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sincpro

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Great, I look forward to an update. Well I can't pin it to one theme. It seems like having multiple themes in different combinations in that folder (C:\users\user-name\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\themes) causes it to crash. I'll keep trying to narrow it down.

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Spot on! I removed the added themes from C:\users\user-name\appdata\local\microsoft\windows\themes and.......BINGO! It's all working now. So I have to go through the add-ons and figure out which one was the culprit. Thanks Neil for taking the time to provide some constructive comments to help sort this out.

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

It's US English. I was thinking along the same lines. Are you referring to MS provided themes or WB provided themes/skins? Are MS themes supposed to show up in WB list of Visual Styles? They don't. I could remove WB or MS themse/skins for testing? Then I could add them in one at a time and see if there is a problem with anyone specific theme. I know how to remove MS themes, not so sure about WB skins.

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

That's an odd thing as well. It can preview and load any other theme. Including added themes. Just not Window Aero, Microsoft. "WindowBlinds 7 Configuration app has stopped working". It works on Classic, Modified Aero, Aero colours, Aero Clay, Aero Metals, Aero Woods, AeroGlass, etc. And once loaded WB config app will crash but WB remains loaded and can be instantly reopened from the taskbar or start menu. But initial loading from full unload my require a few of attempts.<

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

The patched dll's are easy to remove. All the patching software does is rename the original 3 dll's and patch a copy. These remain in the same folder. To get back to the originals you can use the patching program or manually delete the patched dll's and rename the originals by removing whatever was appended to the end. Then reboot. I've done that and WB would not start. Same problem as before. I've extracted clean copies of the 3 dll's and replaced the originals. Still WB would not st

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

You are missing the point of the theme patch. I applied that as a test after having the problem noted above. WB would not start at all!! The original install was clean OS and clean full WB install. No patches or other gui theme programs, etc were on my computer. It was only after applying the patch that WB would even start. It pretty much works fine except for trying to apply or view the stock Aero theme. And again this is after the patch. The program works after&nbs

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Actually if you read the rest of the thread, you would have seen that It wouldn't work at all before apply the uxtheme patch. Now It works on an off. It's back on now. I've changed the themes and add some to try. Still crashes with stock Aero theme. But now will come back because it remains loaded with the OS. So this situation appears to be something different. As I stated above, there are no other GUI changing programs, aside from the patch which I just applied as an experiment and se

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Spoke too soon. Booted up today and WB crashed. Same error message. Can't get WB to start. Well maybe Stardock support will be able to figure something out.

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I got it working. I uninstalled WB again, and used VistaGlazz 2.0 to patch the Uxtheme.dll. Reinstalled WB and it started working. For the most part. I can't apply or view the stock Microsoft Aero Theme without it crashing. So right now there is no way to go back to original theme. Also when trying to apply a windows themes through desktop, context menu, personalize. The colors don't exactly match anymore. So, I'm one step closer.

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Thanks for the idea. I've checked and I don't have Nview. The only Nvidia service running is nvsvc for the display driver and 2 Nvidia precesses nvvsvc.exe for driver helper service. Nothing Nvidia in the usual start up locations.

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I have started a ticket. The version would be 77.01.022_02.04.2010 for the .impulse file. Versions of wbconfig.exe and wbload.exe are both 7.0.0.0. SevenConfig.exe is 7.0.1.0 version 7.01 I haven't been able to load the program to add any themes.

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Reply to WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Thanks for the reply. Clean install full version. WB will not even open to apply or look at anything including settings. Tried turning off security programs and clean up. Uninstall/reinstall and still crashes out of the gate.

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WB failure to launch in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I just purchased and installed Windowblinds 7 on Windows 7 32 bit. I used the Impulse program to download and install. Every time I try to start WB it crashes. "WindowBlinds 7 Configuration APP has stopped working." It shows the program and sometimes will start to show the themes at the bottom and then stops with the above message. I've updated and verified and run as administrator without luck. WEI score 4.0. Intel pentium 4, 3.2GHz. NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GS. 4 GB RAM.

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