<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>WinCustomize Forums » RSS Feed » DeskScapes Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/Wincustomize/forum/432</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In DeskScapes</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:30:00 AM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2026 10:30:00 AM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Christian M F</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/541014</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi,  &nbsp;  I tried to download the trial version of DeskScapes 11 from   https://www.stardock.com/products/deskscapes/download-trial   the countdown starts and gets to 0. However, the download does not start. I tired a few different browsers and the result is the same:  Download does not start.  Please investigate and resolve.  If there is no issue on your side, please provide me with a direct download link.  Thank you!  BR  Christian M F  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/541014</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/541014</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 12:28:09 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-03-11T09:28:09</pubDateParsed><title>Download does not work</title></item><item><author>aldo corbella (Titanus)</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540961</comments><description><![CDATA[windows 11 x 64  deskscapes 11&nbsp;  il programma si interrompe durante l installazione,  se qualcuno risponde posso allegare l immagine di errore.  grazie   Moved to Deskscape area   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540961</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540961</link><pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2026 6:28:21 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-03-01T18:28:21-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>deskscapes</title></item><item><author>PeriSoft</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540923</comments><description><![CDATA[I asked this in the Discord too but it seems kinda dead there, so - back in the day (2012 or so) I did some Deskscapes dev with the live backgrounds (DLL-based, not animations). Was rummaging through some old code and got reminded of it; can anyone tell me if that part of Deskscapes is still supported? Kinda itching to do some dev again...  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540923</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540923</link><pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2026 1:54:56 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-26T13:54:56-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>DLL-based DeskScapes support still?</title></item><item><author>butchmcneill</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539127</comments><description><![CDATA[I've been fighting this explorer.exe hangs problem for about 6 months, no help from Windows forum, except sfc, dism, create new profile, clean boot and clean Windows 11 install.&nbsp; Nothing worked problem still occurs.&nbsp; Change graphic cards, no go.&nbsp; I have 3 apps on all my PC builds: Start11, Fences6 and Deskscapes, I have 4 other PCs I'm updating to Windows 11 for my family members.&nbsp; My PC was the only one with the problem.&nbsp; By accident I caused another PC, that was workin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539127</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539127</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Feb 2026 9:29:50 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-21T09:29:50-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Intermittent Windows 11 Explorer.exe hangs</title></item><item><author>sdRohan</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/528511</comments><description><![CDATA[With the  DesktScapes 11.02&nbsp; release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;   Obtaining the product Object Desktop members can get the release from within  Object Desktop Manager    Individual purchases (as well as Object Desktop Members) can also be obtained from your account page:  https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products   For guest check-out purchase (no account), from this link:  http://www.stardock.com/support/productkeyretrie...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/528511</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/528511</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Feb 2026 9:25:45 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-02-09T09:25:45-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>DeskScapes 11.02 Release Feedback Thread</title></item><item><author>stef14</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540756</comments><description><![CDATA[since i believe today the download of dreams isn't working or very very slow.  if it is because of a windows update i don,t&nbsp; know.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540756</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540756</link><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2026 4:19:17 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-01-31T16:19:17-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>slow</title></item><item><author>sdRohan</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540454</comments><description><![CDATA[With the  DeskScapes 11.03&nbsp; beta release today, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.&nbsp;&nbsp;   Obtaining Object Desktop Insider Builds  Object Desktop Manager Object Desktop members can get beta and Insider builds from within  Object Desktop Manager  with 'Enable Object Desktop Insider builds' enabled:      Stardock Download Page Or via their  download page  in the ‘Object Desktop Insider’ section      Obtaining Beta Releases  Stardock.com If a...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540454</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540454</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2026 3:02:23 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-01-13T15:02:23-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>DeskScapes 11.03 Beta Feedback</title></item><item><author>Blaine Tellis</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540337</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently discovered that DeskScapes saves its files to three different locations on my hard disk:  C:\ProgramData\Stardock\DeskScapes\ExtractedData\  C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\Dreams\  C:\Users\name\Documents\Stardock  Needless to say, with multiple large files, this really eats up disk space. I have tried to delete the "Users" file folders, but this occasionally cause issues with some files, particularly the Desktop Collage DeskScape. Which of these is meant to be the primary...