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Deskscapes Beta for Windows 8

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Deskscapes Beta for Windows 8

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How to put this...

 

Mr Banfield,

I LOVE YOU!!!

Deskscapes is working wonderfully thus far. Windows 8 Pro 64bit.

Even my old purchased dream, Liquid Dream, installed and works flawlessly.

 

I had to do a restart though for Deskscapes to start functioning. Maybe have the restart as part of the install process?

Anyway, I'm tickled pink.

 

Now Mr Banfield, where is my WINDOwBLINDS!?!?

 

Just joking. If the Windowblinds beta works like Deskscapes beta the wait will be WELL worth it.

Cheers mate and to all at Stardock.

deskscapes
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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok! It's great! I have a couple of questions tho...does desktop collage work for anyone? Will it work soon? and on bliss (paid dream) the edge does not go all the way to the edge of my screen while all others do. I don't think it's me Ive tried all the settings and get nothing. I would like more dreams like desktop collage too! Overall its great! Love start8 too! Well worth the price!

Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

I'M kinda upset at myself today for purchasing deskscapes thinking the beta was out for people that purchased it and having windows 8 . Sadly i Just found out the Beta is only for people that can afford the expensive package object desktop. I think its wrong for stardock to only offer them the beta and not Us budget people . Now i don't know if i'm out 10 dollars for a windows 7 or lower software or if i have to wait for a windows 8 beta later . Makes Me Sad :hugme:    

Siege of Centauri
Reply #28 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting tequilaxxgold, reply 27
I think its wrong for stardock to only offer them the beta and not Us budget people .
End of tequilaxxgold's quote

No, it's quite logical, as Object Dektop subscribers typically are more up to speed with handling GUI modding programs and can understand a Beta bug when it bites them.

Casual users are more likely to forget a release is in fact a beta and be unwilling to tolerate faults.

It is also a process where-by  Stardock can offer the subscribers something more/first...;)

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Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting tequilaxxgold, reply 27
I'M kinda upset at myself today for purchasing deskscapes thinking the beta was out for people that purchased it and having windows 8 . Sadly i Just found out the Beta is only for people that can afford the expensive package object desktop. I think its wrong for stardock to only offer them the beta and not Us budget people . Now i don't know if i'm out 10 dollars for a windows 7 or lower software or if i have to wait for a windows 8 beta later . Makes Me Sad    
End of tequilaxxgold's quote

If you purchased recently you will get the Windows 8 version of DeskScapes as a free upgrade.

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

Does the "Desktop Collage" dream work for deskscapes 8?

Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting JCR2323, reply 31
Does the "Desktop Collage" dream work for deskscapes 8?
End of JCR2323's quote

It should do yes.  Make sure you pick image locations in the settings.

Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top

I am getting this error when trying to run DeskScapes for Windows 8.  This is from my event viewer.

 

Faulting application name: DSHost.exe, version: 8.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x50f6f211
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16451, time stamp: 0x50988aa6
Exception code: 0xc06d007e
Fault offset: 0x000000000003811c
Faulting process id: 0x13c0
Faulting application start time: 0x01ce01506b2a8b1f
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\DeskScapes8\DSHost.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report Id: a9357b07-6d43-11e2-be88-c8600014a1f8
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

 

I was able to temporarily get this to work.  I say temporarily because it's working now but I'm not sure for how long lol

Run msconfig, reboot into safemode in Win 8, run Deskscapes 8 & Apply to Desktop, re-run msconfig and reboot normally.

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 32

Quoting JCR2323, reply 31Does the "Desktop Collage" dream work for deskscapes 8?

It should do yes.  Make sure you pick image locations in the settings.
End of Neil's quote

thanks for the reply. new OD subscriber here

Reply #34 from Stardock Forums Top

Since installation of deskscapes fences is not usable  Tried uninstalling fences and re-installing multiple boots still not working, in fact all desktop icons have disappeared???

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

I believe I have found a bug. About 95% of all of the Dreams are not showing up on both of my monitors with the "apply to all my monitors". This even includes some of the pre-installed Dreams.

My setup is as follows:

Dual 1080P 24" Screens

Display 1 | Display 2

Display 2 is primary monitor. If Display 1 is set as the primary, the dreams work as expected.

Reply #36 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting M3shuggah, reply 35
Display 2 is primary monitor. If Display 1 is set as the primary, the dreams work as expected.
End of M3shuggah's quote

I see this same thing.

Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top

I'm looking forward to the general release of this. I have been wanting it since I upgraded to Windows 8 and found the Mass Effect video dreams on You Tube. Keep up the good work and hope Deskscapes 8 is released soon (I would in fact pay for beta access >.> but I understand the limited release).

Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting jabosa, reply 39
i can't apply a wallpaper it just sits there

 

windows 8 pro system builders license x64

 
End of jabosa's quote

 

Please email support so we can get some logs.

 

Thansk

Reply #40 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Neil, reply 10
Quoting ianst102453342, reply 6I have to agree. This beta is working wonderfully so far and it's really making me excited as to what you guys can do with Windowblinds 8. I'd like to bring a possible bug to attention though. I haven't used previous versions of deskscapes along with fences yet but now that I'm using Deskscapes I can't see the borders of my fences when I hover over them. I can still drag the fence around but it's a bit of a guess where the borders are. FYI I'm using Win 8 pro x 64 and have the latest versions of both softwares. Hope this helps. Anyone else have this issue?

Have you rebooted since installing?

Fences can get a little upset if DeskScapes is installed after Fences is already running, but a reboot should sort it.

 
End of Neil's quote

 

I love Deskscapes both in Win7 and now Win8, however my Fences Pro 2 doesn't seem to like it, the fences disappear and you cannot move icons around once DeskScape is running, I suppose Fences hasn't been Windows 8ified yet so can't really complain.  As an aside FX5 which didn't work for me in Win7 works perfect in Win8.  Also with regard to the codecs someone else has mentioned I have Windows Media Centre installed and it still moans about cewrtain codecs missing when I use certain dreams.

 

Saying all that keep up the good work guys, I will be renewing my object desktop and wincustomise subscriptions so more win 8 compatibility updates please (especially Fences, really missing that as it doesn't seem to like dreamscapes).

Reply #41 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting andytaylor3252, reply 40
I love Deskscapes both in Win7 and now Win8, however my Fences Pro 2 doesn't seem to like it, the fences disappear and you cannot move icons around once DeskScape is running, I suppose Fences hasn't been Windows 8ified yet so can't really complain.  As an aside FX5 which didn't work for me in Win7 works perfect in Win8.  Also with regard to the codecs someone else has m
End of andytaylor3252's quote

A reboot should resolve things.

Quoting andytaylor3252, reply 40
Also with regard to the codecs someone else has mentioned I have Windows Media Centre installed and it still moans about cewrtain codecs missing when I use certain dreams.
End of andytaylor3252's quote

This is because of the codecs used to encode. the movies.

Reply #42 from Stardock Forums Top

all of a sudden it decided to work

 

and it works suprisingly well i couldn't beleive it when i saw it but it seems to use 5 mb of ram and 0% of cpu usage

though there are a few things i don't like

 

the video gets killed if you press the corner desktop button

 

i'd also like the desktop to move even in modern ui as now the desktop button in modern ui is just a black square

 

that or let the user have a custom picture for the thumbnail view of the desktop