[AndreasV]

DesktopEffects for XP
have an animated desktop, like with Dreamscene

Description
Dreamscene is no longer for the Vista Ultimate users: with DesktopEffects, you can now run an animated desktop even on XP. Desktop Effects deliveres animated desktops on Vista (all versions) and on Windows XP that are rendered by the video-card giving smooth animations.

Screenshots

Fire effect

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Video showcasing some effects

Included Effects

• Video wallpaper
  
• Fire effect
  
• Photo slideshow
  
• Underwater wallpaper
  
• Snow effect

Furthermore, DesktopEffects can be extended by extra Effects, which are simple COM objects.

Requirements
+ Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Update http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en
+ DirectX9 November Update http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en

Note
Windows XP support, while tested thorougly is still being worked upon: this means that it is possible that the desktop might be rendered wrongly. A simple, but descriptive bug-report will help resolve those issues.

Download
http://www.desktopfx.net

[Miriam]

many thanks, it is amazing! Perfectly under Windows XP. Will it give also a version without a time limit?
Many greetings, Miriam

[Johnnyboy]

Wow, this is revolutionary! Thanks a lot AndreasV.

[TheGreenMan]

AndreasV all your programs rock!

[çr@nK]

A shame that it doesn't work for me
For some reason regsvr32 fails at registering the DLL

[AndreasV]

You don't have the required libraries then!

It states clearly on the page that you will need:

Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Runtime Files ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en )
DirectX 9.0c November 2007 Runtime ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en )

I know people often think they have this stuff installed, but if it fails - they clearly don't

[çr@nK]

AndreasV, on Jan 15 2008, 05:14 PM, said:

You don't have the required libraries then!

It states clearly on the page that you will need:

Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Runtime Files ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en )
DirectX 9.0c November 2007 Runtime ( http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...;displaylang=en )

I know people often think they have this stuff installed, but if it fails - they clearly don't

Well i did install the VS2005 SP1 runtime files (however the non-SP1 runtime wouldn't install :S the SP1 did so that shouldn't be a problem) and have the DX9 runtime as well. Still not working regsvr32 keeps on saying that it can't load the dll. I'm messing around and will post if i find out what's the problem

Edit: apparently a simple reinstall did the trick, without any other changes. weird but it works now

This post has been edited by çr@nK: 15 January 2008 - 05:13 PM

[AndreasV]

Do you have the DX9 NOVEMBER Update? It's really critical for the functioning of the application.

You could also load the main DLL (AveDesktopEffects.dll) into http://www.dependencywalker.com/ and see what the mising exports are. I

[Razor VinT]

Finally the Dreamscene for Windows XP! Great job!

[winmatrix2007]

for windows xp open notepad and save this code as reg.bat

Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\AveDesktopEffects.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectAutofader.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectScribble.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectSparkFollower.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectUnderwater.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectVideo.dll"
Regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\DesktopEffects\DesktopEffectWinter.dll" 

[kyosan]

i have a problem when Direct X runtime installed :



Please help me. Thank you very much.

[andrew_]

fun toy

Unfortunately the only effects that work for me are the cursor flame, the snow and the fading wallpaper. The rest appear to do nothing.

[AndreasV]

They probably still have a dependency on vista somewhere - the eventlog might show some information.

[M.Sudoku]

I love the Photo slideshow effect. Keep up the great work!

[WhistAler]

Works fine on my Vista Home Premium.