Object Desktop 2009 Official Support Thread

Post your thoughts, questions, issues with Object Desktop 2009 here.

Published on November 18, 2008 By Zargon In Object Desktop

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)

Aero Midnight theme included as a .suite file for Object Desktop customers.
My Desktop / Save My Desktop: Dreams, skins and cursors sometimes do apply when saved as part of a suite. Please apply through the Applications tab as a workaround at this time.
Applications / Cursors: Sometimes cursors take two applies before applying.
My Desktop / Create New Theme: The Download URL function is not working at this time.
Please update SoundPackager before applying sounds through Theme Manager 3.0.
Users will need to open SoundPackager one time to have sound packages show up in Theme Manager 3.0.
Fixed - On systems that do not have MyColors installed, an error about the StardockWeather.ocx file not being registered will display when applying weather gadgets.
The Aero Midnight skin does not extract and apply 100% of the time on faster hardware.

Deskscapes 2.5 (with XP support published at 1pm)

With a Dream file applied dragging and dropping icons from the desktop to a folder does not work at this time.
Please visit this web site to review video card requirement details. In short, AGP Video cards are not supported at this time. Future driver updates from NVIDIA/ATI will add support later this year. At that time only AGP 8x will be supported (4x/2x/1x bus speeds are not adequate to support dream functionality at low CPU).
The Watercolor Dream may exhibit some distortion on Windows XP.

Bootskin Pro 1.0 (published at 6:30pm)

There is a new WinCustomize gallery for Windows Vista bootskins. Boot skins created for XP will not work with Bootskin Pro.
Bootskin Pro allows users to create boot skins for Windows Vista, so boot skins created for XP can be re-generated and uploaded to WinCustomize.
Bootskin Pro Create boot skin tab will attempt to read your Object Desktop Ultimate serial from the registry. If the serial number field is blank, paste in your Object Desktop Ultimate serial number to create a boot skin.
There may be an issue with .bootskin file associations on some systems.

WindowBlinds 6.3 (published on 11/18/2008)

Windows Vista 64-bit users may need to reboot after install if skins do not apply correctly.

Comments (Page 19)

271

ZubaZ

on Nov 30, 2008

I went to apply the suite I just created (https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=610&libid=22)

I was unable to apply until I turned on the advanced config (perhaps because I didn't have all apps installed??) Then, when I was able to the advanced config had an odd couple of entries:

Name? Author? Size?

Also, right clicking on the suite and choosing Theme Info opens a window with no content.

Lastly . . the DX widgets weren't loaded

272

ZubaZ

on Nov 30, 2008

Theme Manager Question.

Is there a way to edit a suite using the GUI??

273

BeLGaRaTh67

on Dec 01, 2008

Zubaz

reply 21

I went to apply the suite I just created (https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=610&libid=22)

I was unable to apply until I turned on the advanced config (perhaps because I didn't have all apps installed??) Then, when I was able to the advanced config had an odd couple of entries:

Name? Author? Size?

Also, right clicking on the suite and choosing Theme Info opens a window with no content.

Lastly . . the DX widgets weren't loaded

I got exactly the same thing with the birthday suite, things are definitely FUBAR with the last app releases. I cannot even apply the Winter Wonderland suite anymore as it complains that I need to activate it in MyColours, when it isnt even a MyColours suite.

Congrats to the testers of the recent apps, did you transfer over from Sony?

274

ZubaZ

on Dec 01, 2008

Congrats to the testers of the recent apps, did you transfer over from Sony?

Not helping at all and attitude may just hinder.

275

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

I just went to the Explore tab in the latest Impulse beta and selected the Free programs. There lies LogonStudio Vista. I hit the "Add to account" button and it asked for my e-mail address. Then I hit the "Register" button. The response was a screen informing me that "The product you are requesting is not available for free registration." Something seems amiss. Magus

We will look into this today.

276

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

DX9 is installed, and I have a number of codecs installed using that Decoder Checkup Utility. My perfered codec is the Intervideo Video Decoder. After selecting that and restarting my PC, still nothing.

Is there anything else I can try? Thank you for the help!

La Forge,

Please try selecting the Microsoft MPEG Decoder instead of your Intervideo.

277

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

So any news as to when Bootskin will work for those who dont live in usa

We are working on this today and will hopefully have a fix soon.

278

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

ohh i see now blahhh that sucks thanks anyways i was really hoping it was going to be a free version too

There will be a Bootskin (non-Pro, i.e. Free version) out in the near future. Currently it is available to our Object Desktop customers.

279

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

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.

We know about this and will update it in the future.

280

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

So no word on when those of us who do not live in the centre of the universe called the us, are going to be able to use Bootskin?

Mind you what can you expect when we have been waiting 18mths plus for a fix for an purchased app. that has yet to materialise, why do we even bother giving you our money.

What fix are you referring to?

281

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

Desktop Collage dream, which has been sort of updated now, but fails in most areas, including stopping working after 10mins

This has been fixed now. Please redownload from WinCustomize.

282

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

It was mentioned earlier in another comment that you were getting direct support for ATI AGP cards in XP. Are you doing the same with nVidida AGP in XP?

Good question! We have observed adequate performance with NVIDIA out of the gate, but are still asking them to tune their drivers. Stay tuned.

283

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

What codecs do I need? Where do I get them? The Dynamic dreams work fine, the others tell me I need a codec. HELP!!!!

Please see this page for answers to your codec question.

284

Zargon

on Dec 01, 2008

release driver(s) sometime in Decemeber of 2009. Stardock will post a link to the driver on this page once the update(s) are available.

Is this date accurate? This thread would lead one to believe it to be released this December. 2008

You are right, this should read December of 2008. I updated the page.

285

Snowman

on Dec 01, 2008

I've done some testing (together with ZubaZ) regarding the problem I ran into.
Adding the IP manually in the Winstyles.ini worked out fine. (As soon as I finally added the right bits in the right places..... )

Here's how I set up the suite:
CursorFX, Wallpaper and WindowBlind were added with the Theme Manager 'editor'.
No matter what I did I kept getting the error message I mention earlier when trying to add the Iconpackager.
This has to be added manually.

Then everything gets downloaded AND installed properly, but the WB for some reason did not get applied. Everything else did.

Will keep on testing.

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