Vertical Taskbars

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know few things.

1. Your on Windows 10 or 11? Also need its full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe to get these numbers.
2. You using Start10 or Start11 is any? Need its full version number too.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Hi thanks for the reply! Here is my version info:

Windows: Version 22H2, OS Build 19045.6332

Skin Studio: Version 10.1

WindowsBlinds: 10.89 (064 - Windows 10 Edition) - 64 bit OS

Start10: Version 1.98

I tested on Windows 10 with WB10.89 with Start10 1.98. But, I don't see issue. Please test applying "Latana" skin and post a screenshot showing us your issue. That might help us understand your issue.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

So I applied Lantana and on the surface it looks fine, but my issue lies with skinning the the vertical taskbar.

I did a simple edit where I turned the taskbar buttons 90 degree counterclockwise to make "vertical buttons", and then I tried to apply the skin from Skin Studio.

In the screenshot below, you can see in Skin Studio that the button shows correctly there, but on the vertical taskbar it still uses the horizontal taskbar buttons. This is the issue I've been having with my own skin.

I need the button to be different for the vertical taskbar.

Yes, the horizontal taskbar buttons are forced to be used in the vertical taskbar. Not really sure if it can be fixed, but I have hoped Stardock could do something about that over the years.

Hello,
I have forwarded 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. Thank you.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

That's a bummer, but it feels like the likely explanation at this point. Sucks because I do keep my taskbar on the right side. I'll just have to alter my buttons and keep the previous design incase anything changes.

Thank you so much for your time and effort on this, Basj. Much love.

Thanks for clearing that up for people. We just had this same discussion earlier. And yes it sucks MicroShit doesnt care about the skinners.

Said my peace and I am done.  

I've since just reworked the entire taskbar, but I had a really need idea going before. I definitely feel frustrated though, I really want to skin windows 10 elements. I love the concept of tiles and being able to skin that would be incredible, or even just to skin/get rid of the explorer file menu bar with that annoying white line.

I'll have to move onto windows 11 pretty soon anyway though, and I have no idea what to expect.