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Animated wall paper is not working

April 16, 2025 9:10:19 PM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

I have been using deskscapes 11 for a few years 

recently all animated downloads are static only 

I reinstalled the software 

here are my specs 

Tech Specs

  • Processor

    13th Generation Intel® Core™ i7-13700H Processor (24 MB Cache, 14 cores, 20 threads, 2.40 GHz to 5.00 GHz, 45 W)

  • Operating System
     

    Windows 11 Home, 64-bit

  • Video Card

    NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Laptop GPU, 8 GB GDDR6, TGP 60W

  • Display

    17-inch, FHD+ 1920 x 1200, InfinityEdge 60 Hz, anti-glare, non-touch, sRGB 100% min, 500 nits, wide-viewing angle, WLED, Eyesafe® Certified
    17-inch, UHD+ 3840 x 2400, InfinityEdge 60 Hz, anti-reflective, anti-smudge, touch, 100% AdobeRGB min., 500 nits, wide-viewing angle, WLED, Eyesafe® Certified, DisplayHDR400-compliant, Gorilla® Glass

  • Memory 


    32 GB, 2 x 16 GB, DDR5, 4800 MT/s, Non-ECC, dual channel

  • Storage



    M.2 2280, 2 TB, PCIe NVMe Gen4 x4, SS

    what can I do to get it back working ? 

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Reply #1 April 16, 2025 9:22:39 PM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. May I know what changed recently that may or may not causing the issue. New Windows update? New graphics driver update? New software installed. New codec updates? New software installed? Anything that come to mind.

Thank you,
Basj,
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Reply #2 April 16, 2025 10:46:11 PM
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a few weeks ago all was working fine but when I tried to change the wallpaper 

none worked except for the one that was running currently 

I do regular updates on windows  there was an update 3 days ago 

and since then I totally lost the ability to run an animated wall paper 

 

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Reply #3 April 17, 2025 1:05:40 AM
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Just as a test try download a new dreams from Wincustomize. Does the new one work? https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream

Also, check if you have not pause the dreams. Right click on Deskscape icon on your taskbar tray. Click "Resume DeskScapes"

Thank you,

Basj,
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Reply #4 April 17, 2025 12:17:37 PM
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i downloaded  2 animated screens to my download folder  and neither worked-   i went to the link in you tube and they work fine on you tube

where does deskscape save its downloads ?

 

 

 

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Reply #5 April 17, 2025 12:27:34 PM
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I think it has something to do with the latest Nvidia Driver. I installed 576.02 this morning, and I'm seeing this same problem. Dreams will run for a little while and then stop.

Restarting Explorer seems to fix it. I'll work on this today and try to figure it out.

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Reply #6 April 17, 2025 5:20:47 PM
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After spending some time with this, most Dreams run fine. I have one which was downloaded yesterday

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/dream/15288/

which hangs once applied. If I restart Explorer, it seem to run fine.

Which Dreams are you having trouble with? Please let me know so I can test them.

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Reply #7 April 17, 2025 5:25:33 PM
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Try gorgeous lake sunset by cyberslober

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Reply #8 April 17, 2025 5:47:45 PM
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Quoting robk39,
reply 7

Try gorgeous lake sunset by cyberslober

Seems to work fine here. Does it run for a few seconds and then hang, or it just won't run. Have you tried restarting Explorer?

Also, what version of Windows (use winver.exe) and DeskScapes are you running? What version of the Nvidia driver are you running?

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Reply #9 May 6, 2025 8:55:34 PM
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ok i am back  let me preface that animated worked fine until the windows update

i download any animated   and it just won't run.   i restarted explorer

NVIDIA® GeForce RTX™ 4070 Laptop GPU, 8 GB GDDR6, TGP 60W 

Windows 11 Home, 64-bit ver 24h2  build 26100.3915

 

 

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