Hello:
I purchased WindowBlinds yesterday and found that in any skins other than the Default theme, the task bar in Windows 8 keeps sliding out (deploying), then sliding down (hiding) on my alternate monitors. This happens on each extended monitor/screen and each one seems to go by it's own specific rhythm; they're not in time with each other. As you might guess, this is annoying, but I'm also worried that it is causing Windows to use needless CPU resources.
System:
Windows 8.1 Pro, 64
Intel i7 hex-core processor with 64 GB RAM
HIS HD7970 graphic card with the following Monitor configuration:
Behavior:
I can cause it to happen:
By enabling any of the styles other than "Default Theme", and then by maximizing an application (such as FireFox browser) on on any of my monitors (even the center "main" monitor), the task bars on each of the extended monitors will "slide up" and "slide down" repeatedy. They are not in sync with each other; each will slide up and down at its own speed independent of the other.
What it looks like:
I can temporarily stop it from happening:
By clicking on the desktop background or clicking on one of the "jiggly" task bars, the behavior will temporarily stop. But when I go back to the app I enlarged to cause the behavior, then they will again begin their dance, sliding up and down, up and down, up and down...
I can stop it more permanently from happening:
Once the extended-monitor task bars begin their "jumping bean" behavior, there are three ways to stop them:
None of these options are feasible.
I bought Object Desktop for one PC purely for Fences + WindowBlinds. If we can't get WindowBlinds to work without dancing taskbars, then I would have rather just spent $10 on Fences only (this is what I did for my laptop).
EDIT: I sent an email to support, directing them to this thread. I'm very interested in getting this fixed.
Very nicely written report.
Why thank you!
I am in IT myself and also have some beta testing experience, so I know how to find bugs and write bug reports.
There has been no word yet from Stardock, but they ARE in Michigan. I think it's still snowing there. From winter 2012/2013.
EDIT: Oh, lookie there, I have a badge! I wonder, can I make a citizen's arrest with it? Freeze!
Thanks for the detailed report. We will respond to your ticket ASAP.
I'm experiencing this issue too. Please get a fix in place, this is highly annoying.
I, too, have the dancing task bar when I connect a projector to my laptop (running Windows 8.1 PRO 64-bit). The symptom does not recur when the laptop is running standalone (with no connected projectors or monitors). I read in this thread that Support was going to respond to the OP ASAP. Have there been any further developments?
It is probably best to open a support ticket with us if you have not already so we can add your info to the internal ticket on this issue.
Please download and run the following utility:
http://sd.stardock.com/SDSupportTool.exe
This is a tool that we use to gather relevant log files and basic information about your computer. Once the utility finishes running, please attach the .zip file it creates on the desktop when you create a ticket here.
Thanks
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