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Reply to Animation Failure on new laptop in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

I was able to resolve my issues with Deskscapes not playing properly by installing the K-lite Codec Pack from https://codecguide.com/

Reply to Hair in Life, the Universe and Everything WinCustomize Forums

When it originally came out, I was like "those hippies are at it again"; however after serving in the military and being able to see the world through non-rose colored glasses, to me it is more relevant than before.

Reply to Apps installed from microsoft store in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

I've found the easiest way to add shortcuts for apps installed from Microsoft store is to create a temporary Quick-Launch dock. Once that dock appears, right click on it and choose: View > Show Applications . Now open the apps you want on your main dock and they will show on the Quick-Launch because they are running, and drag the icons over to your main dock. Once you get done with the Quick-Launch dock, you can delete it.

Reply to April 2025 Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Usually I just look and see what everyone else is doing, but I was inspired by the resurrection of wincustomize.com to post my current desktop. The WindowBlind is Flare by Don5318, the Icon Packager is Apollo by Mike Bryant, the Objectdock and the wallpaper was created by me.

Reply to WinCustomize came "this close" to dying in March 2025 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Thank you for your hard work getting the site back up, I've been visiting the site since the early 2000's daily and it was like losing an old friend. If wincustomize.com was gone, I would have had to switch my main machine to Linux cause there would be no reason to stay on Windows [e digicons]:([/e]

Reply to Cannot find applicationframehost.exe to exclude in WindowsBlinds in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I found it on my Win11 system in C:\Windows\System32

Reply to How to Tint your Start Menu Icons in Windows 10 and Windows 11 in Start News WinCustomize Forums

What icons are you using in this screenshot?

Reply to AI Desktop Art/Wallpapers 2024 in Artificial Intelligence WinCustomize Forums

A good source for negative prompts is https://studentandwriter.com/ai-art-negative-prompt-list-tips/, it is nice because it has a bunch and examples of their use.

Reply to When did you start using Windowblinds? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I started in 2000, maybe 2001; I do remember that I discovered Windowblinds after I got Icon Packager.

Reply to AI Art Thread: 2022 in Artificial Intelligence WinCustomize Forums

Irfan View, under the image submenu it has an Resize/Resample option that seems to do a good job.

Reply to Start 11 V2 Program Icons in Start Menu Products WinCustomize Forums

Hey, I had the same question about Start11 icon on the start menu; I had done an uninstall > reboot > install of v-2 and I had two icons, the Start11 v-2 icon did not do anything (I should have looked at the icon' properties to see what the path it was pointing to). However the original icon opened Start11, so I deleted the non-working icon [e digicons]B)[/e] . Also Mica does not seem to do anything when it is enabled . . .

Reply to Potentially Worrying IP Connections from ObjectDesktopManager.exe in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

Now we know why Object Dock hasn't been updated for years; it's Vladmir Putin's fault! [e digicons]:grin:[/e]

Reply to Update for Curtains in Curtains WinCustomize Forums

A version that works with Windows 11 would be nice too.[e digicons]|-)[/e]

Reply to Start11 Compatibility with Windows 11 KB5022913/Moment 2 in Stardock Blog WinCustomize Forums

I had to uninstall the update from Microsoft to correct the issues I had; the 1.4 beta of Start11 fixed the obvious ones but even after installing that, my start button was truncated so only the left half appeared and I wasn't able to expand the systray to show hidden icons (also all the icons in the systray hidden or not were unresponsive to right r left clicks). Uninstalling KB5022913 and rebooting corrected those problems

Reply to Best solution in 2023 to the classic "missing MPEG2 Codec" issue in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

The K-Lite codec pack will correct the problem;, I was having issues with some older dreams that were giving the error and once I installed the pack, all is good.

Reply to Old cartoons in Everything Else WinCustomize Forums

That didn't work too well, here is a smaller image

Reply to LastPass Update Borked in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I'm using Last Pass v 4.107.0 on Slimjet, PaleMoon and Edge, so far no issues; migrating to a different manager should not be too difficult, you can export the passwords from LP to a *.csv file and most of the other managers allow importing. Now I just need to find the motivation to pick one and actually do it . . .

Reply to Object Dock causing delays in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

The problem might be related to the number of items you have docked, my suggestion is to backup the settings and try creating new dock with a small number of programs. I've been using it since I believe Windows 98 and strangely now that I am running Win11 it seems to work better than it ever did.

Reply to Microsoft’s Vision for Windows 12 Explains Windows 11 in Software Blog WinCustomize Forums

They are pushing people to adopt Linux, I do not like there changes and eventually I will switch my main machine to be a Linux OS machine.

Reply to When did you start using Windowblinds? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I started back in 2001, I found it after I started using Icon Packager

Reply to ObjectDock is incredibly slow in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

I just renamed that file and it seems to have helped; I also have found that not having OD to use tabs helps too

Reply to Windows 10 in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

I've been using Object Dock on Win 10 since it was released (5 years and a couple of formatting the drive & reinstalls) and I have not seen any problem with it.

Reply to No, it’s not your ISP. in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I work tech support for an ISP, been seeing these kind of calls for over a year now. They started out just as a pop-up on the screen but now some have gotten sophisticated with audio saying you computer is infected and something on the screen about the "This is the Blue Screen of Death", to call Microsoft, the ISP or someone else. One time I called the number on one of my customer's screen and it was answered by someone with a Southeastern Asian accent how said he was in Miami; I believed

Reply to Updated to WindowBlinds 7 and have many problems in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I just wanted to post an update for anyone who might still be following this thread. I just updated WindowBlinds with the new version that became available today and that seems to have solved the problem, I am now able to open the GUI and the icon for WB is showing in the systray. Don't know what was wrong to begin with, or why the update corrected it, but everything seems to be good now.