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by kal_lmn

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Hey, I have windowsblinds 5.1 on my computer, but I havn't used any skins for a long time now. I decided to use a skin now (aeroglass) so it looks like vista, only whenever I right click while on the internet explorer, all of the options are pushed way to the right of the box, cutting most of the words of (ie. save pic... Save Ba... Add to... Propert... etc).
It doesn't harm anything, but it is extremely annoying.
This only seems to happen on ie, and stays a normal right click on desktop/word/etc.

Thanks in advance for any help you can provide.

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by thumbsup2

What version and level of service pack of Windows are you using? What version of IE are you using? Have you installed all critical patches to the entire system?

Also, WindowBlinds version 5.1 appears to be a VERY old version. Their latest is v 6.2 build 62. Even on their own user forum, I can't find any reference to any version of WindowBlinds earlier than version 5.51. So, how old is this software?

by kal_lmn

Well, I'm using Xp pro service pack 3, and IE 7.0 i believe.

Yes it is old (about a year), but I dont have to money to get a newer version of windows blinds at the moment, though if the problem keeps up, I may just snap and buy it.

No new critical patches.

by older mycroft

Perhaps you have Internet Explorer running with an increased point size (screen font enhancement).

Holding down the 'Ctrl' key and pressing the plus symbol ' + ' will increase the size of the type.

Try holding down 'Ctrl' and pressing the minus ' - ' symbol key, bringing the visible screen point size back down again.

Alternately, check Control Panel > Display Properties > Settings [TAB] > Advanced [BUTTON] > check the DPI setting is set on 'Normal size 96 DPI'.

Setting the DPI to anything larger will cause the dialogue boxes to experience type misfits in 3rd party software.

The reason being that the dimensions of the dialogue boxes are not controllable by Windows control settings, although the type is.

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