WindowBlinds 5.51 Shareware Released

Change the look and feel of Windows XP, Windows Vista with WindowBlinds

Published on June 27, 2007 By Alexandra In WinCustomize News

Stardock has released WindowBlinds 5.51 which adds 64-bit support for Windows Vista. WindowBlinds is a program that can change the entire look and feel of Windows XP or Windows Vista by applying a new "skin" to the Windows user interface. These skins (also known as visual styles) can change title bars, push buttons, the Start bar, scrollbars, and nearly every other part of the Windows interface. Thousands of free skins are available to give Windows a whole new theme.

WindowBlinds 5.51 not only adds support for running on 64-bit Windows Vista (32-bit support already available) but also adds support for Vista Aero shadows even on skins that don't explicitly support shadows. WindowBlinds is a free download. Users can register it for $19.95 on its own or purchase it as part of Object Desktop for $49.95 which includes over a dozen additional programs to enhance the Windows experience.

The WindowBlinds home page is http://www.windowblinds.net. Stardock's home page is https://www.stardock.com

Comments (Page 2)

Bebi Bulma

on Jun 28, 2007

I think I had this happen with Luna when I was adjusting the titlebar height or something.

AzDude

on Jun 28, 2007

So far the new WBlind for 64bit Vista is causing
my computer to Crash ( Blue Screen ) at boot-up
almost everytime , sometimes it has to boot 2 or 3
times now before it finally takes - just like the previous
version of WB did not Vista ready , as per Zubas sent some
info to stardock support , but no feed back yet - hope this
bug fix comes soon .....

My WB info :

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 5 (5.51 (build 110 x86 - Vista Edition)) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC

WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC

(SyncMaster 204T/204Ts/204B,SyncMaster Magic CX201Ts(Analog)) 1 is attached to RADEON X300/X550 Series

Wblind.dll 2007/06/18 15:11:20
Wblind64.dll 2007/06/18 15:11:04
Wbsrv.dll 2007/05/05 16:28:50
Wbconfig.exe 2007/06/19 10:43:03
Wbload.exe 2006/03/13 16:54:14
Wbhelp.dll 2004/09/18 16:37:07
Tray.dll 2006/04/28 18:26:49
Wbload.dll 2005/02/23 17:09:23

someone31988

on Jun 28, 2007

When I upgraded to WB 5.51, I ended up with a couple of minor problems...

Since when do I apply Luna on Vista?

Aero applies fine anyway, though.

And what happened to font smoothing? When I use a WindowBlinds skin, it seems to go away in select places such as the Start Menu and on icon text.

Didn't have these problems on 5.5. Oh well, Vista is still new, hopefully small things like this will be worked out in 6.0.

PurrBall

on Jun 28, 2007

Aero applies fine anyway, though.

It gives me classic with aero titlebars

ep0h

on Jun 28, 2007

5.51 release
----------------
x64 Vista support added
Fix for issue with CS3
Misc tweaks and performance enhancements

That's all the change info I could find.

Cavan1

on Jun 28, 2007

more like me being angry at the fact that Stardock would willingly release WB with a bug they knew exsisted.

This has been a quirk for many releases, my guess is it is an OS thing of system tray and I have also seen it with quick launch icons being tied to titlebar height.

This quirk also goes the other way, small titlebar height gives small tray icons.

WB does work around some Windows quirks but to work around all would be a tall task.

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