I dont seem to recall having ShadowFX available in Object Desktop when I reinstalled it onto my new Windows 7 build the other day.  I dont think it came up in my Programs List in Object Desktop, because I was specifically looking for it.  I looked in WindowsFX to see if it was included in that package.  Great features that Windows FX has, but sadly, I did not find any shadowing in there when I looked.

ShadowFX is only for Windows 8 and 10. https://www.stardock.com/products/shadowfx/ 

They made this when Win 8 came out. You must be thinking of something else. All it does is enhance the shadow around the windows of the default theme. Doesn't work if you have WindowBlinds applied.

Sorry I was wrong it is 8/10 only.

There is no market for apps for Windows 7 only as it is a dead operating system.  We try to make new apps and updates work in Win 7 but an app for Windows 7 specifically makes no business sense.

ShadowFX does not support Windows 7 as the default OS theme has part of the shadows as the corner of the frames which means the ShadowFX shadows would not match correctly.

Want to bet? I am sure there is a huge population of people and companies still using Windows 7 out there. According to StatCounter's Desktop Windows Version Market Share Worldwide - April 2019 statistics, 33.38% of the market still uses Windows 7, myself being one of them.

Oops. 

Ive made a list of what I would like to see come back.  Here is a complete list of what my Stardock Object Desktop should comprise of:

What I use (and would like to see kept):
Object Dock (please bring back the weather dock !!!)
Window Blinds
Fences
Windows FX
Deskscapes
Cursor FX
Icon Packager
Icon Developer
Start 8 (I use it on my laptop that runs Windows 8 because I cannot stand Microsofts overhaul of the start bar)
Skin Studio
Theme Manager
Tweak 7

What I would like to see come back:
Desktop X
Icon X
Object Bar
BootSkins
Right Click
Shadow FX - I know others have said it is available in Windows 8 & 10.  I still remember making use of numerous of shadow effects in Windows XP and thought it was a stand-alone product back then.  Maybe it was incorporated in WindowBlinds back then ?  Or maybe it was Windows FX and contained shadowing effects around the borders of a window back then ?  I remember that with this program (or whatever the program was called), you can perform shadow effects and also make special effects when moving windows, or opening and closing windows, and menus the way Windows FX does today (which I am making use of).  And yes, I even made use of the transparency levels of moving windows back then which i still do today.  Using the shadow effects did take a bit of a hit in performance when opening and closing windows, or when moving a window back during those XP days.

Someone whos been a long-time Object Desktop member like me for well over 10 years has got to remember this feature somewhere back in the Windows XP days.  I could not have been the only member using this feature here back then.

I dont make use of Tiles or the Tile Skin Editor.  If those programs are sacraficed to bring back the other programs, and to keep Windows 8, Windows 10 Start Menu to work like how the Windows XP Menu does (more so than windows 7, because I like seeing the full list of programs available), I would not miss these programs.

Thanks for looking !!!

Frogboy -

Thanks for your input.

Are you the creator or the person in charge of Object Desktop?

Thanks.

Frogboy -  I really enjoyed using your products for nearly 20 years.   I look forward to using it for another 20 years

Is there any chance to include in Object Desktop - O/S 2 2020 edition OS?   I onceused O/S 2 Warp.  I think it came on 15 floppy disks.

Yes,  it was that many. 

I use Rainmeter for the Steampunk themed items.... not so much XWidget, though I haven't checked it out enough to know what is available.

On another note.....

There's only one thing I've asked for in ObjectDesktop, and that's to be able to add and store desktop shortcuts to IconPackager so that they can be changed in the one operation rather than having to change each individually to match the applied theme each time it is changed.. 

It shouldn't be too difficult a proposition, adding a menu item to find the items, either by creating a pathway process or using drag and drop  It would make Iconpackager a more complete and useful customisation program.

In the plus year that I've been asking I have never received an answer one way or the other

Is anyone still skinning Xion?  That was a powerful skinning engine that was really easy to created with because it used layers (and layer names) as controls.  I wish SKS used something similar.

The old ShadowFX was really powerful (and fun) but as shadows were incorporated into Windowblinds it became less exciting.  I LOVED the dynamic lighting (that you can sort of see in the CursorFX shadows if you enable it).