I think the new NVIDIA drivers broke Wallpaper Engine

[Yuiiski]

Hi, been using Wallpaper Engine for yonks and have never had any issues, installed the new NVIDIA drivers and boom, Wallpaper Engine now crashes when I boot up my PC, the screen just remains black, anyone else getting this?

This is what pops up whenever I boot the PC or try to open Wallpaper Engine.

https://i.imgur.com/iZePAGR.png

[craig_read]

Windows 10 Starts then Screen Blanks

Hi,

I started the system this morning (having done an Nvidia driver update last night for my graphics card, it's the only change I can think of) and the behaviour I am seeing is the system starts, I see the desktop then shortly after start the screens blank to a colour that was predominantly shown at the time of blanking.

So for example if I start windows, then go to a web page showing mostly a white screen, the screen will blank to white, if I go to steam, it blanks to blue / grey. After blanking I have no control options, no mouse, keyboard etc. Nothing responds at all the only option I have is to reset the computer manually using the reset button.

The screen blanking happens within moments of start and I shut down Wallpaper Engine quickly on the last restart and I have no blanking. Since disabling Wallpaper Engine I've not seen the issue again. Enabling it, the problem returns.

Do you have an idea what's causing it? I suspect it's a compatibility issue with Nvidia?

Thanks

Craig

[lPherion]

Wallpaper Engine not starting with W10.

(Sorry for my english)

Today, (just when i upload the nvidia geforce drivers), wallpaper engine seems to "stop workin" and the program dont start when i turn on the pc, i have the same problem/issue a few months ago but this time i cannot solve it with the same method (changing the priority of wallpaper engine).

Is there another way to fix it?

[Tim]

This issue seems to only affect a limited number of users. Can you share your system specs by running our scan tool and sharing the log file it generates:

https://help.wallpaperengine.io/debug/scantool.html

[Biohazard]

This driver is apparently awfully broken as you can see from the replies: https://www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/forums/game-ready-drivers/13/417924/geforce-46079-game-ready-driver-feedback-thread-re/ it's a rushed update for Cyberpunk 2077.

We are absolutely unable to change Wallpaper Engine to not crash with a broken driver, a working driver is not optional, it's required for any program to work right.

Everyone having this issue should fill out this form from Nvidia https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA because they need to know the specific hardware and circumstances in order to fix it. We will try to reproduce the problem with this driver too and if we notice problems as well, then we will also fill out this form. But we cannot fill out the form in your place, so if you have issues with this driver please fill it out for Nvidia to analyze.

Temporarily just don't use this driver if it breaks your system. If you want to use it anyway, then please fill out the form and wait for Nvidia to release a hotfix or completely new driver. Also, most people mention video acceleration issues so try using scene wallpapers instead of video wallpapers if you don't want to go back to a better driver.

[Pudel]

I have the same problem since the new update. Did anyoone fix it?

[Tim]

Be sure to report the issue to Nvidia, it's really, really important. We're currently not aware of any fixes but it also seems to only affect a relatively small number of people.

[Tim]

Nvidia just released a net set of hotfix drivers, version 460.89. Could any of you test if the problem persists with these drivers:

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/167751

[Agent 1007]

Originally posted by Tim:

Nvidia just released a net set of hotfix drivers, version 460.89. Could any of you test if the problem persists with these drivers:

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/167751

Although I didn't experience any issues with the 460.79, I am installing the 460.89 now and will update here soon.

Edit:

Just installed the 460.79 and Wallpaper Engine update. No issues so far.

My rig: Win10 x64 (20H2), i5 7600k, 16GB RAM, 1660Ti.

[Wraith3032]

Ever since the 460.79 update, Wallpaper Engine kept crashing on launch. Had to launch it a second time for it to work. No subsequent issues after launching it a second time. Updated both wallpaper engine and my Nvida Drivers to the new hotfix and it appears to have fixed it.

Edit:

Nvm wallpaper engine still seems to be crashing on launch even with the hotfix drivers.

[Yuiiski]

Originally posted by Tim:

Nvidia just released a net set of hotfix drivers, version 460.89. Could any of you test if the problem persists with these drivers:

https://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/167751

It's still crashing for me on the newest NVIDIA drivers.

[Tim]

I have finally reached the driver development team at Nvidia about this and they're now tracking it and working on a fix. Please keep subscribed to this thread, I may follow up with more infos and keep you updated here.

If you have this problem, please subscribe to this thread and fill out this form from Nvidia, it really helps:

https://forms.gle/kJ9Bqcaicvjb82SdA

[JouleThief]

Originally posted by Wraith3032:

Ever since the 460.79 update, Wallpaper Engine kept crashing on launch. Had to launch it a second time for it to work. No subsequent issues after launching it a second time. Updated both wallpaper engine and my Nvida Drivers to the new hotfix and it appears to have fixed it.

Edit:

Nvm wallpaper engine still seems to be crashing on launch even with the hotfix drivers.

Same problem here. Reinstalled both Wallpaper Engine and Nvidia drivers and still crashes on launch.
Thanks for the effort trying to reach Nvidia tho!

[𝓢𝓸𝓪𝓹]

I have GTX 1060, and updated the driver to 460.89. Still Crash on startup.

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by iProofyi:

I have GTX 1060, and updated the driver to 460.89. Still Crash on startup.

It turned out that hotfix was pretty much only for RTX effects in Quake RTX and no issues in other apps were addressed.

If you don't play Cyberpunk 2077 then please use the stable 457.51 driver until Nvidia releases a new driver that doesn't break.

[𝓢𝓸𝓪𝓹]

Originally posted by Biohazard:

Originally posted by iProofyi:

I have GTX 1060, and updated the driver to 460.89. Still Crash on startup.

It turned out that hotfix was pretty much only for RTX effects in Quake RTX and no issues in other apps were addressed.

If you don't play Cyberpunk 2077 then please use the stable 457.51 driver until Nvidia releases a new driver that doesn't break.

Got it, I down graded the driver to 457.51 and everything is stable. Thank you!