DeskScapes 2.5 Released

Animated wallpapers for XP and Vista!

from WinCustomize Forums

DeskScapes 2.5 has been released today by Stardock.  DeskScapes is an application which lets you run animated wallpapers, also called .dreams, on your Windows desktop.  It used to be that only Windows Vista Ultimate users could take advantage of a feature like this, but DeskScapes opens this up to users of all versions of Windows Vista, and Windows XP!

DeskScapes also goes beyond just playing videos as wallpapers, as it can also display dynamically generated content, .dreams activated by triggers such as time of day,  and more. 

The DeskScapes 2.5 update brings:

  • Improved XP compatibility
  • Stand-alone installation

DeskScapes is part of the Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancements.  A free version is available which is limited to the bundled .dreams and will also play any Dynamic Master Dream purchased from WinCustomize.com.  The full version will play any .dream file and is available here.

For more information, visit https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/

DS_on_XP

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have been looking foward to this release for a while!


I just noticed DeskScapes 2.5 was released for Windows XP and I immediately installed it. Everything went smoothly, except for when I tried to apply a Dream, it come up with an error saying "An Exception occurred while trying to run "Shell32.dll,Control_RunDll Desk.cpl,,@deskscapes"

I know this is the first release for XP, but this has happened to multiple people thus far. I was wondering if you had a solution to this problem.

 

I am running Windows XP 32-Bit SP3, if that could be of any use.

 

Thanks.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
A good example of the answer to the question "Why should I buy an Object Desktop subscription?". Thanks Stardock, I had thought that I would never get to play with these on XP! :CONGRAT: 
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Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Hebes, reply 3
You need IE7 to use DeskScapes? That's bull!
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I'm not sure what you are talking about.  IE has nothing to do with DeskScapes.

 

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Island Dog,

 

Do you know why I am recieve the following error using Deskscapes 2.5 for XP?

 

"An Exception occurred while trying to run "Shell32.dll,Control_RunDll Desk.cpl,,@deskscapes"

 

I know I posted this before, and I don't want to nag, I'm just not sure if you saw it or not.


Thanks!

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hi Hunter1942.

We are looking into the issue and will post an update once we find what's going on.  :)

Thanks for your patience.

 

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Island, reply 6
Hi Hunter1942.

We are looking into the issue and will post an update once we find what's going on. 

Thanks for your patience.

 
End of Island's quote

 

Alright, thanks for the update!

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I also seem to get the following error as of lately.

 

"Run a DLL as a App has encounted a problem and needs to close."

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sorry, that still has some bugs with Vista, from when I have installed it, at times explorer goes to crash, thing that was not happened before never. Then some dreams don't play properly as they would owe. In short I hope in some decisive patches.
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
When I run it I get some message about my video card not being supported. I have the latest nVidia card - is that really not supported?
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting TwoWolves, reply 12
When I run it I get some message about my video card not being supported. I have the latest nVidia card - is that really not supported?
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Have you reviewed the FAQ? https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp