Dexpot Forum

Hi all, just downloaded Dexpot and love this idea - its how windows should be!

Unfortunaltey i have a problem with a background update as follows:

I am using a program called 'Johns Background Switcher' that produces a photo slideshow on the desktop background.

I have set desktop 1 to recieve this, the other 2 desktops that i have set up are set to static background images that i do not want to change

However, the curent desktop i am on is the one that is always updated with the photo slideshow (this could be desktop 2 or 3), even though i have set these to static images in the desktop configurations.

Is there anyway my desktop 2 and 3 can be forced to be static and not change at all?

Regards, J

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John's background switcher disregards virtual desktops (how could he if he didn't write a plugin for Dexpot), so there's currently no way to get around this behaviour.

Hi Sebastian, thanks for the reply.

I have noticed that in 'Johns Background Switchers / options', there is the option to specify a program to run along with switches after the new backgroun of images has been drawn.

Is it possible to provide Dexpot command line switches that could be used to perform a refresh of the current settings and therefore (hopefully) restore the backgrounds after JBS has run?

Regards, J

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the app (because nowadays everything is called 'app'; remember: 'there's an app for that?') will switch to its wallpaper, then Dexpot overwrites the wallpaper again? Na, that's not a solution.

Agreed. It makes a lot more sense the other way around: Add a /pause option to JBS that temporarily disables wallpaper switching and then call it using the Start-up settings in Configure Desktops.

Ugly workaround: Setting up backgroundswitcher.exe to run on every entry of desktop 1 and close on next exit.

Sebastian wrote:because nowadays everything is called 'app'

And everybody writing an app is called a dev?

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Ugly workaround

indeed.

And everybody writing an app is called a dev?

Nope. There's too little p.

"Needs more p."

Guys, is there a shortcut / keystroke that can do a refresh of the current desktop?
At present I have to change to another desktop, then change back to do a refresh

Perhaps this kind of function would be useful (if not already available)?
This was the kind of switch i was looking for...

Regards, J

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that won't solve your issue.
Follow Patrick's instructions above.