[quote who="joeshades" reply="3993638" id="541656"] No way to make Deskscapes start up with windows and will not show up in system tray [/quote] DeskScapes automatically starts up at bootup. There is no manual control needed for that.
Thanks for the bug report. The issue has been found and it will be resolved in the next update.
What CPU do you have?
That would typically happen if it was unable to load the image up. One possibility would be antivirus locking access to the file when it tried to load it up while it wanted to scan it. What AV package do you use? If you close and pick the image again from the installed backgrounds page, does it then load the mini previews correctly?
[quote who="kaatza" reply="3993511" id="541688"] I downloaded the new update. However although my program now opened to what I think is the home screen there is still no header bar anywhere at the top and I still can't see the left hand side of the screen. Nothing I can do changes this. I can't use the program and have to use task manager to end task to close it. As a final resort, I will uninstall compleltely and use the newest version to do a clean install.</p
As an update, we have a new version available here https://forums.stardock.com/r?u=https%3A%2F%2Fstardock.cachefly.net%2Fsoftware%2FDeskScapes%2FDeskScapes2026%2FDeskScapes2026_setup.exe This resolves a number of the issues you had, with high dpi needing scrolling, I think the screensaver prompt issue and playlists will now run most effe
[quote who="pelaird" reply="3993495" id="541656"] I could have sworn that the first time I used "Desktop Effects," that the current desktop background appeared in the space above the settings. Now it just displays a black rectangle. Am I mistaken, and this is the expected behavior? [/quote] If it shows black then your OS wallpaper is black
I am sorry you are having trouble. Thats very odd because opening the config UI should never go the playlists screen. It always goes to the home page. My best guess here is the something was hung and relaunching it just brought it back up to that screen. Did the actual backgrounds change on your desktop (I.e. everything but the effects or did nothing actually happen?) Currently effects don't apply to playlists which is less of a bug and more of a missing fe
What CPU does your laptop have?
[quote who="pelaird" reply="3993460" id="541666"] Quoting Neil, reply 3993455 I believe we have identified the issue. You need to download https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=35&msockid=1a6387e185a769b933699188848068b7 These runtimes will make it happy after you sign out and in again. I will make sure the next update resolves the need for this. Does everyo
You need to download https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=35&msockid=1a6387e185a769b933699188848068b7
[quote who="spectrum79048" reply="3993440" id="541656"] Help I'm having problems as well. It's the same problem another user has reported on a different thread of this support page. I have been using Deskscapes in its various incarnations for over 10 years, so I'm not a rookie. Deskscapes 2026 dated 05/21/2026 doesn't work with my Windows 11 version 25H2 (OS Build 262200.8457). I installed Deskscapes 2026 today
[quote who="PhoenixRising1" reply="3993454" id="541656"] Quoting Neil, reply 3993451 Quoting PhoenixRising1, reply 3993448 Which card is connected to your display? It should be detecting whatever your primary monitor is attached to. It is a laptop so the card doesn't always run unless I enable the mux switch, which I prefer not to do to save on power. [/quote] Can you tell it to use the Nvidia GPU for DeskScapesConfig.exe a
I believe we have identified the issue. You need to download https://www.microsoft.com/en-US/download/details.aspx?id=35&msockid=1a6387e185a769b933699188848068b7 These runtimes will make it happy after you sign out and in again. I will make sure the next update resolves the need for this.
[quote who="dcomo1" reply="3993438" id="541666"] I am having the same issue. I have Start 11 v2 installed Never had a previous version of DS installed Installed DS 2026 and rebooted Setting a wallpaper in Windows works great, clicking the button in DS 2026 hangs for a few seconds, then does nothing Computer specs: Windows 11: [Version 10.0.26200.8390] <p
[quote who="PhoenixRising1" reply="3993448" id="541656"] So I just realized that DeskScapes is only using my CPU with on board graphics of 496mb of vram and not my 3060 gpu with 8gb of vram at all. I was wondering why it was going so slow on flux... How do I get it to use my gpu? system process while generating image gpu's detected. Does not seem to detect 3060 [/quote] Which card is connected to your display? It should be detecting whatever your
[quote who="PhoenixRising1" reply="3993437" id="541656"] I feel the AI model selection requirements are too conservative in regards to hardware requirements. I use system ram to make up for less vram all the time on stable diffusion and the cost is usually just longer generating times. Is there any way to download models such as flux if they are greyed out? [/quote] What graphics card do you have and how much memory does it have?
Do you have anything else installed which might impact wallpapers or the desktop? Start11 shouldn't be having any impact itself.
Uninstall, REBOOT, reinstall and hopefully it will be happy.
We will get that sorted. The new search bar on effects seems to have impacted the order of that particular messagebox and we seem to have missed that one.
300% scaling means your desktop is 1280x720 AKA very small. This is why you cannot see it as we designed for higher resolution than that. We will look to add a scrollbar to that one window.
This is because your real resolution is extremely low. 3840x2160 @ 300% is really only 1280x720 which is lower than the app would be expecting. I will see if we can add a scrollbar to that page in the event that it isn't fully visible.
Did you have v11 installed before? If so uninstall v11, REBOOT and then install 2026.
Also if you had DS 11 before, please uninstall, REBOOT and then install DS 2026 as it may be there are mismatched files installed.
What hardware do you have?
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