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540337</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540337</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 6:27:54 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2026-01-06T18:27:54-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Disk space issue for Deskscapes</title></item><item><author>Heinrich</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/535355</comments><description><![CDATA[Deskscapes blacks out Monitor 2 when I choose "only monitor 1" and then personalize Monitor 2 as a separate image that I do not want to change ever. This is true whether a video or a stagnajnt Deskscapes image.  24H2 26100.3775  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/535355</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/535355</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2025 7:21:56 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-21T19:21:56-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Two Monitors</title></item><item><author>Scrat9876</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540066</comments><description><![CDATA[ Hello,    &nbsp;  I have had Deskscapes app for many years and it has performed well on a couple different machines through the years.&nbsp; Recently I purchased a new Dell laptop with a Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 288V, 3300 Mhz, 8 Cores, 8 Logical Processor(s) with 32.0 GB of memory and 1T of disk space.&nbsp; Video adapter is a Intel(R) Arc(TM) 140V GPU (16GB).  Now, when I attempt to run any of my dream animation files it displays the first static slide but does not animate.&nbsp;  Note: If...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/540066</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/540066</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 7:47:23 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-18T19:47:23-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Animation Failure on new laptop</title></item><item><author>MourningStarChild</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539972</comments><description><![CDATA[I use animation/video playlists with music/sound. At times I wish to mute the sound. The only way I know how to do this is to use the mouse to navigate to settings menu and mute there. This does not work unless I deactivate the current playlist by starting a different one, and then restarting the original. If there is a quicker/simpler process please let me know. Ideally, a hotkey would be priceless. Actually hotkeys can perform many annoying mouse-navigation functions, 'pause' comes quickly to ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539972</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539972</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:46:35 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-15T09:46:35</pubDateParsed><title>Feature Question / Request</title></item><item><author>wwzq</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539974</comments><description><![CDATA[When my host is connected to two monito rs, the wallpaper doesn't display properly. The main screen is 3840*2160, and the secondary screen is 1440*2160 for numerical placement. The display issue is shown in the figure  how to solve it  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539974</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539974</link><pubDate>Fri, 12 Dec 2025 1:38:40 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-12T01:38:40-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>two monitors problems</title></item><item><author>TomTheBadAssCat</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/521853</comments><description><![CDATA[I am using the paid version DeskScape. I have two displays stacked on top of each other, The main screen is a 55-inch Samsung TV HDR and a 43-inch Philips Monitor HDR. Both are set to 3840x2160, scale 300% and 60Hz. I am using Windows 11 with multiply monitors set to fit.  The problem is the images don't match up. The image in the middle matches up but as the images radiate out to the edges the greater the images don't match up. From memory there use to be a setting called span in DeskScape an...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/521853</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/521853</link><pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 1:37:55 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-12-05T13:37:55-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Two Screens With Fit Setting Not Working</title></item><item><author>wiltrot</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539560</comments><description><![CDATA[Trying to install DeskScapes 11 keep getting error massage code 123  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539560</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539560</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Nov 2025 7:00:27 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-11-15T19:00:27-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Problem Code: 123</title></item><item><author>commerce89</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539461</comments><description><![CDATA[I have a a very large monitor, Samsung 55' curved Odessey monitor.&nbsp; &nbsp;I have been finding that most of the wonderful, animated desktops here are not larger enough.&nbsp; I need 5120x1440 to fill the desktop without mucking with the image too much.&nbsp; I don't see a way to search here by resolution.&nbsp; &nbsp;Are there any Deskscapes that size, or is this size screen just not within the scope of Deskscapes available media&nbsp;&nbsp;  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539461</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539461</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2025 8:15:51 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-11-08T20:15:51-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Question on DeskScapes 11</title></item><item><author>MourningStarChild</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539253</comments><description><![CDATA[Hi -  My primary pc is W10. Due to MS end of W10 support I bought a mini-pc with W11 Pro strictly for online and connected hdmi output port to an A/B switch to use same monitor. I would like to know how to use Deskscapes when I am using the mini. Attached is an image of my product info if it helps with the answer.  -thank you  &nbsp;     ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539253</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539253</link><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2025 7:19:23 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-10-25T07:19:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Second PC</title></item><item><author>noizu</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539212</comments><description><![CDATA[Note, incompatible with arm/snapdragon, is there any plans to updating in the future, I miss my pretty animated backgrounds [-.