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[quote who="basj" reply="4" id="3922563"] Hello, Sorry to hear you are having issues. But, Curtains is not compatible with Windows 11. [/quote] BTW: if it is not compatible, why Object Desktop insists in listing it among the available applications? To be honest, I've just removed Curtains, rebooted and Object Desktop still thinks it is installed (it has the Open button instead of Install ), and on the Object Desktop Insider section I am even offered to

Reply to Start11 doesn't start at startup and high-cpu Explorer process in Everything Else Stardock.net Forums

Wow, seriously? I updated to Windows 11 in-place and I didn't notice that Curtains was not among the supported software. Indeed, I was also wondering why is started to draw the title-bar of almost every window transparent, notwithstanding the chosen theme. Now I understand why. Is there any plan to have Curtains compatible with Windows 11, or has to be considered now a dead-end product? I've never found myself very comfortable with WindowBlinds 11, it didn't play very well with univer

Reply to Start11 doesn't start at startup and high-cpu Explorer process in Everything Else Stardock.net Forums

OK, here is the full stack: ntoskrnl.exe!KeSynchronizeExecution+0x7f36 ntoskrnl.exe!KeLowerIrql+0x1a15 ntoskrnl.exe!KeLowerIrql+0x3bf7 ntoskrnl.exe!KeWaitForSingleObject+0x256 ntoskrnl.exe!KeSetTimer+0x11fe ntoskrnl.exe!KiCheckForKernelApcDelivery+0x366 ntoskrnl.exe!KeSynchronizeExecution+0x479c win32u.dll!NtGdiAlphaBlend+0x14 gdi32full.dll!GdiAlphaBlend+0xd4 MSIMG32.dll!AlphaBlend+0x13d Curtains64.dll!NBString2+0x9bc6 Curtains64.

Reply to Start11 doesn't start at startup and high-cpu Explorer process in Everything Else Stardock.net Forums

I am already with 2.0.6.4. I can't reboot the PC right now, but I can surely extract the thread's full stack with ProcExp and eventually the dump, depending if I have windbg installed or not. I'll let you know later.

Start11 doesn't start at startup and high-cpu Explorer process in Everything Else Stardock.net Forums

Hello, since a couple of weeks I am experiencing a rather annoying issue with my PC running Windows 11 23H2, with February 2024 patches. At boot time, Start11 doesn't not show. Instead, the Explorer is consuming constantly about 15% of CPU time, and looking deeper in the process details it appears all the consumed CPU time is eaten by a thread hooked to a Start10_64.dll entry point. As said, it seems this happens since the installation of the latest Microsoft patches, and it happens b

Reply to What is the lastest version (beta and otherwise) in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

[quote who="JanOscar" reply="22" id="3858921"] I managed to update manually by going to the folder C:\Users\ YOURUSERNAME \AppData\Local\Stardock\ObjectDesktop. Look for the file ObjectDesktopManagerUpdate.exe and run the installation. [/quote] Hi JanOscar, Thank you for the suggestion. I've gone in the mentioned directory, and I've found that the ObjectDesktopManager.Update.exe was really named as ObjectDesktopManager.Update.ex2 (t

Reply to What is the lastest version (beta and otherwise) in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

[quote who="basj" reply="20" id="3858905"] Also, have you try, uninstall ODM, reboot, reinstall ODM with the latest version you download directly via the product account page. Reboot again after the installation finish. Test it. [/quote] Thank you for your answer, but: been there, done that, still 4.01. If you have the latest version of the installer for OD you can easily verify that its SHA256 is

Reply to What is the lastest version (beta and otherwise) in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Sorry to revive this old thread, but I have still the same problem of the original poster. I've tried all the options suggested here (download from the blue button, uninstall first, reboot, reinstall, doing black magic,...) but nothing as of today has worked. I have still OD 4.01 which doesn't even auto-update, and of course I have an active subscription. Is it really so difficult to provide the proper software? For what is worth, this is the SHA-256 of the OD installer downloaded

Reply to Import cur/ani file in CursorFX Stardock Forums

Hello, Yes there is one (partially). The old but still functional AniFX has the Tools > Batch Process function with which a loaded .ani/.cur can be exported in various formats, among which PNG. I write partially because what AniFX does is to export the animated cursor as separate frames PNG files, not as a strip. The Aniutil (or Animstrip) utility, neither of which included