has been solved the file Explorer window now works. The problem was a program called System Transparency. Once removed everything works as it should. Thanks again for all your help.

This one by Prisoner7 he made when he was 14? https://www.sevenforums.com/free-developer-programs-projects/63796-transparency-project.html

Yeah, I can see how that would cause problems! WindowFX can do transparency itself so it's likely the two apps would clash. Right click on an app's taskbar for the transparency options.

Thank you will try it out.

Windowsblinds still trigers anti cheat engine on Fortnite folks

I gotta say this is really disappointing, Stardock could have easily patched this right now.  The only justification is that there just aren't enough customers to justify it.  Plain out Window Blinds 10 works like crap in WIndows 10.  Is Brad aware of this?