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Reply #26 July 23, 2019 3:00:37 PM
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Quoting ghitelj2,
reply 25

AzDude  - thanks for the advice, but I'm hesitant to do that as I have Sony Vegas Movie Studio installed on that laptop and I don't want to risk screwing that up... DS is working on my desktop and I have not updated the codecs there.

 

Is there anywhere I can download DS 8?

I have had all the versions of Sony Vegas Movie studio including 16 now and Vegas Pro now and have no issues , I use those programs

to make some of my dreams ,

As far as DS8 check your downloads folders and you probably have a download of 8 there .

Did you try changing your DS10 settings to Direct Show ? EVR or VRM-9

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Reply #27 July 23, 2019 3:14:55 PM
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As far as DS8 check your downloads folders and you probably have a download of 8 there .

If you purchased it in the past.  If you had not, we cannot offer software we no longer sell or support.

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Reply #28 July 23, 2019 3:41:34 PM
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What is the difference of having DS 10 running with or without the services?

I reinstalled DS 10 beta 1. works fine without service running. I only have to disable DS to change dreams.

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Reply #29 July 23, 2019 3:56:11 PM
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AzDude  - I had tried those two settings and they made no difference, BTW, this was in my new local acct with only the DS service and MS services running.

Sean - I had purchased DS 8 in the past through my OD subscription.

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Reply #30 July 23, 2019 5:30:11 PM
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Let's take a poll on how many people DS 10 doesn't work properly?  I'll bet there are plenty, even those that don't speak up.

How many times do you have to uninstall and purge then reinstall, or create a new user account only to see it still doesn't work properly?

I can live with the inconvenience of having to disable to change dreams, but I should not have to.

I'm not giving up DS 10, I will just run beta 1, which for the most part works ok.

 

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Reply #31 July 23, 2019 8:13:53 PM
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So I installed K-lite codecs under my local acct and that did nothing - still looking at a black desktop. I even stopped and started DS service - made no difference.

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Reply #32 July 23, 2019 8:38:23 PM
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Hi S J N and everyone else reading this forum thread.

YES - I am having this problem and thought it was only me until I found this thread, so there is definitely something amiss with DS10.01 and the latest Windows updates. It worked fine until about 1 month ago, but being End Of Financial Year here in OZ, I was flat out and just put up with it...

So everyone else out there, post a reply because it is likely to be a lot more than an a handful of us experiencing this...

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Reply #33 July 23, 2019 9:34:49 PM
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ghitelj2, check your pm

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Reply #34 July 24, 2019 12:55:07 PM
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Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues.

For those of you with this issue we need to know the FULL VERSION of Windows your running.

Type in run winver.exe ... it will look like this .( see image below )

Also how many monitors your using at what resolutions.

 the issue is being looked into but we need to know the versions causing the issue.

With this version below I have no issues .

So for all who want a fix report back here your versions , please.

 


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Reply #35 July 24, 2019 5:33:27 PM
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My version...

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Reply #36 July 24, 2019 5:59:20 PM
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My version...

Thanks will forward to support .

Also Monitor/Monitors @ what resolution/s

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Reply #37 July 24, 2019 7:11:09 PM
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Hi,

winver

Dual Monitors running at 1920x1080

Also at the same time, I noticed this happening with the start menu when I select a letter, then when I select back out the letters are still superimposed over the scrolling menu... very annoying...

Start Menu overlay corruption

I hope that helps...

DueWest

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Reply #38 July 24, 2019 7:32:31 PM
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Thanks DueWest reported to support 

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Reply #39 July 24, 2019 8:31:15 PM
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Single monitor @ 1366 x 768

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Reply #40 July 24, 2019 11:07:06 PM
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Reinstalled Windows 7, DeskScapes 10 still works with errors. Returned to working DeskScapes 8.

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Reply #41 July 28, 2019 1:20:50 PM
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I just spent a couple hours reinstalling / purging / deleting files / etc. for this same issue. Nothing I did had any effect at all on getting deskscapes to apply any new dream. Then I remembered that I had just yesterday changed the "Display Settings > Scale and Layout" away from the default 100% to 125%. I set it back to 100% and Deskscapes started working again.

I don't know if this will help anybody else that is having problems, but thought I'd share my solution just in case.

Windows Specifications snip

 

PS> I really need to get more sleep before troubleshooting. It took way too long to remember the thing I changed right before having problems...

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Reply #42 July 28, 2019 1:36:35 PM
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I am on the list of people having problems with DS10. It will install and run fine for a while. Now it crashes on launch. Not much use when ya cannot even open app and make changes.

 

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Reply #43 July 28, 2019 2:06:50 PM
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I am on the list of people having problems with DS10. It will install and run fine for a while. Now it crashes on launch. Not much use when ya cannot even open app and make changes.

 

Hello

Would you Please try this PURGE: https://forums.stardock.com/485954/deskscapes-support-faq#reinstalling

Reboot and ReInstall the latest version from your Stardock account reboot and test again.

Again what is the FULL Version of your WINDOWS ?

and how many Monitors at what resolutions ?

Will send report to support .

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Reply #44 July 28, 2019 2:07:45 PM
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Quoting Baladen,
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I just spent a couple hours reinstalling / purging / deleting files / etc. for this same issue. Nothing I did had any effect at all on getting deskscapes to apply any new dream. Then I remembered that I had just yesterday changed the "Display Settings > Scale and Layout" away from the default 100% to 125%. I set it back to 100% and Deskscapes started working again.

I don't know if this will help anybody else that is having problems, but thought I'd share my solution just in case.

Windows Specifications snip

 

PS> I really need to get more sleep before troubleshooting. It took way too long to remember the thing I changed right before having problems...

Sending your report issue to support .

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Reply #45 July 28, 2019 3:13:18 PM
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Quoting AzDude,
reply 43


Quoting Dcrew57,
reply 42

I am on the list of people having problems with DS10. It will install and run fine for a while. Now it crashes on launch. Not much use when ya cannot even open app and make changes.

 



Hello

Would you Please try this PURGE: https://forums.stardock.com/485954/deskscapes-support-faq#reinstalling

Reboot and ReInstall the latest version from your Stardock account reboot and test again.

Again what is the FULL Version of your WINDOWS ?

and how many Monitors at what resolutions ?

Will send report to support .

AzDude
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Run dual BenQ's 25" 2560 resolution.

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Reply #46 July 28, 2019 4:53:06 PM
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Dcrew,

Did you do the Purge ?

,,,,,,,,, Windows 10 Home which version ... type in winver.exe in run to get it 

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Reply #47 July 28, 2019 5:00:02 PM
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Yes purged and reinstalled. so far so good.

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Reply #48 July 28, 2019 5:48:48 PM
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Yes purged and reinstalled. so far so good.

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Reply #49 July 29, 2019 8:58:25 AM
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Quoting Baladen,
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I just spent a couple hours reinstalling / purging / deleting files / etc. for this same issue. Nothing I did had any effect at all on getting deskscapes to apply any new dream. Then I remembered that I had just yesterday changed the "Display Settings > Scale and Layout" away from the default 100% to 125%. I set it back to 100% and Deskscapes started working again.

That is interesting and I would like to see if that has any effect for others that are having trouble applying a dream here.

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Reply #50 July 29, 2019 6:43:10 PM
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Hi,

My display settings are at 100% and always have been, so that is not the cause but possibly another side issue in DS10.

Cheers,

dueWest

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