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 4)

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

I created the other tabs not the My Desktop tab. Is there a problem with that?

That is not a problem, I just need to know how you created them to help you.

Donathan1869

on Nov 19, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 20

I have the standard version of Object Desktop and my license expires June of 2009. Do I get OD 2009 or do I have to have the Ultimate or renew my subscription? The reason I am asking is that I got the latest version of Impulse, but my Object Desktop Apps aren't updating to the 2009 version.

You are entitled to 2009 updates.

They aren't showing up in "My Desktop" tab. Is there anything special I need to do?

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

They aren't showing up in "My Desktop" tab. Is there anything special I need to do?

Please contact support@stardock.com to help you out with that. We need to know your private information that I would rather you not post here to resolve that issue.

k10w3

on Nov 19, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 9

I'm having a problem with Theme Manager not loading Windowblinds. The Aero Midnight Windowblind doesn't show up in Windowblinds stand alone, either. ANY windowblind with a them will not install. I'm on Windows XP, service pack 3.

You have to apply Aero Midnight before the skin will show up in WindowBlinds.

What happens when you try to apply Aero Midnight?

When I apply the Aero Midnight theme, the wallpaper, icons, and gadgets appear, but the Windowblind doesn't change. If I look under "applications" in Theme Manager, the Aero Midnight windowblind is not listed.

Donathan1869

on Nov 19, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 23

They aren't showing up in "My Desktop" tab. Is there anything special I need to do?

Please contact support@stardock.com to help you out with that. We need to know your private information that I would rather you not post here to resolve that issue.

Thanks. I've contacted customer support.

MadDeez

on Nov 19, 2008

zargon, like k10w3, i do not have aero midnight listed on the applications tab of theme manager. also, i have almost all of odnt, including windowblinds, installed.

Lantec

on Nov 19, 2008

I UPDATED Soundpackager as required for use with Theme manager 3 (Windows Defender off and Firewall diasbled) and now it insists that it needs to be activated and gives me "Activation Error (stage 4)" each and every time............I've put my OD ultimate serial in with my email and no go

....took me three hours to fix last night's Windowblinds update......I'm wondering if I've got something borked in ODNT period. The deskscapes update was the the only one that's worked right since Windowblinds 6.3 came out

TheDude23112

on Nov 19, 2008

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning.

ZubaZ

on Nov 19, 2008

MS Office 2007 is no longer skinning.

What skin did you try to apply? What OS? what version of TM or WB?

La Forge

on Nov 19, 2008

Some specs:

OS: XP SP3

Video Card: nVidia Quadro FX570M.

Thus far I have tried to remove my current theme with Theme Manager and then try the dream, no joy. I have also restarted the various OD applications with no joy. Has anyone seen this before, and if so, what was the resolution?

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

We are aware of this issue and looking into it at this time.

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

zargon, like k10w3, i do not have aero midnight listed on the applications tab of theme manager. also, i have almost all of odnt, including windowblinds, installed.

Did you apply Aero Midnight? It will not show up until you apply it once.

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

k10w3 - Vista or XP?

Zargon

on Nov 19, 2008

Do you have a video codec installed? Do you have DirectX9 installed? You will need both to apply a dream.

See information here about this:

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp

La Forge

on Nov 19, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 9

When I try and start a dream on Dreamscapes 2.5, my PC thinks for a second and then does nothing. This happens with any dream I attempt to run. I just downloaded the latest 2.5 version today using Impulse.
Do you have a video codec installed? Do you have DirectX9 installed? You will need both to apply a dream.

See information here about this:

https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/faq.asp

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.

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