Hm, the setup file says it's for the Beta but like I said, it was downloaded less than thirty minutes ago.

He's loaded desktops and imported a few objects, so...

The new installer wasn't overwriting files properly. Fresh installs were fine. I've fixed it. https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products 

And yes, in the future, the new updater will show this and fetch it for you rather than having to visit the web page yourself.

Kris

Advice to the wary, create a restore point first.  That simple.       

Wonder if Nakor was able to fix it? 

Okay, who is going to try downloading it? 

(If I just would have waited........)

One infuriating thing about him; he never has bad luck on any of his computers.

Makes me want to hit him with a handy book or something.

....................... 

Will it bury it in the backyard if it doesn't work?

Wizard, behave yourself. 

But you do bring up a valid point.  To my knowledge DX 4 wasn't working very well to where folks went back to 3.5.  I wonder if this beta has fixed those problems or is this just interface update?   

OK, now it's working but there are no themes. Where does DX now store themes? All mine are still in program files but they do not show in DX Config. I choose load desktop and get an empty list.

Why can't we just leave all my files where they've always been?          

Nakor, please tell us where the themes/widgets/gadgets are stored.       

Maybe DX buried them in the backyard,,,,

First thing off, DX throws an error and the network meters don't work.  Can this be fixed please? 

Looks like it is Standard only. The Pro download is STILL not fixed.

The link for Pro says it is v3.50.018 but it downloads 4.00.017

I'll try this version at home but will stick with the Pro version at work.

Installed an launches just fine. The theme I was creating with the prior version popped open and ran just fine.

The DestopX Welcome is borked. Windows cannot find (blah blah) welcome.exe - not a biggie at all on that one.

Looks like system restore again. I can't make gadgets or sidebar gadgets.    

Interesting - I wonder if the version I've been getting from Impulse the last month has been a beta of 4 too, because it was actually working fine for me. I'll give this new one a try and see what's happening.

Before I continue (hope I don't get stomped for this):

• Can the experienced DesktopX developers testing the beta version please play nice and constructive?
• Forget griping about the past version 4 or if this version is so much more broken than 3.5.

I for one am excited that this may mean DesktopX is going to get some attention again which I would say we are very lucky to get and I don't really want to have that possibility ruined.

• Could non-experienced developers do the same, or stick with 3.5 version for now which is the last stable one.
  Beta is often called 'Bleeding edge' for a good reason. If you don't have bandages and a first aid kit...
• Accept that this is version 4, saying 'let's skip to version 5' is meaningless and a bit silly.

Report so far:

DesktopX v3.95 (4 beta)
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium fully patched
UAC - Always notify
Standard User-Administrator account

Install and loading themes/objects

• Good - Install package identified it would be 'admin install' by having the little blue/yellow shield on it. Was prompted to allow by UAC when double clicked.
• Good - No install issues or crashes as per other reports - but I *did* have the previous DX4 beta installed before this one.
  I uninstalled it first, then installed this one.

Object behaviours - scripted

Object.SetTimer, Object_OnTimer, Object.Rotation

• Good - Scripting window appears, script runs, object rotates
  Bad - Default font on script window still shows 'funny' character for backslash.

System Integration

• Good - Double clicking themes and objects attempts to initiate loading them via DesktopX properly.
• Bad - file extensions seem registered correctly, but in the Preferences tab for DesktopX the 'Make DesktopX the default program for loading .dxpacks and .desktopx isn't ticked, and won't retain its ticked status.

Folder locations

CurrentTheme:  C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Local\stardock\DesktopX\CurrentTheme
Builder and Client exe: C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\DesktopX
Regedit says themes should be in this folder: C:\Users\<userName>\AppData\Local\stardock\DesktopX

• Bad - I've put some .desktop and .dxtheme files in that location but they don't show up.

Provided objects

• Found by using 'Import' button on the Desktop tab of settings window.
• Bad - Many don't seem to have preview images
• Good - All seem to import ok and work (including the weather one)
• Bad - Many import without an object name (ie 'unassigned' in the object list)

New things spotted

• Fuzzy!
• Desktop (when icons are not hidden) has a new context menu 'DesktopX' > New Object & Configure
• Object list/details window is now called 'Navigate Objects' in Systray menu.
• ??? Nothing else really - so I'll try and go through each of the standard functionalities one by one and identify anything that looks odd.

Face it, the track record for recent software updates hasn't been the greatest.

Updates are getting few and far between, it would be nice to actually look forward to them instead of having to wonder what will get broken next.

 The comment about skipping version 4 was a joke, even though so far, version 4 has been the joke..

Anyway, you make your comments, I'll make mine.

Fair enough Wizard - I should clarify that I'm pre-empting a bit here.

The posts so far haven't really put coins on the track yet, but I can see the pocket money coming out.

Re: the release comment - I tend to agree    I think it would be cleverer of Stardock to use its more experience DesktopX developers in the community to do some 'private' testing first. Maybe they did? I don't know.

So the update is a no-go for Pro licences, when You want to compile gadgets ? Is that right ?

Yes, Carl. This is not for the Pro. One will be forthcoming, I believe.

Installing this one removed my Pro.

I see the 'export to gadget' option - but it fails at the exe creation point with an error 'dxApp-Custom.bin' not found.
In the past I think the Pro version update follows the Standard update so when 4 beta gets better the Pro might get the update too.