DeskScapes 2.5

Published on February 26, 2009 By Island Dog In Personal Computing

DeskScapes 2.5 has been released today by Stardock. DeskScapes is an application which lets you run animated wallpapers, also called .dreams, on your Windows desktop. It used to be that only Windows Vista Ultimate users could take advantage of a feature like this, but DeskScapes opens this up to users of all versions of Windows Vista, and Windows XP!

DeskScapes also goes beyond just playing videos as wallpapers, as it can also display dynamically generated content, .dreams activated by triggers such as time of day, and more.

The DeskScapes 2.5 update brings:

Improved XP compatibility
Stand-alone installation

DeskScapes is part of the Object Desktop suite of desktop enhancements. A free version is available which is limited to the bundled .dreams and will also play any Dynamic Master Dream purchased from WinCustomize.com . The full version will play any .dream file and is available here .

For more information, visit https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/

Comments (Page 2)

Daiwa

on Mar 04, 2009

Still getting a 'Run DLL as an app' crash whenever I try to apply a .dream (any of the included ones) or whenever I click on the button for setting preferences/properties.

Fresh download/install from yesterday. XPP SP2 with current WHQL NVIDIA drivers for 8600M GT.

HeyNaniNani

on Mar 05, 2009

I have XP, SP3, and yesterday updated my GeForce FX5200 drivers. Installing Deskscapes went fine, but running a Dream did not. I got the message "AGP card detected; want to run anyway?" The action was choppy, the dream quickly left me with a black screen, and Fences wouldn't work, so I couldn't change the wallpaper. I discovered I have an AGP bus 8X. I thought the AGP problem was going to be solved, but since it hasn't been, I might as well uninstall Deskscapes until I can have Win7. Or am I wrong? I'm really disappointed.

Nolwyn

on Mar 31, 2009

So the free version that you are using to intice buyers doesnt work? How is that suppoed to help sales? Or am i missing something?

Error Report ------ SNIPPED ------

ZubaZ

on Mar 31, 2009

Nolwyn

reply 18

So the free version that you are using to intice buyers doesnt work? How is that suppoed to help sales? Or am i missing something?

Error Report ------ SNIPPED ------
</EXE>
<EXE NAME="DeskScapesShellXP.dll" FILTER="GRABMI_FILTER_THISFILEONLY">
<MATCHING_FILE NAME="DeskScapesShellXP.dll" SIZE="406856" CHECKSUM="0xD733584" BIN_FILE_VERSION="2.0.0.106" BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="2.0.0.106" PRODUCT_VERSION="2, 0, 0, 106" FILE_DESCRIPTION="Display Properties panel for ".dream" files." COMPANY_NAME="Stardock" PRODUCT_NAME="Stardock DeskScapes™" FILE_VERSION="2, 0, 0, 106" ORIGINAL_FILENAME="DesktopControlPanel.dll" INTERNAL_NAME="DesktopControlPanel.dll" LEGAL_COPYRIGHT="(c) Stardock Corporation 2006-2009. All rights reserved." VERFILEDATEHI="0x0" VERFILEDATELO="0x0" VERFILEOS="0x4" VERFILETYPE="0x2" MODULE_TYPE="WIN32" PE_CHECKSUM="0x64A43" LINKER_VERSION="0x0" UPTO_BIN_FILE_VERSION="2.0.0.106" UPTO_BIN_PRODUCT_VERSION="2.0.0.106" LINK_DATE="02/23/2009 22:09:53" UPTO_LINK_DATE="02/23/2009 22:09:53" VER_LANGUAGE="English (United States) [0x409]" />
</EXE>
</DATABASE>

Email support@stardock.com to create a case. DS works for most folks. it may be somethign unique to your setup.

Nolwyn

on Mar 31, 2009

OK thank you

Valcer

on Apr 05, 2009

I wish I would of known xp 64 wouldnt work too before i bought and downloaded it, for no hope of it working on my main system lol

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