Animated Background Not Playing on Startup

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I run DeskScapes in Windows 11 on an Ultrawide Triple Screen 1080 in surround.  Whenever I start my system the animated background displays but is paused.  When I r-click on the desktop I go to 'Show more options' then I have to hit 'Pause DeskScapes' and then I have to repeat those steps and hit 'Resume DeskScapes'.  This fixes the problem, as does starting and stopping a full screen app.  

I would like to know (Especially since this is probably a limited use-case scenario) if there is a hook I could use to pause and unpause DeskScapes with a PowerShell script about 5 seconds after I login to Windows?

deskscapes startup start up start-up not playing paused surround
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, first, need to know why it is not playing when start up? Is it due to your setting up to be surround? Have you test it out and see if the issue do not appear if you disable Surround?

Thank you,
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Correct, It only happens when logging in with surround enabled.  I added Surround to the tags.

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't have Nvidia cards but I checked using AMD Eyefinity with two monitors and see no issue on my system. However, I have forwarded your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

While waiting it is best if you supply us with these informations.

  1. Windows 11 full version and OS Build number. Please use Winver.exe.
  2. Deskscapes full version number.
  3. Nvidia driver is on latest driver version? Please include version number.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top


Ultrawide Triple Screen 1080 in surround.

'Surround' is specific software from Nvidia.  If its not enabled, it works as expected, yes?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Windows 24H2 (OS Build 26100.4061)

Deskscapes 11.01

Nvidia Game Ready Driver 576.52

 

Sorry for the much-delayed response, been hectic around here.  The issue has been much reduced with nvidia's latest drivers, but it still happens occasionally, especially with higher resolution backgrounds.  I do not think Nvidia's Surround is specifically responsible as it hasn't been the target of any driver updates or fixes.  I really would like to know if there is a way to issue a command or write a script if there was a hook for it in say, power shell or otherwise, as sometimes it also does not un-pause after a full-screen game.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Topace-Omadas, reply 5

Sorry for the much-delayed response, been hectic around here.  The issue has been much reduced with nvidia's latest drivers, but it still happens occasionally, especially with higher resolution backgrounds.  I do not think Nvidia's Surround is specifically responsible as it hasn't been the target of any driver updates or fixes.  I really would like to know if there is a way to issue a command or write a script if there was a hook for it in say, power shell or otherwise, as sometimes it also does not un-pause after a full-screen game.

This would be a batch script you could run to restart explorer which should work 

@echo off
echo Restarting Windows Explorer...

:: Kill the explorer.exe process
taskkill /f /im explorer.exe

:: Wait for 2 seconds
timeout /t 2 /nobreak > nul

:: Start explorer.exe again
start explorer.exe

echo Explorer has been restarted.
pause

Sean Drohan
Stardock Product Lifecycle Manager

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

I will try it.  Might modify it to run another one to detect full screen apps and repeat each time.  I will let you know how it goes.  Wish I wasn't round-abouting it by killing explorer, but I understand why it might work.