WindowBlinds 8.09 Released

January 7, 2015, 11:59 pm

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Today we released a small update for WindowBlinds bringing it to version 8.09.

Update includes:

Fix for a Firefox titlebar issueAdded better support for high DPI displaysYou can download the update from your Stardock account, or via Object Desktop Manager.

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My ObjectDock Suggestions

January 8, 2015, 12:07 am

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In no apparent order

1- Many programs come with an icon library built-in to the exe with multiple possible standard icons to chose from. Add objectdock support for this so when we click change icon, one of the options on the tree is the built-in icons in the file

2- In options, allow adding folder(s) containing loose icons that we can use to set any icon

3- Auto Alphabetical Sorting Option

4- Add properties option to right click (context) menu of the dock icons so that we can adjust ...

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ID’s Great PC Build of 2015

January 8, 2015, 1:24 am

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You might have seen me mention it before, but my current main/gaming PC is around 7 years old. I really can’t complain though, because it has lasted and really hasn’t caused any problems until now. I built it then for around $600 or so, and it is the main PC I work with and play games on. The past couple of months it has been difficult to start and keep running efficiently, so it’s time to start looking at a new build.

In a previous post I mentioned I was l...

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Screen corruption issue (Chrome only?)

January 8, 2015, 6:07 am

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I am trialling fence (19 days left) and I like it but there is one annoying glitch making me not want to buy.

I have a fence at the bottom of my side monitor that when I cover it with a chrome window, I get screen corruption in the chrome window.

Example pic - here you can see that it has taken an the out-of-view part of the chrome window above the fence (It is the very bottom of the html page that the chrome window is on, but it is NOT IN VIEW at the moment.) and overlaid it at the bottom...

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WindowBlinds 8.09 Released

January 8, 2015, 11:13 am

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Skining in sony vegas 13 and sibelius

January 8, 2015, 2:36 pm

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Just to bring to attention at the current time sony vegas 13.0 and sibelius 7 will not skin. sony vegas has a windows classic skin and sibelius does not have a title bar skin.

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January 2015 Desktop Screenshots

January 8, 2015, 5:20 pm

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Not a 'lot' of skin....however 'da plane' is one of mine.

This is the new Machine....hence all those 'cores'. A 'successful' OS transfer between dissimilar Hardware.

Anyway,

What are your machines sporting, Desktop-wise?

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What Movie Did You Last See?

January 8, 2015, 6:13 pm

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What's the last movie you saw? Doesn't matter if it was at home or at a theater.

Last one I saw was Captain Philips. I thought it a pretty good movie, especially since it was based on real events.

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WindowBlinds 8.09 Beta Update

January 8, 2015, 8:23 pm

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Today we have released the WindowBlinds 8.09 beta. This also addresses the issues from the last update that users reported.

Updated:

Fix for a fix for Firefox titlebar issueAdded better support for high DPI displaysDirectory Opus and Skype 7 fixesYou can download the update from your Stardock account.

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Start Menu dissapears

January 8, 2015, 9:41 pm

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Hi everyone.

Love ObjectDock. I use it with the windows taskbar hidden and have link to the start menu on OD, and when I click the start menu the start menu has always appeared.

However, it doesn't now. It appears to have moved to beyond the right side of the screen. I have set up another user account on my pc to test and the same result.

Can anyone shed light on this and of course methods to fix.

Many thanks.

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Good review of free Windows backup programs.

January 8, 2015, 11:05 pm

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I think a review for the paid varieties will be coming in the future, but this review on gHacks goes into a good/reasonable amount of detail and summarizes the test findings in a tabular form which was quite welcome.

The first good sign was that the comparison criteria were clearly stated at the onset, as well as definitions of the various types of backup schemes. Brinkmann also made clear which software was being tested and which wasn’t.

For these reasons, I really recomm...

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FEATURE REQUEST: Separate pages for multi-monitor setups

January 8, 2015, 11:12 pm

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I have the fences on the left (secondary) monitor set so they are visible on each page, so I'd prefer them to not be affected by the switch-page animation. The fences on the right (primary) monitor are not set to be visible on each page; this monitor will have more than one page.

Simply put:

Each monitor will have separate sets of pages. In my case, one page on one monitor and two pages on another monitor. OR

Disable the p...

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WindowBlinds 8.09 Beta Update

January 9, 2015, 1:05 am

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Andrae Crouch dead at 72

January 9, 2015, 1:51 pm

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"LOS ANGELES (AP) — Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as "The Lion King," has died. He was 72.

Crouch died Thursday afternoon at Northridge Hospital Medical Center, where he had been admitted Saturday after suffering a heart attack, said his publicist, Brian Mayes"

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Feature Friday: Some Favorite Skins from the Past Week

January 9, 2015, 3:01 pm

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Lets end this first long week back from break with some of the latest skins that we’ve seen so far in 2015. These are just some favorites that I liked this week, and you can see all the new skins and themes here.

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windowblinds 8 explorer background issue

January 9, 2015, 4:36 pm

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I've recently installed Windowblinds 8 on a Win7 machine - Mostly is working fine, but sometimes explorer backgrounds don't get skinned properly I usually get a dark grey background (usually I don't like transparency, so I don't enable it) and even applying textures sometimes is not working .

Besides in folder Dowloads and Desktop explorer background is always white , no matter which skin is applied.

More, someimes I need to restart PC to apply a new theme.

I n...

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Activation problem: Reg not recognized and Stardock slow to respond - is there a license file?

January 9, 2015, 8:42 pm

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I've been using Fences 2 since Oct 2013 (and v1 since 2011). I did a Win 8.1 clean reinstall Monday and then reinstalled Fences, 2.13 I presume. Tried to activate it and it didn't recognize my email/pw. Went to the site and it didn't recognize my registration email and pw there either, but when I entered that very same email to reset my pw, the email came and I was able to reset the same pw. But trying to activate or log onto the site, I kept getting the inval...

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CursorFX for Win8 workaround

January 10, 2015, 1:18 am

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I've been a long time Cxp/Cfx user, and have just upgraded to Windows 8. I realize that Cfx isn't compatible with Win8 yet, but since I've become so attached to my customized cursors on WinXP, I was wondering if there is any way to export them into .ani format so that I can continue to use them until a Win8 version of Cfx is released. I wouldn't bother asking, since a developer should be able to rebuild from his own working files, but since I created my cursors (with GI...