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by selden
21.09.2012 14:28:26
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: 31 Screens For Each Day of The Month Slideshow
Replies: 3
Views: 2818

Re: 31 Screens For Each Day of The Month Slideshow

Why not use the slideshow functionality built into Windows? Just point the Windows backdrop preferences (Control Panel\All Control Panel Items\Personalization) to a folder containing an appropriate number of images, maybe with a different folder for each month. To use the Windows slideshow feature, ...
by selden
19.07.2012 14:31:14
Forum: Support
Topic: Win8 problem (hot corners block the plugin mouse events)
Replies: 5
Views: 3147

Re: Win8 problem (hot corners block the plugin mouse events)

Win8 is no longer a "work in progress". It is extremely unlikely that the Windows 8 user interface will change from what's in the Release Preview. RTM is scheduled to be a couple of weeks from now, shipping to OEMs by the end of August. Public release is scheduled for October 26. See http:...
by selden
29.06.2012 12:24:37
Forum: Dexpot Public Beta
Topic: Dexpot beta 1.5.99, build 2075: icons scrambled when started
Replies: 2
Views: 12771

Re: Dexpot beta 1.5.99, build 2075: icons scrambled when sta

Some of the icons' positions on Desktop #1 were not what they should have been: - They were not in the positions they had when I previously exited from Dexpot. - They were not in the positions recorded in the most recent profile than I had saved. - They were not in the positions they had when Dexpot...
by selden
28.06.2012 12:51:37
Forum: Dexpot Public Beta
Topic: Dexpot beta 1.5.99, build 2075: icons scrambled when started
Replies: 2
Views: 12771

Dexpot beta 1.5.99, build 2075: icons scrambled when started

The update from the previous release to 2075 went smoothly. Dexpot had been shut down several days previouly. When Dexpot started immediately after the update, the locations of the icons on Desktop #1 were scrambled. When I invoked Settings --> Load profile to load the most recently saved profile th...
by selden
16.06.2012 15:36:17
Forum: Support
Topic: Cursor warp? Cursor moves to middle of window, please stop
Replies: 3
Views: 2453

Re: Cursor warp? Cursor moves to middle of window, please s

That doesn't happen on my system. (Win7 Pro SP1 x64 with Dexpot beta 1.5.99 build 2003 -- which is available on the Dexpot home page.) Although it's a beta build, it's extremely stable. On my system the cursor always stays at the same relative position on the desktop when I switch between them. Migh...
by selden
02.05.2012 12:32:15
Forum: Dexpot Public Beta
Topic: MultipleMonitors, MultipleDesktops, SeveralWallpapers, NoCh
Replies: 2
Views: 6091

Re: MultipleMonitors, MultipleDesktops, SeveralWallpapers, N

This is a feature I would like to see, too: a different slideshow on each desktop. Currently Dexpot provides two backdrop options: 1. a different static desktop background image on each virtual desktop Dexpot Settings --> Switching Desktops --> Customize background checked 2. the same slideshow on a...
by selden
30.04.2012 13:09:31
Forum: Dexpot Public Beta
Topic: DPI messing with Dexpot Full-screen Preview a bit
Replies: 9
Views: 4881

Re: DPI messing with Dexpot Full-screen Preview a bit

It could be that your browser is confused and is not actually downloading the updated version. Try clearing its cache. That sometimes will fix this type of problem, where it thinks it has already downloaded a file and provides the old copy instead of checking for a new copy.
by selden
03.04.2012 13:45:48
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: More like mission control
Replies: 11
Views: 15829

Re: More like mission control

Unfortunately, Win8 has its own uses for the corners of the screen :(
Hopefully some accommodation can be worked out, though.
by selden
16.09.2011 17:31:55
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Desktop resolutions above monitor resolutions
Replies: 4
Views: 2044

