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 8)

106

Alternate Setting

on Nov 20, 2008

Thanks for the feedback Bebi - possibly a dedicated Deskscapes for XP thread will pull this stuff together.

107

Zanzahar

on Nov 20, 2008

I'm experiencing some problems with Deskscapes. Running Deskscapes on Windows XP Service Pack 2.

1) I could only use dynamic dreams. Using non-dynamic dreams results in the dream opened in a new window instead of in the background and it only runs a couple of seconds before it crashes (probably at the loop point) and a message about incompatible codec appears.

2) When I use dynamic dreams, almost all of my objects on the desktop blinks rapidly. This includes ObjectDock, Rainlendar, Windows Sidebar (I'm using Vista Sidebar on XP) and CursorXP. The blinking problem does not occur if I use XP default theme, Luna for Windowblinds, default cursor (no CursorXP) but I still need to turn off ObjectDock and Rainlendar.

108

mickeko

on Nov 20, 2008

Ok, installed the updated bootskin pro, and now it just states that it fails to apply any skin I try.

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.

109

skibadee

on Nov 20, 2008

BootSkin Pro keeps saying there was an error while applying,help?

110

Excalpius

on Nov 20, 2008

Ok, installed the updated bootskin pro, and now it just states that it fails to apply any skin I try.

BootSkin Pro keeps saying there was an error while applying,help?

Many of us are having the same problem. Please report it here https://forums.wincustomize.com/330550/#1945872

111

mickeko

on Nov 20, 2008

Please report it here https://forums.wincustomize.com/330550/#1945872

Why? This thread explicitly says to report issues here; from the OP:

When Object Desktop 2009 is released, this is where the known issues will be posted. Please post your findings here as well. Thank you!

112

MadDeez

on Nov 20, 2008

zargon, i always update via Impulse. anyway, i've renamed the aero midnight suite file to a zip and extracted the wb folder to where it needs to be. i now have the wb skin and it's in use. one of the oddest things is this: i rebooted numerous times yesterday and the gadgets never appeared as they should. this morning, when i turned the beast on, the gadgets were on my desktop when winders finished booting. go figure!

113

BeLGaRaTh67

on Nov 20, 2008

You should release a working app, instead of having is hunt down files on our systems and copying/renaming them in order to work.

Have you tried using a clean machine to do these installs/checking/replicating the issue, as you will have the files in the right places if you have been testing them before. Using a clean machine would obviously highlight this issue, or is that too obvious?

114

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

Presently I'm unable to run both Deskscapes and IconX - is this a known limitation, or should I be able to run both simultaneously?

IconX has been discontinued for new customers so we did not test it against Deskscapes XP. Those products are not going to work well together.

115

Zargon

on Nov 20, 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.

This is a known issue we are going to resolve.

116

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

I too am having the issue with Theme Manager and the new Skin not being applied. It is not in WB and I cannot find it anywhere on my drive, nor for that matter can I find any of the skins (where are they?)
You should release a working app, instead of having is hunt down files on our systems and copying/renaming them in order to work.
Have you tried using a clean machine to do these installs/checking/replicating the issue, as you will have the files in the right places if you have been testing them before. Using a clean machine would obviously highlight this issue, or is that too obvious?

We are testing on clean machines. That could be the issue is that the problem is something to do with an order of installation or combintaion of applications. If WindowBlinds, IconPackager and Theme Manager are installed from scratch this problem does not exist. Please be patient, we are looking for a solution. Thank you.

117

Zargon

on Nov 20, 2008

Currently Deskscapes and Theme Manager are not showing up for Object Desktop 2009 (non-Ultimate) users. We will have this addressed shortly.

118

mickeko

on Nov 20, 2008

Zargon0225

reply 17

Can everyone please do us a favor and post what version of Windows Vista is running that has Bootskin fail to apply?

Absolutely!

Windows Vista Home Premium x64 (swedish)

119

vStyler

on Nov 20, 2008

I have a lot of talented people standing behind me.

Well, tell em to get back to their desks and back to work!

lol... seriously.. good luck with everything, great to see you staying on top of things.

120

HG_Eliminator

on Nov 20, 2008

I too am having the issue with Theme Manager and the new Skin not being applied. It is not in WB and I cannot find it anywhere on my drive, nor for that matter can I find any of the skins (where are they?)

You should release a working app, instead of having is hunt down files on our systems and copying/renaming them in order to work.

Have you tried using a clean machine to do these installs/checking/replicating the issue, as you will have the files in the right places if you have been testing them before. Using a clean machine would obviously highlight this issue, or is that too obvious?

With any new point release there will be bugs to work out with new features etc. The SD folks are working as hard as possible to assure quick fixes.

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