Active Desktop in windows 7

[AlphaOmega]

so obviously they have disabled active desktop in windows 7 and up due to security issues.However,i have been doing an extensive search and have only seem to come up with 1 alternative.It is called "WallpaperWebPage".Needless to say..it sux! it opens web pages using internet explorer (I use chrome).It also does not play animations/gif's in the webpage. Other then that,it works fine.I was wondering if anyone knew of any other alternative? I know many no longer use this feature,but then again,many do and are still looking for alternatives.

[A Guy]

Can't vouch for it ;)

Snippage (Requires Adobe Air)

http://snippage.gabocorp.com/

A Guy

[Robbo]

The Closest I can think of is Dreamscapes, not sure if it helps.

[AlphaOmega]

Can't vouch for it ;)

Snippage (Requires Adobe Air)

http://snippage.gabocorp.com/

A Guy

I think snippage is like taking a screenshot and setting it as your desktop background isnt it?..will look through it and see.Thankyou for your reply and the web url.


Edit:...ok..so i tried snippage and it just wouldnt gimmee the whole screen as my desktop.not for me i guess but thankyou for replying.

[AlphaOmega]

Another alternative.


(AveActiveDesktop.dll)...This file must be downloaded first




(htmlbg.vbs)


Dim url
url = "http://www.desktopfx.net"
url = InputBox("Which site do you want to use as your wallpaper?", "AveActiveDesktop", url)


Dim htmlDesktop
Set htmlDesktop = CreateObject("AveActiveDesktop.AveHtmlDesktop")
htmlDesktop.Set(url)


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(register.bat)


set currentdir=%~dp0


%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe "%currentdir%AveActiveDesktop.dll"


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(unregister.bat)


set currentdir=%~dp0


%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /u "%currentdir%AveActiveDesktop.dll"


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AveActiveDesktop
ActiveDesktop Replacement for Windows 7 (and Vista, and maybe Win8) that mimicks how XP's ActiveDesktop shows a HTML/Site as the background.


HOW TO INSTALL?


run register.bat as administrator
done.


HOW TO OPEN?
Right-click on an empty space on your desktop to get the Desktop's ContextMenu. This menu now contains a "Start ActiveDesktop" item. Click it to select a HTML file to use as background.


HOW TO STOP?
Right-click an empty space on your desktop again and select "Stop ActiveDesktop"


HOW TO SET AN URL?
Launch htmlbg.vbs and enter the url you wish to use as background


HOW TO UNINSTALL?
Run unregister.bat
Reboot (or, restart explorer.exe manually)






Here is the website in which i got the info from>>> https://github.com/AndreasVerhoeven/AveActiveDesktop


I use windows 7 and this works great for me.However,again it uses internet explorer to open pages.(I use chrome as my default browser)


Maybe someone here might know how to tweak it? Is worth a shot as i do not know much about html coding.

[AlphaOmega]

Another alternative.


(AveActiveDesktop.dll)...This file must be downloaded first




(htmlbg.vbs)


Dim url
url = "http://www.desktopfx.net"
url = InputBox("Which site do you want to use as your wallpaper?", "AveActiveDesktop", url)


Dim htmlDesktop
Set htmlDesktop = CreateObject("AveActiveDesktop.AveHtmlDesktop")
htmlDesktop.Set(url)


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(register.bat)


set currentdir=%~dp0


%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe "%currentdir%AveActiveDesktop.dll"


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


(unregister.bat)


set currentdir=%~dp0


%windir%\system32\regsvr32.exe /u "%currentdir%AveActiveDesktop.dll"


-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------




AveActiveDesktop
ActiveDesktop Replacement for Windows 7 (and Vista, and maybe Win8) that mimicks how XP's ActiveDesktop shows a HTML/Site as the background.


HOW TO INSTALL?


run register.bat as administrator
done.


HOW TO OPEN?
Right-click on an empty space on your desktop to get the Desktop's ContextMenu. This menu now contains a "Start ActiveDesktop" item. Click it to select a HTML file to use as background.


HOW TO STOP?
Right-click an empty space on your desktop again and select "Stop ActiveDesktop"


HOW TO SET AN URL?
Launch htmlbg.vbs and enter the url you wish to use as background


HOW TO UNINSTALL?
Run unregister.bat
Reboot (or, restart explorer.exe manually)






Here is the website in which i got the info from>>> https://github.com/AndreasVerhoeven/AveActiveDesktop


I use windows 7 and this works great for me.However,again it uses internet explorer to open pages.(I use chrome as my default browser)


Maybe someone here might know how to tweak it? Is worth a shot as i do not know much about html coding.


Sorry to keep this going but i was wondering if anyone here has figured out how to get this to open with google chrome instead of internet explorer? I can't seem to find it in the html coding.