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DeskScapes runs kinda wonky on Win 11

July 18, 2025 8:48:35 AM from Stardock ForumsStardock Forums

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 things that are less annoying, like DS not really being as user friendly as it could be.

Are there any adjustments, tweaks etc. in DS and/or Win 11 I should do to help these problems?

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Reply #1 July 18, 2025 9:48:53 AM
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Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Please elaborate more.

  1. Long time to fully loaded? How long and how many wallpapers in each playlist? Also the playlist set to play randomly? Wallpaper static or animated?
  2. 3 different images set mean 3 different playlist?
  3. Elaborate on "Setting up animation to my image"?

Perhaps a video showing us the issue might help us understand it better. Also we need few more details on your system.

  1. Windows 11 full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe to get these numbers.
  2. Deskscape version installed.

Thank you,
Basj,
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Reply #2 July 18, 2025 9:51:49 AM
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Hi Graygamer25 and thank you for posting.

"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. "

This seems consistent/related to an issue we've previously noted on this thread:

As noted in the above thread, when cycling wallpapers on 3 monitors, we found an image cycling could show the wrong image (not a part of that cycle) for a few seconds.  Does that seem like what you've encountered?  If not, could you clarify more details of what is occurring with the wrong images?  I'll add your comments to the log.

Internal Ref: ODNT-9919

Thank you and best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Support Specialist

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Reply #3 July 18, 2025 3:05:22 PM
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Long time to fully loaded? Could be a couple minutes or more. It is trying to engage/load my images to the wallpaper on 3 monitors. Some load up, some do not. Sometimes it finally loads them, sometimes not.

How long and how many wallpapers in each playlist? Also the playlist set to play randomly? To be honest, I have no playlists. I haven't experimented with this yet.

Wallpaper static or animated? 2 static, one animated, using DS.

3 different images set mean 3 different playlist? 3 different images, no playlist

Elaborate on "Setting up animation to my image"? I will have to make a video for this. If I do a vid, how to upload to you?
Windows 11 full version and OS Build number.  Windows 11 Pro Version 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4652)

Deskscape version installed  11.02

As noted in the above thread, when cycling wallpapers on 3 monitors, we found an image cycling could show the wrong image (not a part of that cycle) for a few seconds.  Does that seem like what you've encountered?  If not, could you clarify more details of what is occurring with the wrong images?  I'll add your comments to the log.  Clearly my monitors are set up as 1, 2, and 3. I set DS up to display the 3 different images on each monitor I chose. At first, it worked just fine, then one day it decides that my #1 is now #3, #2 is now #1 and #3 is now #2??

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Reply #4 July 18, 2025 8:36:41 PM
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Perhaps you should try to set up the 3 playlists and apply different playlist for each monitor and see how it work for you.

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Reply #5 July 18, 2025 8:57:38 PM
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Do you have tutorials for setting up playlists and other features? I haven't been able to find much of anything.

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Reply #6 July 18, 2025 9:14:31 PM
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Try this one by Azdude:

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Reply #7 July 18, 2025 10:16:35 PM
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If I add animation through DS to one of my pictures, how do I save this and import it into a playlist?

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Reply #8 July 18, 2025 11:24:12 PM
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You should be able to add background files (*.Dream, *.png, *.bmp, *.jpg, *.tiff, *.mp4, *.wmv, *.mpg, *.jpeg) to your playlist. Just go back to your playlist listing. Pick the playlist you wish to add to. Click it. than click the "Add Background" button. Refer to my short video below.

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Reply #9 July 19, 2025 11:42:58 AM
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I just created three playlists and assigned them to the 3 monitors. However, once again, DS decides to assign monitor numbers all on its own. Before: #1 is now #3, #2 is now #1 and #3 is now #2?? Today my info panel/clock decides my monitor #1 is now #2, whereas yesterday it was correct.  Also today the animation I set up on Monitor #1 has decided to freeze the animation. I'm glad this software only cost me $3, because it is well intentioned, but very buggy.

 

 

 
 
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Reply #10 July 19, 2025 12:02:43 PM
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Perhaps it the same issue highlight by Adam above in his reply#2, its been reported internally, hopefully it get resolve on the next update.

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Reply #11 July 21, 2025 11:01:58 AM
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Quoting Graygamer25,
reply 9

Today my info panel/clock decides my monitor #1 is now #2, whereas yesterday it was correct.

I understand the images are appearing on different monitors, apparently somewhere the recognition of which-monitor-is-which, is changing.  To be thorough for the log: Would it be correct to say this happens after you sign-out and sign-in?  If so, does it happen every time? Or for example, is it only when reboot the PC?  Does it happen every time and only when you do either?  Does anything else you do seem to cause it?  Also, to test further, would you be able to check if any of these issues occur from default Windows behavior, without DeskScapes installed and running?

Thanks again,

Adam McGuinness
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