White or Black bars surrounding apps with WindowBlinds enabled

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Hi Folks,

I've just installed WindowsBlinds 11 and when I apply a style, I get black or white bars on two or four sides of the application (see image below) - which is both unsightly and problematic, as the cursor assumes the black bars aren't there so the buttons on the application do not line up with the cursor position (I have to aim a bit up and a bit left to trigger the buttons).

On changing the style applied, the size of the black or white bars can increase/decrease, but the only way to remove them is to not use a custom style, which defeats the point of WindowBlinds.

What I've tried: Turning on Hardware accelerated graphics, restarting the PC, reinstalling the app. TO no success.

Any idea how to fix this?

 

Thanks.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Does the issue happen on all Windows application such as Windows Explorer?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

No, not all. Windows Explorer, OperaGX and Spotify are 3 programs that seem to be unaffected. There's enough affected problems for it to be an issue worthy of me uninstalling the program if it cannot be fixed.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Some of Application does not work well with Windowblinds. Usually, those application that use none standard titlebar. Looking at your screenshot. It look like that application added extra button on titlebar. Which, I believe, its not standard. The best way you can do with these kinds of application is tell Windowblinds to ignore it and don't skin it.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The problem is, that none of the built-in themes support darkmode. 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Can you list some applications which do have the issue so we can investigate please.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Yeah, so ones I've found so far is GoXLR, Streamdeck, RedM, OBS Studio - that's just from what I've found trying to get setup for streaming. If I find anymore, I'll add them.