WindowFX 5 Beta Feedback Thread
Thursday, February 9, 2012 by Island Dog | Discussion: WindowFX
We will use this thread for feedback on the beta releases for WindowFX 5.
When posting an issue, please provide as much information as possible:
- OS
- Version number of WFX
- Detailed description of issue
- Screenshot (if possible)
- The graphics card(s) you have and the driver version if known
- Your screen resolution
If you need to start a support ticket, please e-mail [email protected] or visit https://esupport.stardock.com/
Thank you for your help!
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Reply #122 Friday, March 30, 2012 3:29 PM
Quoting KoltonRamsey, reply 117
Quoting Zubaz,
reply 116
Quoting KoltonRamsey, reply 115I'd like to see a bit more customization for the wobby windows. I'd like to be able to adjust it's friction, and the amount of wobble. Is there even a way to do that?
You can find WindowFX_Scripting.doc in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX
Using that and the scripts in C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\WindowFX\Scripts the community has the opportunity to create many effects.
There used to be a group of people that made really interesting effects: https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/windowfx
Now is a good time to start again.
So you're saying that in windowFX_Scripting.doc that I can customize the degree to which wobbly windows actually wobbles? Because the amount given by default is virtually nonexistent in comparison to the real wobbly windows on Compiz(which you can customize easily). Not that I'm comparing the two, I would just like the ability to edit the amount of which my windows wobble, or increase the the effect to be more "dramatic".
Zubaz is in error here.
The scripting applies to window animations such as open, close, minimize and restore. The wobbly windows is not run as a script and as such has no ability to modify it. We may consider enhancing this area going forward though.
Definitely do enhance it. I personally love the Wobbly Windows on Compiz, it was so fluid, and was able to be increased. Please make this part of your efforts with WindowFX5(after all, I did buy it.
). 
Reply #123 Friday, March 30, 2012 6:40 PM
OK....hate to be the bearer or bad news, but I'm seeing a gradual "build up" of CPU usage and memory usage that I get back as soon as I disable WFX. After about 4-6 hours of usage I notice that the CPU (Quad Q9550) stays at about 40% continuously. If I disable WFX it drops back to 3-7%
Cooler Master HAF 932
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P Rev. 1.6
Core 2 Quad Q9550 2.83Ghz E0 3.40Ghz OC'ed
w/ Cooler Master V-8
XFX Radeon HD 4870 1GB DDR5
HIS Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3
(8GB) 4x2GB G. Skill DDR2 1066
Corsair 750W PSU Single Rail
(1) OCZ Octane S2 128GB SSD
(3) WD 640GB Caviar Black HDD
(1) Hitachi 1 Terabyte HDD
Samsung 22X DVD Burner SATA
Saitek Eclipse II
Logitech G9 Laser
Logitech M570 Trackball
Logitech HD Pro C-910 WebcCam
(3) Dell 2001 FP Flat Panels (4800x1200)
Logitech Z-5500 Digital Sounds System
Windows 7 x64 Home Premium
Reply #125 Friday, March 30, 2012 7:01 PM
Acronis just started up so you'll have to give me and hour or so....
Reply #127 Saturday, March 31, 2012 10:26 AM
Quoting Neil Banfield,
reply 124
What process is using the cpu?
Looks like it's dwm and it's limited to 1 core.
This may be linked to your multiple graphics card setup. Do you have any machines with a single graphics card and if so are you seeing the same on that too?
Also how long was the machine on before this started to happen?
Reply #128 Saturday, March 31, 2012 12:50 PM
It doesn't happen on my laptop.
It was several hours worth of constant working before I noticed it....maybe 4 or 5. This morning it's been enabled about 4 hours but the system's been mostly idle. Core 1 is showing between 9-12% at idle while the other 3 cores are <4%
edit: as a test I disabled WFX and now core 1 is idling at the same level as the other 3....
re-enabled iit and the core still idles the same as the other 3.....
Reply #129 Saturday, March 31, 2012 4:28 PM
Just started running dual cards as well, now I'm seeing issues.
While runing with a single 560ti and dual monitors, windowsfx5, and deskscapes 3.5 all was fine.
Wanted to offload the 2nd monitor to another weaker video card (7950GT) and ADD a 3rd monitor.
So now my layout looks like this:
Primary card - 560ti with samsung 27" LED
Secondary card - 7950GT with Gateway FPD1775W and HPS2031.
Not SLI'd (not possible, not wanted)
Upon reboot Aero would crash once the desktop was loaded. Then as I opened a few windows, the computer would become unresponsive. Tried multiple reboots with the same result.
Trying to track down the issue, I eventually disabled windowsfx5 in msconfig, and now the computer works just fine with new video card / monitor configuration, including Deskscapes 3.5. It is truly amazing that I have 3 different anamations for each of the 3 monitors. WOW 
I would like to get WindowsFX5 working again, any suggestions on what to try ?
I did notice one thing that seemed odd:
Nvidia control panel reports the configuration CORRECTLY, however Deskcapes reports the monitors INCORRECTLY as:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 7.2
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.8
DeskScapes appears to be activated on this PC
DeskScapes engine appears to be running
(SyncMaster P2770H/P2770FH (Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
() 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
(Generic PnP Monitor) 3 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Deskscape.dll 2011/11/01 13:10:18
Deskscapes.dll 2010/09/27 09:06:03
DreamControl32.dll 2009/11/09 15:10:17
DeskscapesConfig.exe 2011/11/01 13:10:45
UI\Deskscape.dll 2011/10/26 11:13:21
UI\DeskscapesVideo.dll 2009/10/24 11:04:54
DreamTasks.exe 2010/09/24 12:01:26
DeskscapesVideo.dll 2010/01/19 16:02:22
Willing to help with any suggestions you would like to have me try.
