windows 10 2004 may update

[Arokhantos]

Is there any comtability issues known right now with for example remove windows wallpaper fade enabled ? if bunch of times i booted up with explorer non stop crashing can be caused by anything hooking into it or anti virus started happening since recently even after clean install.

[Biohazard]

There is no known compatibility issue with Wallpaper Engine, a good number of people have been testing through Windows Insider since half a year already too. But the 2004 update (as usual) comes with its own issues, so maybe that's where the problem is?

If you have any anti-virus besides Windows Defender, then you should exclude Wallpaper Engine from it to be sure they don't cause stability issues. Regarding the settings, you could try to reset everything with the reset button. You may also want to cleanly reinstall your graphics drivers because it's not uncommon that they break after a major Windows update.

If you're still having issues like this and it seems somehow to be related to Wallpaper Engine please share this log: https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/debug/scantool.html

[Arokhantos]

Well anything that hooks into explorer could potentially crash it does it when using disable wallpaper fade option ? or any other option ?

[Biohazard]

It only hooks into the explorer if you use the "clone single wallpaper" option (for multi monitor setups). Otherwise it doesn't hook anything.

[Arokhantos]

Hmmmmm https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/hn5jzn/windows_keeps_flashing_with_wallpaper_engine/

[Tim]

Is that the same issue that you were having? You have still not shared the log file from our scan tool as asked above, we need it to look into this further.

[Biohazard]

On top of that the user actually replied they just had to restart their PC to solve this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Windows10/comments/hn5jzn/windows_keeps_flashing_with_wallpaper_engine/fx9ar0y?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web2x

Shutting Windows 10 down is not the same as restarting to reduce the time needed to start it again: https://www.howtogeek.com/349114/shutting-down-doesnt-fully-shut-down-windows-10-but-restarting-it-does/

[Arokhantos]

Fine whatever i stop using this app

[Biohazard]

I'm sorry that you have a problem, we are happy to help you but you're not giving us anything we would need in order to help you. This was already mentioned twice, this log is the most helpful thing to start figuring out what issue you have: https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/debug/scantool.html

There is no general compatibility issue with the 2004 update. Every time Microsoft releases a big update, there are core issues in Windows and hardware drivers for some people. There is nothing in Wallpaper Engine that "needs to be changed" because of a Windows update because it's a pretty simple "user level" application and not a driver or core system component.

The explorer does not get hooked at all unless you use the clone wallpaper option. So if you do use it and you suspect that a hook causes this issue, then please disable that option to verify whether it's the hook or not.

[GUARDIAN]

i use clone, and it doesnt hook at all for me. not sure where you experienced that.