Curtains not working on W10 enterprise

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Hello,

I'm trying to run curtains on a System running Window 10 Enterprise 20H2 (OS Build 19042.804) using a MS Azure Domain account. Can run stuff "as administrator" though.

After installation curtains can change some colors, but window borders or buttons and other items stay the same whatever I try.

Tried with Curtains 1.15 and 1.17beta. Maybe something to do with the Domain Policies or Windows Enterprise Security?

The "Curtains" svc is running

Help please!

 

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

On the non-admin account, is curtains64.exe running user SYSTEM in taskmgr (it needs to be)?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Yes, the "Stardock Curtains" Service runs as "LocalSystem". In procexp I see 3 running processes running under "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" : one CurtainsSrv64.exe and two Curtains64.exe processes.

One more info: Curtains isn't installed in C:\Program Files(x86).... but in C:\users\myuserid\utils\Curtains. (But this shouldn't be a problem I think)

 

 

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

From what I know it is better to install Stardock's product in its default directory especially in Windows 10 system.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting thomaszobl, reply 3

Yes, the "Stardock Curtains" Service runs as "LocalSystem". In procexp I see 3 running processes running under "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" : one CurtainsSrv64.exe and two Curtains64.exe processes.

One more info: Curtains isn't installed in C:\Program Files(x86).... but in C:\users\myuserid\utils\Curtains. (But this shouldn't be a problem I think)

 

 

Please always install things in program files.  Windows security settings can prevent products working correctly which are not installed in a 'protected' location.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Ok, I reinstalled Curtains in C:\Program FIles(x86)...   I now owe the local admin big time .....:|  

But... that fixed it! Curtains works fine now, thanks!

Might I suggest that the option to install Curtains into a custom directory should be removed as it just results in a non working installation?

 

Many thanks & Cheers

Thomas