Acronis True Image 2011 is incompatible with Windowblinds

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Just a heads up, Acronis recently released an updated version of Trueimage, Trueimage 2011. With this release they totally overhauled the GUI, and in the process made it incompatible with Windowblinds.

Running True Image 2011 with Windowblinds enabled results in a hideously sluggish UI and sliders which do not move correctly, menus that don't open etc etc. The only way to fix it is to totally exclude it.

Just a heads up for anyone who might be using this program

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thank you for reporting this.

We will investigate it and see about providing a fix in the next WindowBlinds update.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Was the same with 2009 and 2010. DI has been on my per app list forever.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use 2010 and never have any problems :rolleyes:

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use 2010 and never have any problems
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Same here.... plays OK with Windowblinds on my rig.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I use 2010 and never have any problems
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Ditto.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Neil... you might also wish to look at Directory Opus' non-skinnability.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I guess the DI one is depending on the skin.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Neil... you might also wish to look at Directory Opus' non-skinnability.
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Dopus lets you control most of the appearance items within the window. The scroll bars skin and the main window frame but the rest is up to you. I usually spend about 10-20 minutes changing Dopus settings to match a new skin,

I think you'd have to get with GPSoftware to make it skinnable because it requires removing some of the programs functionality.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Fuzzy, reply 3
I use 2010 and never have any problems
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Ditto.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I think you'd have to get with GPSoftware to make it skinnable because it requires removing some of the programs functionality.
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Yep, perhaps Dopus could do what Powerdesk did....adopt SD's Directskin for handling appearance [skinning]...;)

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

True Image 2010 skins fine for me too, just not 2011. As for Directory Opus, that works fine with Windowblinds as far as I can see, make sure to turn Windowblinds compatibility mode on in Opus though.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Which operating system are you using?

I am not encountering any slowness on Windows  7 with True Image 2011 home.

Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top

am using 

acronis true image  2011 build 5105    windows 7 64bit  

and windowsblind 7   all ok here, not found any problems....

 

tinbin

 

  

 

 

Reply #14 from Stardock Forums Top

Windows 7 64 Bit - Windowblinds 7.1 (build 273 - Windows 7 Edition) and Stardock's Encounter Skin.

It's not always obvious that Windowblinds is causing the problem, but try this for example. Go to Disk and partition backup on the True Image home screen, then click on "Disk backup options" and choose the "performance" tab. Now try moving the performance sliders, they won't move easily when Windowblinds is skinning the app but exclude it and they move just fine.

According to Tinbin it doesn't happen on all skins, but it definitely does on Encounter. I can make a screencast of this if necessary, just let me know.

Reply #15 from Stardock Forums Top

This picture shows an example of some of the kinds of weirdness I've encountered, non skinned on the left, skinned on the right, as you can see this is totally unusable:-

 

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting BuckoA51, reply 15
This picture shows an example of some of the kinds of weirdness I've encountered, non skinned on the left, skinned on the right, as you can see this is totally unusable:-

 


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What version of WindowBlinds are you using? (post the information from the WB about box)

As far as I am aware the issues with True Image 2011 were resolved some time ago.

Reply #17 from Stardock Forums Top

According to Impulse, the latest version:-

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.2 (build 297 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell SP2309W(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
(SyncMaster 204T/204Ts/204B,SyncMaster Magic CX201Ts(Digital)) 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Wblind.dll      2010/12/03 13:50:20
Wblind64.dll      2010/12/03 13:50:08
Wbsrv.dll      2010/11/29 14:40:56
SevenConfig.exe      2010/11/29 14:40:27
Wbload.exe      2010/11/29 14:40:35
Wbhelp.dll      2010/11/29 14:40:34
Tray.dll           2010/04/01 22:40:19
Wbload.dll           2010/06/07 14:10:25
Screen.exe      2010/06/07 14:10:43

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting BuckoA51, reply 17
According to Impulse, the latest version:-

Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 5.9
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.9

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.2 (build 297 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Dell SP2309W(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580
(SyncMaster 204T/204Ts/204B,SyncMaster Magic CX201Ts(Digital)) 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580

Wblind.dll      2010/12/03 13:50:20
Wblind64.dll      2010/12/03 13:50:08
Wbsrv.dll      2010/11/29 14:40:56
SevenConfig.exe      2010/11/29 14:40:27
Wbload.exe      2010/11/29 14:40:35
Wbhelp.dll      2010/11/29 14:40:34
Tray.dll           2010/04/01 22:40:19
Wbload.dll           2010/06/07 14:10:25
Screen.exe      2010/06/07 14:10:43
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There is actually a newer beta release on Impulse which is certainly worth trying.