When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you!
Notes and Known Issues: (all issues are being worked on at this time)
Theme Manager 3.0 (Published at 11am)
Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)
Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)
WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)
Didn't even need to do that. All you need to do is copy the aeromidnight folder (with all the skin elements) to the WB folder, then rebuild the skin list.
Thank you! I will do that as well.
@ Zargon, thanks for previous reply...
I now have Deskscapes up and running in XP Pro (SP3) with Geforce 8800 GTX driver version 6.14.11.7813.
Presently I'm unable to run both Deskscapes and IconX - is this a known limitation, or should I be able to run both simultaneously?
TIA.
XPP SP2 with all updates (except SP3)
Dell Vostro 1500 with nVidia GeForce 8600M GT integrated RAMDAC 512MB
Driver version 6.14.11.5683 (I don't think I can change this - proprietary notebook driver, yada yada)
As soon as I select a Dream then click the Apply button, I get a "Run DLL as an app" crash.
Can send additional crash info if it will help.
Would love to see how it works.
Thanks.
I think that's a related problem to the one I'm having with Avedesk. Several years back I had to quit using IconX because of a conflict with Avedesk, they seem to have a similar structure/purpose, which seems to point to a link in the conflict issues with Deskscapes.
Thanks for the feedback Bebi - possibly a dedicated Deskscapes for XP thread will pull this stuff together.
I'm experiencing some problems with Deskscapes. Running Deskscapes on Windows XP Service Pack 2.
1) I could only use dynamic dreams. Using non-dynamic dreams results in the dream opened in a new window instead of in the background and it only runs a couple of seconds before it crashes (probably at the loop point) and a message about incompatible codec appears.
2) When I use dynamic dreams, almost all of my objects on the desktop blinks rapidly. This includes ObjectDock, Rainlendar, Windows Sidebar (I'm using Vista Sidebar on XP) and CursorXP. The blinking problem does not occur if I use XP default theme, Luna for Windowblinds, default cursor (no CursorXP) but I still need to turn off ObjectDock and Rainlendar.
Ok, installed the updated bootskin pro, and now it just states that it fails to apply any skin I try.
And on a sidenote, why is the icon for email the same as the one for the controlpanel in the aero midnight iconset? Doesn't really make sense.
BootSkin Pro keeps saying there was an error while applying,help?
Many of us are having the same problem. Please report it here https://forums.wincustomize.com/330550/#1945872
zargon, i always update via Impulse. anyway, i've renamed the aero midnight suite file to a zip and extracted the wb folder to where it needs to be. i now have the wb skin and it's in use. one of the oddest things is this: i rebooted numerous times yesterday and the gadgets never appeared as they should. this morning, when i turned the beast on, the gadgets were on my desktop when winders finished booting. go figure!
I too am having the issue with Theme Manager and the new Skin not being applied. It is not in WB and I cannot find it anywhere on my drive, nor for that matter can I find any of the skins (where are they?)
You should release a working app, instead of having is hunt down files on our systems and copying/renaming them in order to work.
Have you tried using a clean machine to do these installs/checking/replicating the issue, as you will have the files in the right places if you have been testing them before. Using a clean machine would obviously highlight this issue, or is that too obvious?
IconX has been discontinued for new customers so we did not test it against Deskscapes XP. Those products are not going to work well together.
This is a known issue we are going to resolve.
We are testing on clean machines. That could be the issue is that the problem is something to do with an order of installation or combintaion of applications. If WindowBlinds, IconPackager and Theme Manager are installed from scratch this problem does not exist. Please be patient, we are looking for a solution. Thank you.
Currently Deskscapes and Theme Manager are not showing up for Object Desktop 2009 (non-Ultimate) users. We will have this addressed shortly.
Absolutely!
Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (swedish)
Well, tell em to get back to their desks and back to work!
lol... seriously.. good luck with everything, great to see you staying on top of things.
With any new point release there will be bugs to work out with new features etc. The SD folks are working as hard as possible to assure quick fixes.
Boot skin pro error on:
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium (64)bitVersion 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1 Build 6001
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Stardock\ThemeManager
That is where the suites are d/l'd to my 'puter. You just may find them there as well.
Now, that being said, I know where is is at, but, being the average user, with little experience changing file name....how do I do this. I am a wee bit frustrated, k, I am a lot frustrated. Just like everyone else, the WB does not come up. I don't want to hear that all I need to do is reapply the theme, that isn't it. As someone else has stated, there are the templates, not the skin. I shouldn't have to jump through hoops for one skin. Seriously. I will, if that is what it takes, but I shouldn't have to.
Zargon, dude, I know you are inundated with all the bugs and such, but with so many people saying the same thing about one theme, maybe you could let us know you are working on it. Each and every complaint is coming from an XP user, not one is on Vista. For me, I am asking for a fix with the theme( and help to do it myself) so that no one else has this same issue.
Immy is done venting....
Oh, here is my info for my sys. WB and XP
*edit* Ok, so I type freakin slow....Thank you Zargon, for looking into this. I owe you an apology for getting snappy, but when I started typing, you hadn't given an answer that you were looking into it. Forgive me??????
We are working on this Aero Midnight skin issue. Please stay tuned.
The Bootskin Pro issue on 64-bit has been resolved. A build is being published at this moment. Please let us know if it works for you.
In vista it would be C:\Documents and Settings\Public\Documents\Stardock\ThemeManager
im on vista an I too couldnt get it to load properly. but I knew how to extract and apply manually..
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