Weekly Poll: The WindowBlinds 6 Plunge

Upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!

Published on October 3, 2007 By Zoomba In WinCustomize News

This week's poll is all about WindowBlinds 6. It seems like a good idea considering it was released into the wild just yesterday to some pretty positive press. What we're wondering is if you've made the upgrade from WindowBlinds 5, and if not, do you intend to? Since WindowBlinds 6 represents such a major step forward for skinning with things like animated start menus and Vista visual effects for Windows XP, we're very interested in the general opinion on whether or not people think it's worth upgrading now or later (or never).

Expect the results next week.

Comments (Page 3)

iseekserendipity

on Oct 04, 2007

I actually got my Object Desktop subscription renewed just (75%) because of it!

Works like a charm, so far! - lucky for me too: forgot to backup, etc.

Brimo

on Oct 04, 2007

I've upgraded to WB6 and it's generally working fine (after the initial hassle with activation). First I installed it over WB5, but then on looking in the registry I noticed that some WB5 entries were still stored there, which I didn't like, so I uninstalled completely and did a clean install of WB6.

I'm especially pleased with the colour and font controls in the new version. I'm afraid I didn't care for any of the bundled skins, so I've deleted them.

JeremyG

on Oct 04, 2007

I had to uninstall WB6 last night. For some reason it stopped skinning my task bar and no amount of reboots and skin changes would change it.

Vista 64-bit.

warreni

on Oct 04, 2007

I upgraded to the final release version on the 2nd from the first beta, and the new interface and tweaking options are really nice. I had no problems (Win XP MCE).

Ooberman

on Oct 04, 2007

I'll upgrade when Stardock see fit to offer reduced price upgrade fees for longtime users. I have standalone WB (not object desktop) and I'll be damned if I'm forking out another $20 for v6. It would be nice if people who bought prior to feb 2007 were offered some kind of deal via email.

Neil Banfield

on Oct 04, 2007

Ooberman: Upgrades are $15 from an earlier version of WB if you purchased before Feb 1st 2007.

https://www.stardock.com/products/windowblinds/upgrade.asp

ZubaZ

on Oct 04, 2007

Stardock needs to make money to feed their children too.

r@mJET

on Oct 05, 2007

Tried to install the free version on winxp x64 and was told it was incompatible but works with vista x64 and try to a earlier version v5.5 or something.

why should it be up and running with vista x64 but not winxp x64 that has been around much longer?

Tweaker

on Oct 05, 2007

I downloaded WB6 via Object Desktop. I had a problem when installing and was not thrilled about WB6 on Vista. After trying a few different themes I switched back to Aero. The see through taskbar was gone. When I tried to use the WB6 blur effect to try and make it look like it did before installing WB6, it didn't work either. Anyone else had problems with WB6 on Vista? It works great on XP!

ZubaZ

on Oct 05, 2007

See the post here

ZubaZ

on Oct 05, 2007

Anyone else had problems with WB6 on Vista?

I'd uninstall WB6 and reinstall. I'm not seeing what you are.

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