WB 4.09?

If you have CM, set it to show all betas of the programs. 4.09 is a beta version.

I have "View All Components" selected at the top/right of the Available Components window. It still only indicates 3.51, 4.00b, and 4.00 versions are available.

Ah, now that I checked, same here on CM. I looked in the WindowBlinds development newsgroup and saw that the newer betas were announced as available only on the Stardock Central app. Only released versions will show on CM:

"I do not plan to update the CM installers except for release builds,so you'll need to use Stardock Central to get betas.

Kris"

I have yet to upgrade to SDC, but if you want the betas that's an encouragement to do so. I think I also saw in the newsgroup that the release version of WB 4.1 might occur in a week or so. So if you want to wait for that....

Thanks sig101, I did notice the SDC, and will probably change over to that eventually. Think I'll wait until 4.1 though. Should I uninstall the Component Manager before installing SDC?

Thanks again!

No, you don't have to uninstall CM before you download SDC. (For a while treeview I think and perhaps some other apps were not available on SDC but I got the feeling that eventually all apps would be if they're not already.) SDC creates and puts everything in a Stardock folder/directory. While the stuff you've already downloaded via CM appears in an Object Desktop folder/directory.

My understanding is that people recommend backing up your skins that are in the Object Desktop directory (not the programs) because you will move them over to the Stardock directory used by SDC. Then use SDC to download WindowBlinds, Desktop X, etc, whatever programs you use that are available on SDC. Then move your skins over to the appropriate program folder in the Stardock directory.

Now I've seen some people say you should uninstall WindowBlinds and the other programs on/via CM that you will use before you install through SDC. (And I usually reboot after uninstalling and before reinstalling programs just to make sure the uninstall routine is completed ok.) I think that may be so when you download new skins they should automatically install under the Stardock WB directory, for example, rather than the Object Desktop WB directory. Haven't tried it myself yet so dunno first hand. But the important thing is to back up your already downloaded skins so you can move them over to the Stardock directory and won't risk losing them if you uninstall the apps via CM.

Anyway, I trust I've made myself perfectly confusing. It's probably much easier in the doing than my attempts to explain.

Believe it or not, I understood everything!