gloss burgundy

crystalline

vox

wraith

rockstar

subsecret

space

stealthOS

turbo

oxidized

nightlit

krome

knot vista

magic

golf

elegance

elan

this is just to name a few, but in reality i own a lot of master skins and every single one of them returns the same error.

Like i said when i was able to use the old windowblinds 6 interface these skins loaded perfectly but now that i don't have that option i can't use any of them. Also ever since the latest update none of the subscriber skins will work either. Hope you can work it out because it's got me stumped

i forgot to add, i recently reformatted my computer and installed WB7 as a new install as well but still get the same problems.

Last night i loaded impulse and there was an update to WB7 6.80 beta to 6.90 beta but i still get the same issue. i have just downloaded the newest subscriber skin and it seems to be working ok. At first trying to load it as a .zip gave me the same error message so i renamed it to .wba and it loaded ok. But before people suggest i try this with other skins, been there done that .

they dont work regardless if they are in .zip or .wba format (this was one of the first things i tried as i have come across this problem before). Also when i tried to load the skin sublime it applies but there are no system tray icons nd all the menus are blacked out. I am a long term object desktop subscriber and my latest subscription runs out in 2012 so i know it's nothing to do with "cracked" software as i have purchased all this stuff legally.

I too am having an issue.. it would seem with one of my fave skins it has rendered it useless. and only this one skin..notice the start menu.. it wasnt like that this morning before I updated.  if i click on the area where the items are you can sort of see in the BG they popup visible but do nothing.. am on windows Vista BTW..

ok i have found a temporary workaround, take your favourite windowblinds skin and rename the .wba file to .zip, unzip it and if needed create a folder for the skin to go into (some skins unzip into their own folder and others don't). then just cut and paste that folder into your windowblinds folder in sshared documents/stardock/windowblinds and then rebuild the list within windowblinds itself. this worked for me with wraith, crystalline and all others i have done so far. This issue stills needs to be addressed but thankfully until then this workaround should work.

Nimbin do you have a default zip handling program like winzip or winrar?

i have WinZIP pro and WinRAR pro as well as universal extractor. WinRAR is my default unzipper

Your workaround makes me think that the problem is related to how compressed files are handled on your system.

Skin installation in WB7 works the same way double clicking on a .WBA file did in WB6.  Did you used to double click the WBA files, or use the add skin option in the old WB6 UI?

Impulse will default to automatically updating itself (and just itself not apps) in the same way as Steam does.  I believe this can be disabled inside Impulse if you wish.

However the problem with Windows Update was unrelated to Impulse updating.  It happened when a Microsoft update (An optional one I believe), was installed on your PC.  Installing WB7 resolved the problem for you, as would have updating to the very latest version of WB 6.4.

Regarding this problem, the WBA extraction code is the same as was used for double clicking WBA files in WB6.  Chances are something is causing the paths being passed to the WB extractor to be invalid in some way and it is something we will be looking into.  I suspect it is a shell association issue.

Regarding scrollbars in WB7, do you mean there is no scrollbar in the preview, or in the lists themselves?

You do not need the click on the scrollbar bit to move the window.  Clicking above the scrollbar will let you drag the list, or clicking in line with it will let you scroll in the same way you can if you had clicked on the visible scrollbar.

Neil: I tried both ways, but i still get the same error message.

Hello all, im having the same problem. But im not finding the .wba file in the folder?

I bought windowblinds for the MOLTEN Skin, but i lose my start menu selections when i mouse over them just as

HG eliminator posted the pic above. If anyone can help me with the work around i would appriciate it.

Thanks topcattroy

EDIT: Ok found the .wba file i downloaded it (molten from get more skins) and the renamed it and unziped it then

copied and pasted it into the folder as you said. I then hit rebuild under options but this don't work. Am i doing something wrong