Icons Disappear in Desktop Mode

[ryan]

The actual dev of milkdrop doesn't work for Nullsoft any more. You'll be lucky to get a fix. Maybe you could find someone to fix it for you. The source code is available.

[Flexi]

*knock knock* where is the MD2.0 source?

[Smirnof100]

Looks like an Nvidia problem to me. Everyone here has one including me and thats my problem as well.

[SamWise]

Not just an nVidia problem

Hi
I'm using an ATI X1950 with dual monitor setup with Vista Ultimate X86 with Milkdrop2.

Same problem, when in desktop mode the icons disappear. I can see the taskbar and open other windows ontop of the visualizer, but the icons just arn't there.
Any ideas???

[yusky03]

Re: Not just an nVidia problem

Originally posted by SamWise
Hi
I'm using an ATI X1950 with dual monitor setup with Vista Ultimate X86 with Milkdrop2.

Same problem, when in desktop mode the icons disappear. I can see the taskbar and open other windows ontop of the visualizer, but the icons just arn't there.
Any ideas???

No Ideas for the last 4 months

well it is not vista it is not 64bit and it is not nvidia cards

[yusky03]

Is there any fix for this yet? I miss my icons

[DigiMike]

Have the Same issue here. Vista 32bit, Nvidia 9600gt video card.

[retartedllama]

I have the exact same problem.

Running:

Q6600 2.4GHz
Vista Home Premium 64-bit
GeForce 8800 GT
4 GB RAM

Milkdrop sure is an awesome visualization, it's just a crying shame I can't use it as my desktop background.

[Djhg2000]

Aero?

Could it be Vista Aero messing with the icons?
I'm not sure how to completely disable aero, but I tried disabling all of the "fun stuff" in performance options and it didn't help.

[T3STY]

Having same problem
Vista Ultimate x86, nVidia 8600 GT
Anyone has news about milkdrop developing?

[yusky03]

Still does not work with latest version of winamp...

[blastofftek]

Confirming the same problem, Vista Ultimate 32-bit with SP1
on Intel Core 2 Duo T5250 1.5 GHz, NVIDIA 8400M GS.


@Djhg2000: It is not Aero, I deactivated them and the problem is still there.
Tip: To deactivate Aero, go Personalization->Window Color and Appearance->Open Classic appearance properties for more options (bottom)->Select "Windows Vista Basic".

[mgstrein]

This is my guess as to my it won't work.

Starting with Vista Microsoft handles the desktop differently. Go read about WDDM and DWM for more information.

PS this is not Microsoft's fault, the new Desktop model is awesome. MilkDrop just needs some more/better support. Considering how much such an awesome vizulaition costs I'm not too upset.

[DrO]

the problem really is that the desktop mode was a hack at best so it's not a surprise that it's duly been broken by the Vista changes. now i don't know if this is just a simple thing to fix or if it's a fundamental issue that won't easily be able to be resolved with the development resources available.

i think the issue has been logged internally but i've no idea if anyone has looked into it properly / got anything towards a fix implemented. so for the time being there's unfortunately not too much which can be done until someone on the dev team works out a fix or someone tries to work it out with the 1.04 source code and provides a relevant patch (i don't think the desktop mode handling was changed between 1.04 and the 2.x versions).

[edit ~2hrs later]
it appears that MD2 is specifically set to not draw the icons as it otherwise causes Vista to crash or something like that but i believe it's more of an issue with vms_desktop.dll from what i can guage.

-daz

[davoid2000]

Has this problem been fixed yet? I haven't got any icons!