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Reply to Windows 10 in Start8 Stardock Forums

I've been using Start8 on the Windows 10 technical preview for a couple months, up until tonight. Microsoft just released Build 9928 and, while I want to say Start8 is no longer compatible, but after uninstalling Start8 I've found that the reality is that Windows' taskbar with respect to the Start menu and the search functionality is completely borked, and there may be no workaround. Using dual monitors with different native resolutions might be related to the problem. (Wi

Reply to Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

Meh. No luck. Only recovery solution I can figure is to format the drive and reinstall Windows 7 and start over. The route I took was a) install Win 7 on top of the corrupted install. This moves all the old program files and Windows dir to Windows.old. b ) Booting from an alternate Windows partition, restore the Windows.old contents back to the root. This once worked for me when Vista was installed over XP, but doesn't work with Win 7 over Win 7. There are far too many hidden

Reply to Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

's why I've been doin this for 12 years.. Anyway, still workin on this, I'll post the solution soon enough. If anyone does know the file change list, I'd like to know, but at this point I suspect the BCD itself. (And no, startup repair doesn't find anything.)

Reply to Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

Actually, Wizard, reply #12 of that thread was exactly why I chose my words here the way that I did.

Reply to Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

I wrote a little console application that performs a binary diff between my original Windows 7 Windows directory (after Bootskin corruption) and the new, temporary installation of Windows 7. Among the hundreds of different files including obvious things like log files and mini-databases, a couple binaries looked interesting: C:\Windows\system32\imageres.dll C:\Windows\system32\en-US\winload.exe.mui I'm sure I'm on the right t

Reply to Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General Stardock Forums

Nimbin you didn't even read what I posted. I installed on Win 7. The computer cold reboots before I even get to an F8 / safe mode option menu. I thought this was the official Stardock forum? If every serious question had a "send an e-mail to support@" reply, every post here would have it.

Bootskin Pro - What Windows files are affected? in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

What Windows files are affected by Bootskin Pro? Out of curiosity I installed Bootskin Pro on Windows 7. As could easily be predicted, it made Windows unbootable. I didn't mind and didn't care because my plan was to just reinstall Windows in "Upgrade" mode. Until I discovered that "Upgrade" mode won't run unless you're running within the working instance of Windows that you want to "upgrade". So I installed a fresh Windows 7 on an alternate partition, and now I ju

Reply to Window FX should disable when Remote Desktop is accessed in WindowFX Stardock Forums

Also BTW, this might be issue in context of my favorite WindowBlinds skins utilizing some WB features. Combined, WFX+WB result in this blank screen.

Reply to Window FX should disable when Remote Desktop is accessed in WindowFX Stardock Forums

BTW, Window FX is running on the Windows XP machine (my home PC) that is hosting Remote Desktop service (Terminal Services). It is also running on the Remote Desktop client machine (my work PC), but that's irrelevant.

Window FX should disable when Remote Desktop is accessed in WindowFX Stardock Forums

I frequently access my home PC from work using Remote Desktop, but when I do, if Window FX is running I just get a blank screen and RD eventually just quits. Being a software developer myself, I have thought about putting up a monitor service to watch for Terminal Services activity and automatically kill Window FX, and then sharing it with the community .... but then I thought, heck, this is something that should be fixed in the product, I should just put in a complaint and cross my fingers.<br/

Reply to WB Bug: Maximize alignment incorrect on multi-monitor configuration having different resolutions in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

My skin is Pix Office from the full Pix Office suite. Yes, my 2 screens appear as 2 screens in display properties. Actually, 3 appear because I also have MaxiVista (a third party product) installed for a third 1600x1200 display (monitor # 3, positioned to the far left, running on another laptop). So my Display properties' display positioning configuration is 3 on left, 1 in middle, and 2 on right, with 3 and 1 being 1600x1200 while display 2

WB Bug: Maximize alignment incorrect on multi-monitor configuration having different resolutions in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I have two monitors. My primary monitor is a 1600x1200 display, and my secondary monitor is 1680x1050. When I drag windows to the secondary display, the windows maximize in the secondary display (as they should) but with the dimensions of 1600x1200 rather than 1680x1050. As a result, a gap appears on the right and some of the window is cropped on the bottom. I'm running WinFX 3.0 but adding the app (iexplore.exe) to WinFX's exception list