Re: Desktop resolutions above monitor resolutions

Patrick, Some displays do not correctly report all of the available resolutions, especially some older CRTs, but some LCDs, too. Under XP, there's a checkbox in XP's display properties --> Settings tab --> Monitor tab which says "Hide modes that this monitor cannot display" which one must ...
by selden
16.09.2011 01:43:49
Forum: Dexpot Public Beta
Topic: taskbar icon: open window not shown
Replies: 0
Views: 1627

taskbar icon: open window not shown

Sorry: I don't have a log for this problem and was unable to reproduce it, which is frustrating. I am running Windows 7 Pro SP1 x64 with Dexpot 1.5.99 build 1722 with separate Desktop folders. I had two Cygwin Bash terminal windows open but minimized. (They are shown in the taskbar with the same ico...
by selden
20.08.2011 20:55:05
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Mouse hot corner for full screen preview
Replies: 6
Views: 6931

Re: Mouse hot corner for full screen preview

This option already exists.

Run Dexpot's "Settings" utility and select Controls in the left-hand column.
Then select the "Mouse Switch" tab and choose the values you want.
by selden
20.08.2011 20:45:43
Forum: Support
Topic: Problem with icons
Replies: 2
Views: 1155

Re: Problem with icons

When manipulating icons on a Virtual Desktop, you need to use Dexpot's "Desktop Windows" utility. One way to remove an icon is to Select the appropriate Desktop in the "Desktop Windows" utility's left-hand menu, then its icon tab. Then right-click on the corresponding icon in the...
by selden
03.08.2011 13:54:26
Forum: Support
Topic: Full screen problem
Replies: 5
Views: 3213

Re: Full screen problem

It depends on the game, the type of fullscreen mode it uses, and what keyboard shortcuts it has implemented. Although it's not a game, I've run Celestia (a 3D visualization program) in full screen mode (e.g. on Desktop #1) and used Dexpot's hotkeys (alt-2, etc.) to switch to other virtual Desktops. ...
by selden
27.06.2011 01:57:20
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Forum internal server error at about 19:50 EDT
Replies: 0
Views: 1585

Forum internal server error at about 19:50 EDT

Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [no address given] and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error. Mor...
by selden
21.06.2011 12:07:49
Forum: Support
Topic: Dexgrid
Replies: 5
Views: 3495

Re: Dexgrid

I think the Dexgrid plugin needs some animation timing configuration options. When it is enabled, and I use the mouse buttons "previous" and "next" to switch screens (I have a 5 button mouse), the animation of the Desktop grid display is shown on the screen much too briefly to be...
by selden
16.04.2011 15:08:32
Forum: Support
Topic: Dexpot NOT IN SYSTEM TRAY, no matter what I do
Replies: 18
Views: 4636

Re: Dexpot NOT IN SYSTEM TRAY, no matter what I do

Nick, You don't mention which anti-virus scanner you used. Unfortunately, the modern malware plague is such that individual anti-virus products typically find only about 45% of them. You might want to consider trying the free scanners available the competition just to be sure. Comodo, Malwarebytes a...
by selden
29.03.2011 05:21:40
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Rainmeter and Circle Dock Proposal
Replies: 89
Views: 85333

Re: Rainmeter and Circle Dock Proposal

Sarge, I like the way it looks when the transition settings are all set to 1000 (1 second). However, while I've been playing with it this evening, I discovered that after working fine for a while, Dexpot would get into a state where it would do part of a transition, then freeze, and then jump to the...
by selden
28.03.2011 20:05:03
Forum: Feature requests
Topic: Save session
Replies: 14
Views: 6409

Re: Save session

You're very welcome.

Switch User is one of the very useful improvements which have appeared in Windows since XP.
by selden
28.03.2011 20:00:22
Forum: General discussion
Topic: Rainmeter and Circle Dock Proposal
Replies: 89
Views: 85333

Re: Rainmeter and Circle Dock Proposal

The video is off to a good start, but... you knew there must be a but in here somewhere, right? ;) 1. I noticed several typos in the text intro. e.g. the capitalization seemed random, and the plural of lady was mispelled. (it should be ladies). 2. I thought the expletives in the brief voiceover were...
by selden
24.03.2011 12:50:46
Forum: Support
Topic: Particular desktop icons disappear
Replies: 14
Views: 8164

Re: Particular desktop icons disappear

For what it's worth, I've been using Desktop Restore to restore desktop icon positions when Dexpot is not running.

http://www.midiox.com/desktoprestore.htm

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