George Georgopoulos

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I had this problem because I have an athlon64 socket 939 which has built in Data Execution Protection (DEP), a security measure which works with XP SP2. To get windowblinds to skin your taskbar you must disable it. To do this go to control panel> system> advanced> startup and recovery settings> edit. A text document should open in notepad. Then change the text after /noexecute= to alwaysoff. Then save this file and restart Windows. See here fo

Reply to Windowblinds loads, but doesnt really work in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

aufisch: Yes, I tried to do that after unloading WB, and works fine. However, if I try to load WB and apply a skin, the Taskbar & Explorer.exe isn't skined, and the 'access denied' error comes out. I am using WB in my office pc, with SP2 and works fine. I believe it has to do with AMD64... Between home & office pc, software installed, is exactly the same. Vga, sound h/w & s/w, are the same. The only thing that's different is Inter cpu/mobo an

Reply to Windowblinds loads, but doesnt really work in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

It's strange, however I do have almost the same problem... and I do have, WB 4.4.163 Enc, AMD64 & WinXP SP2...! I can't skin my taskbar, neither any explorer.exe window/dialog. I checked Stardock's FAQ, and said that it might happen if we have Display Properties > Appearence > Windows & Buttons set to "Windows Classic Style" It's strange, that I NEVER changed that setting, and it is set to classice style alone...?!!? Even stranger