I experienced something similar to Gary56 after the most recent update to Windows 10 Build 19043.867. I know he is on 19042.867, but they are the same code base. Deskscapes Configuration would not even open for me.

I uninstalled Deskscapes 10.03, ran the purge bat, and reinstalled with a new installer downloaded from my account. All seem to be well so far.   

Deskscapes Version Info.

DeskScapes appears to be activated on this PC

DeskScapes engine appears to be running

(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti

Deskscape.dll              2019/08/13 11:12:18

Deskscapes.dll                2019/05/01 15:12:52

DreamControl32.dll              2019/08/13 11:12:50

DeskscapesConfig.exe              2019/09/25 10:37:48

UI\Deskscape.dll            2019/08/02 07:49:28

UI\DeskscapesVideo.dll      2019/05/01 15:12:54

DreamTasks.exe                2019/05/01 15:12:29

DeskscapesVideo.dll          2019/05/01 15:12:22

PC Configuration and OS Version

Device name PC7700K-10

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-7700K CPU @ 4.20GHz   4.20 GHz

Installed RAM 32.0 GB

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Edition Windows 10 Pro

Version 21H1

Installed on ‎2/‎29/‎2020

OS build 19043.867

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.3030.0

Followed your directions perfectly AzDude (sorry for taking so long to get back. Process of finding a new home, packing, etc.) to a T. Unfortunately the same issue arises. Edition Windows 10 Pro

Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3630QM CPU @ 2.40GHz   2.40 GHz

Installed RAM 16.0 GB (15.9 GB usable)

Device ID 26B43ECB-5453-45BA-B6CB-1F7D97071F8E

Product ID 00330-80000-00000-AA601

System type 64-bit operating system, x64-based processor

Pen and touch No pen or touch input is available for this display

Version 20H2

Installed on ‎2/‎28/‎2021

OS build 19042.870

Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.551.0

Deskscapes operates fine. Again, the configuration window closes after 4 seconds of being open. In order for me to run a different Dream, I just dbl. click one in the folder.  Really appreciate your working on the issue. Thanks again, ~Gary  

Thank you for the troubleshoot AzDude! Again, followed your directions to a 'T' and double checked on the  Windows Firewall to make sure DeskScapesconfig.exe was allowed. Same 4 second results. Don't know if using Elecard Mpeg-2 plugin would affect this!? However, it never did in the past with the configuration. 

Hello, 

          I did uninstall the Elecard and my Dreams actually ran fine w/o it, whereas with the previous Windows build, it needed the plug in. I rebooted each step of the way and again the configuration.exe stayed up for the 4 secs. before closing. I did notice that when the config window was previously working, it showed the preview Dream working, whereas now, before closing it says 'Loading Background Preview'. In other words when it was functioning properly, the dream would function properly in the preview. The DeskScape works fine however on the desktop.

         Having said that, I did download & install the K-Lite Mega Pack codecs, rebooted with the above results. BTW, I love your 4K DarkCube II. Gary 

Unfortunately the 4 second configwindow , which doesn't show a preview (because it's trying to load), doesn't allow for any activation within it.

I did start from scratch by uninstalling DS, reboot, ran your .bat file, reboot, went to my latest download of DS on my Stardock page, downloaded, reboot. I was able to find those display controls for quality vs performance and they didn't have any affect with the configuration.exe. But I'm happy to be able to run DS dreams, even though I don't have the pleasure of configuration. 

Thanks a lot for all of your help.  ~Gary 

I'm a longtime Stardock user & have Object Desktop. Will certainly be looking forward to the new release!

Any sign of date yet for Deskscapes 11?

This is an interesting and relevant thread.  The same thing happens to me with DS11 in Win11 build 22000.282.  

Running: Deskscape 11 10.93, Start11 .91, and Fences 3.1.33 (since 4Alpha can't make snapshots), that all.  Followed all of the above except for the codecs. I only use 2 monitor stretching with an image that works fine on Win10 using Deskscape10 10.02.  

It appears that DS11 .93 still needs a bit of tweaking...it can't stay active with a minimal task at this point.   I hope for an update soon because it helps 2 monitor look great when it works.

Sorry...I thought this was exactly the same issue...Deskscape 11 keeps closing after a minute or a few.  What is different from this thread?