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July 11th, 2015 04:17 PM #1AlphaOmegaGuest
Active Desktop in windows 7
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.
July 12th, 2015 07:12 AM #2
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The Closest I can think of is Dreamscapes, not sure if it helps.
Please post in English or at least include English translation.
July 13th, 2015 12:42 AM #4AlphaOmegaGuestI 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.Last edited by AlphaOmega; July 13th, 2015 at 12:58 AM.
July 13th, 2015 02:19 PM #5AlphaOmegaGuestAnother alternative.
(AveActiveDesktop.dll)...This file must be downloaded first
(htmlbg.vbs)
Dim url
url = "https://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.
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