OD & WB
Published on February 18, 2025 By MarkSnyder61 In WindowBlinds

So pretty disappointed in WindowBlinds. I am a OD Subscriber for many years and I like the products I have paid for. WB works great on Windows 10 but I'm not going backwards. When WIN11 came out I immediately installed WB and although most of the skins work it bogged down my system that I could not even open up outlook until I excluded it "per app" and Stardock claims WB is faster than the default skin WIN11 gives right Out of the Box. So I put WB aside and pretty much all Stardock products. When Win11 Build 24H2 came out that build was pretty fast. BTW...I have an Intel i9 10th gen with 64 GB RAM. So with that build I decided to give OD and all it's apps a chance but can you imagine that all the Skins I load bog down my system. When opening Outlook it was so slow I had to revert back without WB and low and behold everything starting working normally again. I think what is happening is OD's WB is optimized for 24H2 but I could be wrong. What I think is happening here is all the WB skins here on Wincustomize are designed for Win7 and Win10. I would like to see Stardock go through the skins available on Wincustomize and separate them out based on Win7/10/11 accordingly and maybe even use separate libraries because right now they seem to load up but wreak havok with your resources, etc. What do you think Stardock, are you up to the challenge to keep happy customers!


Comments
on Feb 18, 2025

All my skins have been tested on Windows 11 MarkSnyder61, but if you have a problem with one please let me know. 🙂

on Feb 18, 2025

Hi LightStar - Thank you for the offer but it seems no matter what I load same thing happens. Not sure if I should just abandon OD all together and opt for something else but I've been a supporter to Stardock for a long time. I wish WB had an option to install only WB 100% compatible with WIN11_24H2. Maybe that is on their "To Do List"?

on Feb 18, 2025

WB skins are not specific to versions of Windows 11.  There are no new sections added since Win11 initial release and generally any skin for Win10 would work fine on Win11.

Can you be more specific about the issues you are having as we do not seem to have anyone else reporting similar problems.

on Feb 18, 2025

Hi Neil - Slow and sluggish system after applying any skin. As I mentioned in my original msg WB doesn't like MS Office. I am running Office 2021 64-bit. Hope this helps?

on Feb 18, 2025

Are you using the latest version of Windowblinds 11,  version 11.04 I think? Oh, and you might want to get rid of MS Office and get Trio Office in the Microsoft store, works great and a heck of a lot cheaper! 

on Feb 18, 2025

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Just to be sure if WB is your issue, first, Please try, uninstall WB, reboot immediately (important), download latest version v11.04 available in your account product download page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products. Install it, reboot immediately again. Retest it and report back.

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.