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1  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 11:43:50 pm
Yes, applying any custom theme breaks the open and save buttons for any open programs. So you have to re-open those programs and then the buttons work again. That's livable for every day programs, and will be fine when my theme is finished as it will be set as the default one and not changed, but when you're working on a theme, it becomes very annoying having to close and re-open WSB after every test, especially not being able to save after you've tested the theme too.

EDIT: Earlier in this thread I did mention having used Windows Navigation Buttons Cusomizer and Start Orb Changer. Even though these tools seemingly work seamlessly with visual styles, and that I've used the built in restore functions to restore them to their default state, have they been known to cause problems to anyone else?
2  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 11:27:50 pm
Yeah, I won't touch them. UXStyle appears to run a background process that intercepts Windows' theme signing, it doesn't actually touch the system files. So seeing as I reverted to the backups I made before I even activated Universal Theme Patcher, I don't think it could be to do with system files being strange. I guess the worst case scenario is that I develop my theme on another computer and then use it on my primary one. It's just a little weird seeing as the system files are vanilla as far as I can tell, and Windows Style Builder is pretty self contained, so something else is affecting the themes being used.
3  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 11:11:42 pm
I have looked in those folders. I created a .bak for every system file that could get modified (ExplorerFrame.dll, themeui.dll, uxtheme.dll, themeservice.dll) and have restored them to these backups.

When you say "delete the variant ones", do you mean the ones that have a different file extension? I've got a few .mui files for themeui, uxtheme and themeservice but I don't know if they're part of Windows or not...
4  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 10:39:17 pm
Yeah, I know I contradicted myself there. I did say multiple times that I know it's not a problem with WSB, I was starting to think that it was but then realized it wasn't when I discovered that the problem occurs without WSB even being part of the equation.

I have checked all of the system files that UniversalThemePatcher modified (even though I used the in-built restore function before I installed UXStyle) and they are all un-modified, with their "Date Modified" values the same as the other machines that I tested WSB on. I have also executed SFC /scannow in CMD to check for and reinstall any modified system files. This tool comes up clean and says that no action needs to be taken. I have been using Personalisation in Control Panel to test this out, so that I could confirm it is nothing to do with WSB. When I switch to a theme that uses a custom msstyles in the Personalize window, all currently open applications such as Notepad can no longer open the save/load dialog box, and simply do nothing when their save/open/import/export buttons are clicked. I've recently noticed that this affects Google Chrome too, preventing the save dialog from popping up when trying to download a file.

Yes, the import/export buttons inside of WSB become unresponsive when there is an image present, but only after I test the theme (which loads the custom msstyles which breaks the buttons).

To clarify, I originally thought that Windows Style Builder was breaking itself. But I've recently discovered that the act of applying a theme that uses a custom msstyles stops any Windows save/load dialogs from appearing in any application that uses them.
5  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 09:00:22 pm
I tried copying the folder "C:\Windows\Resources\Themes\Aero\Shell\NormalColor" which contains ShellStyle.dll over to the same place in the Obscuro theme's folder and overwriting it but it seems to have no effect... The problem still persists. If I open up Notepad, change the theme to Obscuro and then try to open or save, nothing happens! If I start with the Obscuro theme applied, then open Notepad and change back to the default Windows 7 theme, that also breaks the open and save buttons!
6  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 06:02:48 pm
I know I stated it in a previous post. I was changing the theme, then opening Notepad, which is why the effects weren't being shown!

This happens when changing the theme from the default Aero theme to Obscuro or any other theme that uses a custom .MSSTYLES file. Changing between themes that have aero.MSSTYLES (such as Nature, Landscapes and other built-in themes) as their common .MSSTYLES does not affect the save buttons.
7  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 05:47:19 pm
I'll give it a go now. Remember though, this doesn't seem to just be a problem with Windows Style Builder. If I open Notepad, change my theme to a custom one using the Personalise menu, then try to open or save in Notepad, it breaks there too, without even touching WSB. It doesn't seem to be caused by Windows Style Builder, it's caused by changing the active .MSSTYLES, which is leading me to believe it's a problem with UXStyle or something in that region.

As for the latest build, the exact thing happens. Failed Window Show, 2 Common Dialog, 0 Windows.
8  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 05:25:51 pm
There doesn't seem to be any difference. I did the exact same thing and the buttons are broken. The save button displays the error "Failed Window Show", 2 Common Dialog, 0 Windows.
9  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 04:53:30 pm
I opened your test program, imported a new image for the close button, tested and then tried the import button which was then broken. I tried to click save and got the popup: Failed Window Show, 2 Common Dialog, 0 Windows.
10  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 14, 2014, 03:28:31 pm
Has anyone got any ideas? I've done multiple sfc /scannow commands and according to that, all the system files are fine. I've done multiple re-installs of UXStyle and WSB and the problem still persists. I'm getting to the point where I would like a refund as this product simply does not work.

