The Magic Desktop is now available!

Add some magic to your Windows desktop

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The first premium suite designed front start to finish with WindowBlinds 6 in mind is now available!  The Magic Desktop can alter your Windows XP or Windows Vista desktop to effect a complete visual transformation.

The premium suite from Stardock Design is a collaboration between many of the top skinners of all time including Mormegil, MikeB, and Alexandrie who focused on a particular part of the skin to provide a consistent polished experience.

The Magic Desktop includes:

  • A WindowBlinds 6 skin with support for the Windows Vista Sidebar, explorer backgrounds, IE 7 controls (on Vista), animated Start menu, and more.

  • An icon package with full 256x256 resolution icons for most of the common icons out there

  • 2 gadgets - weather and time

  • A Windows XP boot screen

  • A logon screen for Windows XP

  • A original wallpaper that supports most resolutions

Fully animated Start menu with support for Windows XP & Windows Vista

Explorer windows are fully skinned with custom backgrounds

High resolution icons of 256x256

Sidebar, gadgets, and much more!

To apply this premium suite you will need either Object Desktop or WindowBlinds, IconPackager and Theme Manager 2.5C.

Visit: Magic Desktop Homepage

 

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Siege of Centauri
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
VERY well excecuted suite.
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The Magic Desktop is a nice theme, but i was wondering if anyone has plans to add on to this. With out a cursor theme, OD backrounds and OD icons it seems to be an incomplete suite. I'm not complaining, but just curious about its continued development by other authors. I myself am not talented enough to do such things and it would be nice if someone can complete the work.

Here is my idea for a cursor if anyone is interested


with the magic stars appearing on the clicks or when you come across a link or something

even a rainlender and Sysmetrix themes would definitely add to the "magic"
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
What an incredible display of quality graphics...Great Theme...


That would be a cool cursor as well
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
that is one cool cursor. Hope either j arche, tycus, jjying will see this and do us a big favor.and stardock thank u for this magnificent suite.
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Excellent suite but the clock gadget doesn't work.
The second hand doesn't move and the time on the clock doesn't change, except when I right click on the clock and it shows the "Close/About/Autorun" menu.
While this menu is visible, the second hand ticks happily away.
(Running Vista 32bit)
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

That would be a cool cursor as well
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yeah, my cursor is that but I'm not good enough of an artist to make it look real clean

Excellent suite but the clock gadget doesn't work.
The second hand doesn't move and the time on the clock doesn't change, except when I right click on the clock and it shows the
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probably an isolated error, works fine by me, but I have experienced some horrific flaws with the gaphics on my system. Goona post a screen8ie in the forums. maybe someone will see it.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Um, I have Object desktop and I have a subscription set to end after 2009 and it was updated before the deadline and yet i see no way to get it. Isn't it supposed to be free to current OD subscribers who meet the criteria?

phil
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I too have the same question as phil??
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You should have received an email if you qualified.  If you didn't get one, first check your spam or junk mail, then email [email protected] with your question and any email you might have used in the past while subscribing.
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top
phil1c and MetalHellssAngel if you meet all the requirement prior to the release date you should have received an email from Stardock. Check your spam folder, if you have one, to make sure it didn't go there. It you didn't get one or it wound up in the spam folder, email Stardock and they should be able to help you.   

EDIT: Rats, a victim of slow typing again!!
Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Is there a tutorial on how to install this suite? I purchased it, but am having a hard time applying it. I was expecting an .exe file and am not sure what to do. I would appreciate any help!
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi hastafford.   

Do you have the latest version of Theme Manager? The suite will apply with this program. Of course you will also need Windowblinds 6 and IconPackager 3.2 OR the entire Object Desktop package for the suite to work.

Hope this helps,

Commander Phil
Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Thank you for the help Commander Phil! That was my problem. I didn't have Theme Manager installed. It is working perfectly now! Thank you!!   
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Hi there, I cannot get the Magic Suite to work either, when I double click the suite, it appears in Theme Manager, but when I the click apply, and it says would you like to apply these skins, yes or no, there is nothing in the listing part or the preview picture, it tries to download a file but then thats it, nothing.
I am using Theme Manager 2.50c, Windows Vista 32bit, SD Central says I am up to date, any ideas?
Thanks in advance.