Title pretty much says it all. Object Desktop (OD) constantly shows "updates available" for Fences, Window Blinds 11, Groupy 2, Start 11.... And I go through the update, reboot my PC and when I open OD, it says I need to update the program I just (supposedly) updated.
Guys, check my account. I've been a Stardock customer for over a decade. I Founder/Supported GalCiv3 and Star Control Origins. I've had the OD subscription for, honestly, I'm not even sure how many years, but probably over a decade.
This problem is something that I have encountered for a couple of years now, but I just ignore it.
But frankly, I don't think that is a solution to the problem. Why should I ignore the program constantly telling me to update my software and then after doing so and rebooting, STILL being asked to update to the same version it asked me to update to just before?
Should I uninstall all my OD software and reinstall all the programs I use - which is: Start11, Curtains, Groupy/Groupy2 (for some reason, when I installed Groupy2, it installed Groupy), WindowBlinds, WindowFX, Fences, WindowBlinds11(as with Groupy, WindowBlinds installed when I installed WindowBlinds11), Deskscapes 11, IconPackager. SoundPackager 10, and SpaceMonger.
Currently, after having installed and rebooted for each of the requesting programs, I still have Start11, Fences, Groupy2, and WindowBlinds11 asking me to update. And yes, I checked the versions prior to each install, and the ones it's asking for now are the ones I supposedly just installed.
Finally, an honest and I think fair critique from a customer as long standing as I: Why do these programs require system reboots to complete at all? In years gone by, NVidia graphics cards updates would require the system to reboot, but for a couple of years now, they install completely new drivers without requiring a system reboot. The same is true for iTunes. In years past it needed reboots, now, no longer.
Windows system updates I can understand. But why does each and every one of Stardock's Object Desktop programs require a system reboot? Please answer that question... I am utterly perplexed by this state of affairs.
Lastly, and I realize this is a long post, but I wish to express to you, Brad and all the fine people there, how much I love the products you produce. Games and software. I use/play 'em all. Heck, I even supported GalCiv4 on Epic Games Store as soon as it was announced (though, honestly, I don't understand why that was scrapped and GalCiv4: Supernova became a thing - if you are so inclined as to explain that, I love to know why.
But please help with this install/update/reboot thing. Maybe I'm a bit too anal retentive about such things, but I like to keep my system as up to date as possible. And for a few years now, I've been most irritated by this issue of updating/rebooting/seeing update requests still in Object Desktop.
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