Settings Change Look

Locate & click on the

menu option near the top of the window on the

sub-menu.

This tab gives you options to: skin individual applications with different skins, stop an application (app.) from being skinned, exclude certain areas of the application from being skinned (i.e. title bar, background bitmap, scroll bars, ...), disable per pixel borders and more. This gives you the option of not skinning say, your mail program, while skinning the rest of the applications. Or if you’re having trouble with an application being skinned, you can modify settings just for that one program.

Change the Look of an Application.

As you add applications, an icon with the filename and basic reason will appear in the window. By double-clicking on an application, you change the settings. This screen also allows you to delete applications you previously added.

If you hold the <CTRL> (Control) key down when launching an application, you can temporarily disable it from being skinned. However, the next time you run the app. without holding the key down, WindowBlinds will skin the it. If you never want the app. skinned, add it here with the "Total exclusion" box checked for "Ignore this application and do not skin it".

Add Per Application Setting

Click on "Add per application setting" to locate the application you want to make changes too...

Use the Explorer window to browse to the (.exe) and click on it & it will appear next to "File name:" (or type in the exact filename if you know it). Next, click on

to save the selection. (To abort, click either

to close.) The "Per application settings" window is the next to appear and is where you change settings for this application. Near the top, left-hand corner, the filename you selected appears as:

. (If you accidentally clicked on the wrong filename, click

to abort.)

Per Application Settings.

If you want to apply a different skin for this application, click on the pull-down menu and select "Use specified skin":

(If you want to change back to the current skin, select "Use default skin". ) Next, click on

to view the list of installed skins to choose from. The default is "Disabled" (no skin specified).

Click on the desired skin, if there are different versions available, a small pull-down window will appear at the bottom of the window to choose from:

After choosing the skin (and version, if available), click on

. (To cancel, click

.) The Specified skin will be displayed in the upper, right corner.

At this point, click and , then minimize WindowBlinds. Now run the application you just added to see if the skin was applied correctly. If there are problems, maximize WindowBlinds and continue with the next section.

Modify Settings

If your having trouble with an application that you added, you can modify settings or disable it from being skinned to resolve the problem. From the tab, and double click on the application to modify settings. A large list of options appears:

Options - appears as one column.

Action	What it does
Total Exclusion
Ignore this application and do not skin it.	Checked, this application isn't skinned by WindowBlinds. Unchecked, (default) this application is skinned by WindowBlinds.
Non Exclusion Options
Skin this app even if it uses Direct3D (3D app for example).	By default, WindowBlinds won’t skin any games or applications that use their own skins using Direct3D. Checked, the application will be skinned, even if it uses Direct3D. Unchecked, (default) option ignored.
Use an alternative method for handling mouse clicks on titlebars.	Rarely, some skinned apps will ignore mouse clicks on the titlebar. Checked, will use a different method to fix this problem. Unchecked, (default) option ignored.
Feature Disabling
Disable background bitmaps for this app.	Checked, background dialog bitmaps won't be displayed. Unchecked, (default) background bitmaps will be displayed.
Disable flat toolbars for this app.	Checked, flat toolbars will be disabled. Flat toolbars were popular in Microsoft Office 97, but most applications don’t make use of this. Unchecked, (default) flat toolbars used vs. raised look.
Disable scrollbars for this app.	Checked, scrollbars won't be skinned. Unchecked, (default) scrollbars will be skinned.
Disable titlebar skinning for this app.	Checked, the titlebar won't be skinned. Unchecked, (default) titlebar will be skinned.
Advanced Features
This exclusion is not inherited by any apps launched by this app.	Checked, applications launched from this application won't have these exclusions and will be skinned. Unchecked, (default) applications launched from this application will have these exclusions and won't be skinned.
Only skin this applications titlebar.	Checked, only the titlebar will be skinned, nothing else. Unchecked, (default) the whole application will be skinned, unless you disabled other items.
Never use per pixel borders on a skin.	Checked, per pixel borders (transparency) won't be used, colours will be opaque. Unchecked, (default) per pixel (transparent) borders will be available for the skin to use.
Enable if you get a bad image error.	Checked, if you get a bad image error. Unchecked, (default) option ignored.

Delete Application Setting

If you ever need to delete an application from this tab, click on the icon and click on "Delete application setting". You will be asked to verify the removal.

Clicking

will delete the application & it's settings from WindowBlinds. (To cancel, click either