WindowBlinds 11 "not installed correctly" on a machine with no ESET AV

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Every time I try to apply a style, WindowBlinds complains about not being correctly intalled, and the About screen has the same message.

Here's the message from the About screen, since it also shows the version numbers for everything:

Windows 10 Pro 22H2 (19041.vb_release.191206-1406)
WindowBlinds 11.00 (011 - Windows 10 Edition) - 64 bit OS
WindowBlinds is not installed correctly on this PC.  If you did not reboot after installing WindowBlinds 11 for the first time, then please reboot and try this again.

I DON'T have ESET AV. I've already tried running the Stardock-supplied Purge_WB.bat suggested in a different thread to get rid of any old versions of files and reinstalling, but still get the same message. I've also tried running the installer as an administrator in case it's a permissions issue, but that didn't help.

Anyone have any suggestions?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Do you have an insider or dev build of W11?

Do you have any AV software and did you turn it off during dl an during installation of WB?

Do you have any other GUI modifying/customizing software on your machine?

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 1

Do you have an insider or dev build of W11?

End of DrJBHL's quote

You probably missed my edit with the software versions. I'm using Windows 10 Pro.

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 1

Do you have any AV software and did you turn it off during dl an during installation of WB?
End of DrJBHL's quote

I have Immunet, but all its realtime protections are disabled.

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 1

Do you have any other GUI modifying/customizing software on your machine?
End of DrJBHL's quote

Only Rainmeter. I haven't found anyone reporting them being incompatible, so I haven't bothered testing if that's the culprit yet, but might as well test that too.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I am not familiar with Immunet, but, try looking into its setting on HIPS or something similar. Try whitelisting Windowblinds on it.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the answers. I'll have to be away from the machine for a week because of the Christmas, so I'm unable to troubleshoot the issue for a while. Need to be back at it after the holidays.

 

Have a pleasant Christmas everyone!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Same to you, Soirooppi! Enjoy! :thumbsup: