Editing WindowBlinds (section)

{{Short description|Windows user interface customization software}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox software
| name                   = WindowBlinds
| logo                   = WindowBlinds 10 icon.png
| screenshot             = WindowsBlinds screenshot.png
| caption                = 
| developer              = [[Stardock]]
| latest release version = 11.02
| latest release date    = {{Start date and age|df=yes|2023|04|05}}
| operating system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| size                   = 79 MB (setup size)
| genre                  = Operating system customization
| license                = [[Trialware]]
| website                = {{URL|stardock.com/products/windowblinds/}}
}}

'''WindowBlinds''' is a computer program that allows users to [[skin (computing)|skin]] the [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[graphical user interface]]. It has been developed by [[Stardock]] since 1998, and is the most popular component of their flagship software suite, [[Object Desktop]]. It is also available separately, and as an [[Component Object Model|ActiveX/COM]] component called [[DirectSkin]]. Introduced in its sixth version, it supports [[alpha blending]] effects similar to the [[alpha compositing|compositing]] of [[Windows Vista]], but on [[Windows XP]].

WindowBlinds has been downloaded over 10 million times<ref>''[http://www.stardock.com/newsitem.asp?id=864 WindowBlinds reaches 10 million download mark!]'', Stardock News, 28 March 2006</ref><ref>[http://www.download.com/WindowBlinds/3000-2326_4-10516315.html?tag=lst-0-1 WindowBlinds] at [[Download.com]]</ref> and was voted "Best Vertical Market Program or Utility" in the 2006 Shareware Industry Awards Foundation People's Choice Awards.<ref>''[http://www.tucows.com/article/1104 Shareware Spotlight Featuring People's Choice Awards Winners]'', [[Tucows]], 19 July 2006</ref> As of November 2009 there were 4448 WindowBlinds skins available at [[WinCustomize]], with an average of nine being added per week.