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DeskSpace Changelog

What's new in DeskSpace 1.5.8.14

Mar 24, 2014
  • Feature - Minor performance improvements.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused DeskSpace to crash when selecting a desktop background on some Windows XP systems.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused command line windows that launch child processes to disappear while switching between desktops.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused Explorer to crash.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused desktop icon auto arrange/align to be incorrectly set.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused DeskSpace to incorrectly display the desktop cube reflection at some angles.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented the PhraseExpress clipboard menu from opening after switching desktops.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.13 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - DeskSpace now pauses and resumes StarDock DeskScapes animations when switching between desktops.
  • Feature - Minor performance improvements.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused a slowdown when using DDE (for example, opening up an Excel document in Explorer).
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused problems when dragging windows between desktops.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented 64-bit windows from being dragged between desktops.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from displaying configuration dialogs correctly on some computers.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that caused DeskSpace to incorrectly update the desktop icons when a Visual Basic script refreshed the desktop.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from setting desktop icon positions at startup.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.12 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - DeskSpace now tries to enforce the visibility of desktop icons, so shown icons stay shown, and hidden icons stay hidden.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that corrupted the desktop icon configuration when restarting or shutting down Windows 7 x64.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.11 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Improved compatibility when dragging and switching to windows.
  • Feature - DeskSpace is now better at maintaining the order of taskbar buttons when switching between desktops.
  • Feature - More misc. performance improvements.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would not correctly load the "Desktop Names And Pictures" configuration.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would remember the desktop cube static image background.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause the Manage Desktop Icons dialog to lock up in rare circumstances.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that in rare circumstances would cause Explorer to crash when exiting DeskSpace.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.10 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Added compatibility with Google Talk.
  • Feature - DeskSpace now defaults to a different, more compatible key combination when run under a Virtual Machine.
  • Feature - Improved compatibility when switching to windows.
  • Feature - Improved compatibility with laptop timers.
  • Feature - Misc. performance and memory improvements.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where holding down the Arrow keys while the Desktop Cube was shown would force DeskSpace to keep rotating the cube as many times as the key repeat event fired, instead of stopping as soon as the key was released.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that prevented DeskSpace from obtaining an image of a desktop if Windows took longer than 1 second to generate it.
  • Bug Fix - Switching between desktops using the mouse while over the taskbar now works again.
  • Bug Fix - Desktop window icon capture (i.e. when icons are displayed in the DeskSpace System Tray menu) is now more robust.
  • Bug Fix - Loading the desktop icon configuration is now more forgiving, DeskSpace will try to handle corrupt configuration files.
  • Bug Fix - If Explorer crashes, DeskSpace no longer moves all windows to the current desktop, it restores all windows on their correct desktop.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause DeskSpace to lock up in rare circumstances.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug that would cause DeskSpace to crash in rare circumstances.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.9 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug when opening the Otaku Software forums from the DeskSpace system tray "Visit Community Forums Online" menu item.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug in the Manage Desktop Backgrounds dialog where DeskSpace would display incorrect preview images for the "Fit" and "Fill" background types.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where extra Windows Media Player windows would appear in the DeskSpace system tray menu after the Windows Media Player window was resized.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.8 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Further improvements in how DeskSpace deals with unresponsive applications.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would recognize all Microsoft Outlook child windows.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would open all Microsoft Word windows on the desktop Word was originally opened on.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.7 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Improvements in how DeskSpace deals with unresponsive applications.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace wouldn't recognize certain windows, which in turn prevented those windows from being dragged between desktops.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.6 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Added French localization.
  • Feature - The DeskSpace initialization sequence is now much more robust.
  • Feature - Optimized DeskSpace startup time.
  • Feature - Optimized DeskSpace window and icon management.
  • Feature - Various user interface tweaks.
  • Bug Fix - DeskSpace now tries to work around an Internet Explorer bug where the Internet Explorer window does not refresh.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed an issue related to creating custom desktop pictures.
  • Bug Fix - Fixed a bug where DeskSpace would not display the cube on a secondary monitor if the primary monitor was disabled in the MonitorState.cfg file.

New in DeskSpace 1.5.8.5 (Mar 24, 2014)

  • Feature - Icons and dialog images are now clearer when using high-DPI settings.
  • Feature - DeskSpace now automatically disables Windows 7 Snap when window dragging is enabled.
  • Bug Fix - DeskSpace now works on Windows 7 systems with StarDock Fences installed.

New in DeskSpace 1.3 (Apr 5, 2007)

  • New options : zooms, background, transparency...
  • Panoramic background
  • Modification of windows management (should fix some problems with windows always showed)
  • Bugs correction...

New in DeskSpace 1.21 (Apr 2, 2007)

  • Added autorecover of "lost" windows
  • Basic cube transparency (modification of parameter in .INI : CubeTransparency :0.0->1.0 example:0.75)
  • Improvement of rendering (modification of parameter in .INI : MagnificationFilterLevel : 0->3, MipMap Filter LEvel:0->3)
  • Anti-aliasing activation (modification of parameter in .INI : TryAntialiased : 0 or 1)
  • Hardware rendering activation (modification of parameter in .INI : TryHardwareVertexProcessing : 0 or 1)
  • Bugs correction