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WindowBlinds 11 News

WindowBlinds 11.07 Changelog

  • Fixes some black backgrounds on file property windows when HDR is enabled on Win11
  • Fixes an issue with resizing Notepad windows on Win11 and ending up with black backgrounds on resize.
  • Workaround for a massive delay loading nanozip with a WB skin applied
  • Updated WB DLLs to exclude the following applications: GOG, Microsoft Teams, Steam, Battle.net, Epic Games Launcher, Spotify, and Discord.
  • Fixed an issue where Firefox could block a WindowBlinds DLL, causing file open dialog problems. Added a registry option at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Stardock\WindowBlinds — create a DWORD value named BypassDllBlocking and set it to 1 (reboot required) to load alternate DLLs if needed.
  • This fixes an issue with colour picker dialogs where the buttons were not painted in the client area.
  • This resolves an incompatibility with Ubisoft Connect closing on launch

WindowBlinds 11.06 Released

04/08/2025

Version
UI: 11.06
WindowBlindsConfig.exe: 11.0.6.0

Changes
  • Addresses another issue with a new insider build and some more new explorer theme parts.
  • Addresses issue with a new insider build and some more new explorer theme parts. A slightly more generic fix has been applied now

WindowBlinds 11.04 Released

WindowBlinds 11.04 Changelog (Released 01/31/2025)

Version
UI: 11.04
WBConfig.exe:11.0.4.0

Platforms
Stardock and Steam

Changes
  • Resolved issue with not being able to open file explorer windows on insider builds of Windows
  • Resolved issue with taskbar painting not painting the tray correctly when using later version of Windows when the skin uses a tray section
  • Stopped modern teams client from skinning the frames
  • Resolved a black flicker issue using explorer on insider builds of Windows when giving a window focus / losing focus.

WindowBlinds 11.02 Changelog

WindowBlinds 11.02 (Released 04/17/2023)

Stardock release: 04/05/2023
Steam release: 04/17/2023
UI version: 11.02
File version 11.0.2.1

  • Has some fixes for issues with the taskbar painting when on a tablet with Windows KB5022913
  • Tweaks how the address bar transparency is handled on Win11 in explorer and has a small fix for taskbar support for Windows update KB5022913
  • This has support for 22H2 Moment 2
  • Fixes some issues with taskbar progress bars
  • Fixes a repaint issue with VLC and XnViewMP
  • Support for tabbed notepad
  • Fix for painting issue with light glass area and tabbed frame section working right now when you do not define the maximized version (though you should)