Deskscapes not working after accepting upgrade to 2026

Deskscapes 11 was working without a problem on a dual monitor setup before upgrading

I took a sabbatical and just touch my computer last week (WIndows 11 23H2) and a lot of upgrades just start coming... between them Deskscapes.

I had Deskscapes 11 working 'cause I saw dreams I configured for my two monitors.

Then the Descscapes upgrade came in and I accepted it. I payed with no problems and download and installed the upgrade and a final window said that I have to restart to finish the installation process I did and...

Now Deskscapes is not working anymore!

When I tried to start it manually a window shows for just a moment and immediately closes and absolutely no message is shown. I try to start it again and sometimes the windows show and immediately closes and sometimes anything happens.

Very frustrating.

The funny thing is that Fences and Groupy both also offer upgrades (but not paid ones) and everything went without any problem.

I tried to uninstall Deskscapes from the control panel with when I choose to install anything happen.

Also tried to re-install it again and the same problem as described before. I even downloaded the installer from my purchases but in the end Deskscapes does not work

And I have not minor clue/idea why...

So, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Reply #1 Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Perhaps, Deskscapes 2026 was not properly get installed. Please try purge and reinstall steps as mention here : [Deskscape Purge Reinstall Link]. Just make sure to redownload the latest version from your account page. Reboot after the purge. Reinstall and reboot again after the installation. Retest and report back here.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community  Assistant.

Reply #2 Top

Hey basj !

It worked. THANKS A LOT !

BTW in the Windows downloads folder I also found this file:

* UninstallDeskScapes.cmd

I executed it and after that I also executed 

* DSPurge.bat (as recommended)

I rebooted and installed 2026 again and now it went flawlessly. The only thing is that my playlists disappeared, but I will reconstruct them again.

Now I'm going for Fences 6.
😉

 

J.

 

Reply #3 Top

Great, really glad to hear that.

Thank you,

Basj,

Stardock Community  Assistant