Reply #130 Monday, April 2, 2012 1:47 PM
I'm sure you've seen it, but this WB thread - https://forums.wincustomize.com/420853 - looks like it's a WFX5 issue.
Reply #131 Monday, April 2, 2012 9:20 PM
No problem with those menus here. It's definitely not a WFX issue, or at least not for everyone.
Reply #133 Saturday, April 7, 2012 10:07 PM
Windows 7 Ultimate
WindowFX 5.0 Beta 2
sometimes the version 5 new animations do not work, but the version 4 animations work normally
Mobile Intel(R)4 Series Express Chipset Family
1280x800 32 bit
Reply #134 Tuesday, April 10, 2012 7:29 AM
WindowFX 5.0 Beta 2
sometimes the version 5 new animations do not work, but the version 4 animations work normally
Mobile Intel(R)4 Series Express Chipset Family
1280x800 32 bit
Exactly the same issue here!
Running a Samsung Series 7 700Z3A with two cards (AMD Radeon HD 6490M + Intel HD Graphics 3000). Maybe this has something to do with it? I have already set explorer.exe and dwm.exe to high performance mode in the siwtchable graphics configuration tool - unfortunately did not help. 
Reply #135 Wednesday, April 11, 2012 11:13 PM
I'm running windows 7 x64, latest updates installed, on a system with a Core i7 940 and two EVGA GTX 580 SC's in SLI. I was using the WinFX 5 Beta 2 with the Geforce drivers and all was fine. However, upon installing the new drivers for my video cards, any effect on a window and menu created by WinFX executes fine but there is a large black square, larger than the window or menu, behind the window/menu being manipulated. Below is a video of this. Let me know if you need additional info. I know the driver is a beta and thus probably going to cause such issues. I was just letting you know of this just in case nvidia altered something that could make it into a release driver and conflict with how you create these effects.
http://youtu.be/T7PaHFocqtE
Reply #136 Thursday, April 12, 2012 3:09 AM
I was not aware the 301.x series drivers worked on anything but the 600 series graphics cards so we might be able to test it now and then yell at nvidia.
Reply #137 Friday, April 20, 2012 9:34 AM
Hi,
Don't if this is the correct place to post this but I have downloaded the latest beta 2 install file and installed it but it refuses to allow me to register it.
It keeps on saying invalid serial number. I have checked the serial number and it is correct. I have even rerequested my Serial Numbers fro support to see if I had made a mistake.
Still get the same error.
Any Idea on how to solve this.
WinFX 5 Beta 2
Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit with SP 1.
Thanks.
Andrew Rindel.
Reply #138 Friday, April 20, 2012 10:19 AM
Don't if this is the correct place to post this but I have downloaded the latest beta 2 install file and installed it but it refuses to allow me to register it.
It keeps on saying invalid serial number. I have checked the serial number and it is correct. I have even rerequested my Serial Numbers fro support to see if I had made a mistake.
Still get the same error.
Any Idea on how to solve this.
Thanks.
Andrew Rindel.
Reply #139 Monday, April 30, 2012 1:08 PM
Hi guys
first of all I LOVE your app.
My question is, why don't we have ALL the animations implemented available for each and every item? (ex: no "reverse suction from top left" for the Open start menu. My task bar is on the top edge of the screen).
There's no Open Animation option for the menus, I can customize only the the Close animation.
Specs: intel i7 2600K, 8Go DDR3, GTX 570 (drivers 296.10), Windows7 64.
Reply #140 Tuesday, May 1, 2012 12:15 AM
While runing with a single 560ti and dual monitors, windowsfx5, and deskscapes 3.5 all was fine.
Wanted to offload the 2nd monitor to another weaker video card (7950GT) and ADD a 3rd monitor.
So now my layout looks like this:
Primary card - 560ti with samsung 27" LED
Secondary card - 7950GT with Gateway FPD1775W and HPS2031.
Not SLI'd (not possible, not wanted)
Upon reboot Aero would crash once the desktop was loaded. Then as I opened a few windows, the computer would become unresponsive. Tried multiple reboots with the same result.
Trying to track down the issue, I eventually disabled windowsfx5 in msconfig, and now the computer works just fine with new video card / monitor configuration, including Deskscapes 3.5. It is truly amazing that I have 3 different anamations for each of the 3 monitors. WOW
I would like to get WindowsFX5 working again, any suggestions on what to try ?
I did notice one thing that seemed odd:
Nvidia control panel reports the configuration CORRECTLY, however Deskcapes reports the monitors INCORRECTLY as:
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of 7.2
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 7.8
DeskScapes appears to be activated on this PC
DeskScapes engine appears to be running
(SyncMaster P2770H/P2770FH (Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
() 2 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560 Ti
(Generic PnP Monitor) 3 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce 7950 GT
Deskscape.dll 2011/11/01 13:10:18
Deskscapes.dll 2010/09/27 09:06:03
DreamControl32.dll 2009/11/09 15:10:17
DeskscapesConfig.exe 2011/11/01 13:10:45
UI\Deskscape.dll 2011/10/26 11:13:21
UI\DeskscapesVideo.dll 2009/10/24 11:04:54
DreamTasks.exe 2010/09/24 12:01:26
DeskscapesVideo.dll 2010/01/19 16:02:22
Willing to help with any suggestions you would like to have me try.
FYI, the Beta 2 update 1 release fixed this for me. All 3 monitors on 2 cards running fine now. Thanks.
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Reply #121 Friday, March 30, 2012 8:11 AM
I'd like to see it adjustable to the point where it's extremely wobbly, and if you move too quickly, the window falls off of the titlebar and crashes into pieces when it hits your taskbar.