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Hello all

I am sure i read this somewhere here in the last 10 years i was looking for the latest versions of windowblinds 8.? and iconpakager (before 10) and deskscapes 8.? to keep in my archives any help would be appreciated

i tried deskcapes 10 and it does not seem to play nice with windows 7 ultimate, (win 7 boots to a white screen with deskscapes 10 installed??) i am running windows 7  8.1 and 10 in a multi boot system and would like to have the latest versions of the previous versions of the software i was always able to get it before but not now

thank you for any help...

Ed

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

i tried deskcapes 10 and it does not seem to play nice with windows 7 ultimate, (win 7 boots to a white screen with deskscapes 10 installed??)
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If you change the renderer, does it work then?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

 

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No sir..

i do believe it has something to do with Aero because when i switch to classic or anything without aero its fine..

 

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Jaroepz, reply 2

No sir
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I would like to have you try the purge / reinstall of DS10 and see if you still have the issue:

https://forums.stardock.com/485954/deskscapes-support-faq#reinstalling

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

still the same Sean

 

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Jaroepz, reply 4

still the same Sean 
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Are you using any monitor manager like UltraMon or DisplayFusion?  If so, and you disable them (uninstall is preferred for the test), does it boot properly then?

After the boot, are you able to apply any dream with no ill effect?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No monitor manager no dream even applied just the fact that its installed yes dreams work fine

 

 

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Jaroepz, reply 6

No monitor manager no dream even applied just the fact that its installed 
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Ok, but can you apply a dream with no ill effect?  If after you apply one, and reboot, does it still have that same dream and work well?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

yes thats all ok

 

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Jaroepz, reply 8

yes thats all ok
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So, the reboot had the proper, and functioning dream / wallpaper?  If so, would you consider it resolved?

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Sean Drohan
Stardock Customer Service Manager

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No not at all... because when i go back to my wallpaper and reboot its a white screen again 

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Not a "solution" but more of a "for now"-

If you apply your regular wallpapers through deskscapes and leave deskscapes enabled, my guess is they will work as they should.

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I don't have any problems changing from a dream to a static wall or vice versa. Works as it should.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DaveRI, reply 11

If you apply your regular wallpapers through deskscapes and leave deskscapes enabled, my guess is they will work as they should
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Thanks DaveRI

the program works fine it just screws up windows aero in windows 7

and if i select a non aero like windows classic it boots up perfect to the desktop its just when an aero theme is loaded it boots to a plain white screen ...i went back to version 8.8.50

so one of my original questions was i am looking for the latest versions of the previous versions like windowblinds 8.? and desktop 8.? and iconpackager 5.?

any help is very much appreaciated...thank you

Ed..(jaroepz)