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Published on August 19, 2018 By pawztoo In WindowBlinds

Windows Seven. Been a user of Window Blinds for many years and not  had problems; it has been a delightful enrichment to my desktop. Recently I put new hard drive on and swapped files around and had to put WB7 on again. That was fine except that I could not get  it to accept my  key. I  contacted Stardock and  did receive an automatic response but trying to understand what I was supposed to do with 682.txt for activation defeated me, so  finally I thought, time I upgraded, and bought WB10.

It is a disaster! I can see the theme(s) I want and have been using without problems in WB7, but in WB10 all I get is the colour, no textures, no change to the Windows start button, nothing but the basic colour of the theme. This cannot be right but I do not know how to correct it. Rebooting doesn't solve it. If I could sort the activation thing out I would go back to WB7 in a heartbeat. Not a happy bunny. If someone could point me to a solution I would be  so grateful.


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on Aug 19, 2018

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

First, Windows 10 handle a lot of things very differently if compare to Windows 7 with respect to GUI. You will need to install Start10 to change the start button and start menu to Windowblinds Style Start Menu.

Then there are some of those old themes that have not been updated for Windows 10. Mostly, those new upload should be compatible with windows 10. Try those, a lot of New Skin uploads every weeks, which you can try out.

Try those and let us know if you still need assistant.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

on Aug 19, 2018

(If I understand him correctly, he's running WB10 on Win7.)

on Aug 19, 2018

DaveRI

(If I understand him correctly, he's running WB10 on Win7.)

If that is true, than I purge and reinstall is in order.Please try these steps https://forums.stardock.com/486023/windowblinds-support-faq#reinstalling

Make sure you reinstall with the latest version from your account. And reboot.

Please let us know if you still facing the same problem after that.

Also note that my Windows 7 run WB10 without any problem.

Thanks Dave.

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

on Aug 19, 2018

yes that is correct DaveRI I am using WindowBlinds 10 on Windows Seven. I was using WindowBlinds Seven on Windows Seven and had no issues. The themes I was using then, two days ago, worked perfectly then, they are not working properly now..... will try the purge.

on Aug 19, 2018

pawztoo

yes that is correct DaveRI I am using WindowBlinds 10 on Windows Seven. I was using WindowBlinds Seven on Windows Seven and had no issues. The themes I was using then, two days ago, worked perfectly then, they are not working properly now.....

Please try the solution I suggested in reply #3

on Aug 19, 2018

it has not made a difference. The only one  that worked before was Cideral, and that  works still, but the others that I tried did not

on Aug 19, 2018

What theme did you tried that failed?

 

on Aug 19, 2018

Digital Tech ( which I was using before the change) and Monarch, which I have used before.

on Aug 19, 2018

Did any of the theme that come along with WB10 works?

on Aug 19, 2018

I shall go through the purge - install again as I  reinstalled the copy I first downloaded a couple of hours back, forgot to go to the Stardock account. Not hopeful it will make a difference though.

on Aug 19, 2018

yes, Cideral, as I have  mentioned just a post or two earlier. I have to go down and do  food for husband now, will be back later. Thanks.

 

on Aug 19, 2018

This is Cideral and Monarch on my Windows 7 with WB10 no problem at all :

on Aug 19, 2018

Please let us know and list down more detail what is your problem. If possible please show us a screenshot of your problem.

Thank you,

 

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant

on Aug 19, 2018

on Aug 19, 2018

screenshot above is with Digital Tech running... not. I have run the batch file and purged and then reinstalled a fresh copy from account. Nothing else to say. If you could get my Window Blind 7 to accept my activation I would gladly return to that........

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