DeskScapes Loads Dream, Runs Through Video Once, Stops -- No Controls Present
Bought Object Desktop and Installed Dreams, but appears to be missing controls and functionality
Monday, March 2, 2009 by sbraiden | Discussion: Animated Wallpapers
I'm new to the StarDock tools, and recently purchased the Objects Desktop. I came across DeskScapes when I was doing research for my radio show, and while I was never successful in getting it to run, I was impressed enough with the broader toolset and the community that I went out on a limb and purchased the set for personal use. To date I've been able to get all of the tools to run except for DeskScapes. I dumped all of my original test installs and installed the Impulse application from scratch so that the Object Desktop tools would install clean. Having dumped DeskScapes several times since then, I still cannot seem to get it to run.
On installing I can get the Dream Chooser application to come up. It doesn't matter if I choose one of the Dreams that came with the package, or any number of other dreams that I download for testing, I get the same result: the Dream will run through the video cycle once, and then it turns to static wallpaper.
I have scoured the forums for clues to see what I might be doing wrong. I have the proper codecs. I have a system configuration that supports running the Dreams in theory, and yet I cannot seem to get beyond this issue. I notice in other postings here that some people seem to get a context-sensitive help menu when they right click on their desktop, and that this includes an option to pause or resume a Dream. I do not get these options. I've also noticed that DeskScapes' native behaviour is to pause a Dream when a window is open, and resume it when closed again, and yet even with all windows shut, the Dreams never run but through one interation, and only when first chosen/activated.
I've included the system info harvested from the Windows Blinds app below, hoping someone might be able to help me determine where I'm falling down with this:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 3.4
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 3.7
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 6.4 (build 123 x86 - Vista Edition)
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(HP w1907 Wide LCD Monitor) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7350 LE
Wblind.dll 2009/02/10 14:37:20
Wbsrv.dll 2009/02/10 17:27:44
Wbconfig.exe 2009/02/10 17:28:20
Wbload.exe 2009/02/10 17:28:14
Wbhelp.dll 2009/02/10 17:28:07
Tray.dll 2009/02/10 17:28:21
Wbload.dll 2008/04/28 11:34:28
Screen.exe 2009/02/10 17:28:09
Thanks so much for any ideas that folks might be able to provide to help me troubleshoot this. I've spent 4 days trying to help myself and cannot seem to get any further with this.
Keeping a warm thought,
Sue.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 5, 2009 10:10 AM
Update your Codec files on your computer.
I use K-Lite Codec Pack, which is free to download and can be found here: http://www.snapfiles.com/reviews/k-lite/k-lite-full.html on Snap Files.com web site.
PS... this is not the only Codec Pack that will work... but it's the one that I use.