-]  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539212</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539212</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2025 3:13:23 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-10-23T03:13:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>SnapDragon, Arm64 Support</title></item><item><author>ndavalos76</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539174</comments><description><![CDATA[I would like to set the service to "Automatic (Delayed Start)" to reduce the impact on system performance at boot, but I get an error "Error 87: The parameter is incorrect." when trying to switch it to delayed start. I'm assuming you never put the option in for that startup parameter.  It would be a nice to have to be able to set it to delayed start, that way it doesn't impact the OS loading everything during start up. Deskscapes has quite a performance impact on the system at boot.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539174</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539174</link><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2025 11:47:43 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-10-22T12:47:43</pubDateParsed><title>Unable to set service to delayed start</title></item><item><author>duadabra</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539128</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello, I have two TVs that I use as monitors. Monitor 1 is physically located on the left, and Monitor 2 is on the right. The problem is that I use monitor 2 (physically) as my main monitor, and when I choose an image as the wallpaper for monitor 2 (physically), it wants to change to monitor 1. It is as if monitor 1 (physically) were the main monitor.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/539128</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/539128</link><pubDate>Sat, 18 Oct 2025 6:02:18 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-10-18T18:02:18-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Monitors</title></item><item><author>Graygamer25</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537300</comments><description><![CDATA[I own 3 pieces of Stardock software, but DeskScapes while cool, has some frustrating operational issues. 1) it can take a long time for it to fully load and get my wallpaper selections correct. 2) I have 3 different images set to three different monitors, but DS gets confused and thinks my monitor arrangement has changed (it has not) and will put the image on the wrong monitor. 3) many times while setting up animation to my image, if I click preview, nothing happens. There are a couple other thi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/537300</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537300</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2025 12:12:01 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-09-28T09:12:01</pubDateParsed><title>DeskScapes runs kinda wonky on Win 11</title></item><item><author>jeremyhendrix</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/538231</comments><description><![CDATA[Running Windows 11 Home build&nbsp;26100.4946 on an Alienware m17 R3.&nbsp; Was fine until about a week ago and then suddenly the animated desktop is just static.&nbsp; Not tied to any update that I am aware of.&nbsp; Have tried reapplying and even uninstalled/reinstalled Deskscapes.&nbsp; It shows the animation within Deskscapes, but not when applied.  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/538231</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/538231</link><pubDate>Sun, 24 Aug 2025 7:49:41 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-08-24T19:49:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Deskscapes 11 suddenly no longer animating</title></item><item><author>empathy762</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/535776</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello,  When rebooting my laptop, and as Windows 11 loads to the desktop, Deskscapes will not load properly and I end up with a white screen instead of the background picture I've chosen within Deskscapes. Just wondering if anyone else is experiencing this?  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/535776</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/535776</link><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 8:07:47 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-08-07T20:07:47-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Deskscapes not loading properly at Windows startup</title></item><item><author>UX Design</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537675</comments><description><![CDATA[When attempting to assign a unique background to each monitor, it's hard to determine from the Deskscape selection which monitor number you're applying it to.  &nbsp;  current windows 11 display setup     &nbsp;  when applying background to individual screen from the "to a specific monitor" this is where the pictures appear from the drop-down list     &nbsp;  need to fix so that the monitors match windows.  An ideal enhancement request would include a visual layout of monitors,...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/537675</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537675</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 7:40:26 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-24T19:40:26-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Apply background monitor number does not match windows 11 layout</title></item><item><author>empathy762</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537220</comments><description><![CDATA[I've had this issue for a while and have followed all suggestions before in trying to resolve why Deskscapes does not load chosen wallpaper on desktop after a reboot, instead I am greeted with a white background. I've tried purging, reinstalling, everything under the sun but nothing I've come across resolves this. If anyone has a fix for this I'd appreciate knowing what that might be. Thanks!  ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/537220</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/537220</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jul 2025 9:59:19 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-23T21:59:19-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Wallpaper not loading at startup</title></item><item><author>philumax</author><comments>https://forums.wincustomize.com/536140</comments><description><![CDATA[Hello.  I'm having a problem with my taskbar (set to auto-hide). When I get to the desktop, I have to double-click it to make it appear. I used the "dspurge" file to uninstall the software, restarted, and the taskbar appears normally when the mouse hovers over it.  I reinstalled Deskscape, restarted, and the bar got stuck again, so I had to double-click it to make it appear.  I should clarify: once on the desktop, I double-click the bar, and then, for the entire session, the behavior remai...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.wincustomize.com/536140</guid><link>https://forums.wincustomize.com/536140</link><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2025 4:43:01 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2025-07-21T04:43:01-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Taskbar behaving inappropriately</title></item></channel></rss>