EDIT: I just re-tried opening Notepad, then WSB and testing the theme and the open and save buttons break in Notepad too! I then tried opening Notepad and changing the current theme to a custom one through the Windows personalize menu and it breaks Notepad's open and save buttons too. So it looks like for some reason, changing the .MSSTYLES while programs are open breaks their open and save buttons every single time. I wonder why that's happening...
11  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 04, 2014, 06:19:17 pm
Hmm, that's quite interesting. I've tried it on my copy but it seems there is no window there at all, as using the arrow keys and tabs just make the Windows "ding" sound to signify that the key does nothing. This is definitely a problem with some file on my machine, as I've now tested WSB on two computers, one with a clean Windows install and one with an old Windows install and they both work just fine. Is there a way to get the "old" builds still? It'd be interesting to see if it's something to do with that.
12  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 03, 2014, 05:53:34 pm
I am not using any particular MSStyles, I'm just starting with a new theme and changing the close button. I downloaded and opened the MSStyles file for the theme "Obscuro", and the problem is present with that too. Test the theme, stop testing and after that, the import, export and save buttons break.
13  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 02, 2014, 11:50:06 pm
Yes, the open and save buttons work as normal in Notepad before and after clicking test theme. When the import, export and save buttons have broken in WSB, they remain working in Notepad. I have also tried uninstalling UXStyle, running SFC /scannow in Command Prompt to fix any edited Windows system files then reinstalling UXStyle, WSB and trying again and the problem persists.
14  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: September 02, 2014, 08:34:39 pm
I have tried using the current beta (1.5.6.2) and the problem is still present in the exact same form. No error message when trying the import, export or save buttons, they just do nothing. I am using another cusomization feature which is Windows 7 Navigation Buttons Customizer by Door2Windows. I have tried restoring my navigation buttons to default using this program, but the problem is still present.
15  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: August 31, 2014, 07:23:40 pm
I've done a clean Windows install on my second computer (a MacBook Air) and installed UXStyle and it works seemingly fine. I then went back to my main computer and tried restoring/undoing the patches from universalthemepatcher, rebooting then installing UXStyle and it still hasn't fixed the problem. The bug can still be reproduced 100% of the time on computer 1 again. I already have Visual C++ Redist 2008 installed. Is there a list of the files Windows Style Builder creates? Could it be possible that there's a corrupt file or reg entry hanging around somewhere? I've got a feeling that when I uninstall WSB it's not clearing up absolutely every file that's associated with it.
16  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: August 27, 2014, 11:42:26 pm
I'm using UniversalThemePatcher x64. Viewing the properties it says that it's version 1.5.0.22, by deepxw. Quick quesion, does WSB's licence allow me to install on another one of my computers? I could try it on a clean Windows installation then to verify that it's not something that I have installed causing issues.
17  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Re: Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: August 27, 2014, 10:24:38 pm
Could the fact that I'm on Windows 7 64 Bit have anything to do with the problem? It's very strange, seems as if it starts off every now and then and progresses to happening all the time.
Here are my full system specs if it's relevant: Win 7 64 Bit, 16GB Ram, i7 2600K @ 3.8GHz (Stock), Nvidia GTX 780


I've clean re-installed WSB, deleting any leftover program files in Program Files, APPDATA, and TEMP (those are the only leftovers I know of). I've then done the exact method below 15 times in a row, and the bug has occurred every single time:

Open WSB > Start a new visual style > Import image for close button > Test theme > Stop testing > Import, export and save buttons all broken

It's not actually possible for me to begin making a theme because this problem happens literally every time, I haven't been able to find a case where the import, export and save buttons actually work after testing the theme... I'll download the latest beta again and see if it makes a difference.
18  Windows Style Builder / Bug Reports / Import, Export and Save buttons stop working after testing theme on: August 27, 2014, 06:15:01 pm
I have encountered a pretty fundamental error in my first few minutes of using Windows Style Builder. I am using the latest version (1.5). This bug can be reproduced with a 100% success rate. I open WSB, create a new theme based on Aero, edit an image and then test. After stopping the test, the import, export and save buttons do nothing when clicked until the program is closed and restarted. I downloaded the latest public beta and tried the same thing, and surprisingly this bug is still present.

Is this happening to anyone else? It's rather annoying having to exit and re-start the program every single time you test the theme.
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