Odd quirk with VLC Media Player and WB 11.07

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I've been using WB 10 on Windows 10 Pro, for years now, with no issues.
Recently, I upgraded to WB 11.07 (still on Windows 10) to gain access to a new feature in that program.

However, I now am having an odd quirk when I run VLC Media Player... In the past, I could double-click on a video file (in Explorer), and it would open in VLC and just play normally.  Since the upgrade to WB 11.07, though, its behavior has changed... the first time I play a video file, it just opens a small window that appears to simply the audio from the file.  If I close VLC and then re-click the video file, it plays as expected... if I close it again, it reverts to the first window.  This two-phase functioning occurs with any video file that I try to play.

Now, I *have* noted that if I add vlc.exe to the "Per application" list, and set it to "Ignore this application and do not skin it", then VLC operates as expected, so there is *some* kind of interaction between the two applications... while I *can* just live with this, I would *really* rather have VLC skinned normally!!

I'm hoping that there is something else that I can do in WB11, to avoid this issue??  
I've looked through the other "Per application settings" options, and don't see anything that is obviously relevant, but perhaps folks here can help me out??

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. I can reproduce this one, I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience. Thank you.

Added note: I tested on Windows 11 25H2 (OS Build 26200.7922) and VLC version 3.0.23

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I cannot reproduce that issue, but I am using Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC. I am using WB 11.07, though, and when I double-click a video file, VLC opens and plays it normally. I know my reply does not help you, but it might help support if it is version-related, I doubt it is, but we are talking about Microsoft.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm experiencing this as well, it appears to me that VLC loads, and then when it gets the skin applied, the video display area seems to get set to zero by zero pixels, it's actually still present and if you click-drag on the corner of the VLC app to expand the window, you can see the video is playing.