Wallpaper engine issue not being resolved

[Worthy]

Only my installed images preview but not when i search. I have went through several discussions on this, most being about a firewall having strict filters along with antiviruses. I have went through my wifi firewall and the boxes were all checked for wallpaper engine and the only antimalware i have is malwarebytes free which i just scan with and also windows defender which i also frequently use. Along with this, my steam also has a issue which says friends network disconnected, so i wonder if that is in any relation with this. I have tried fixes for this as well such as the nofriendsui-nochatui thing in the shortcuts and I am also not part of any beta program and steam connection was also checked in the firewall unless i missed something. Can someone kindly help me? Sorry for the trouble

[Worthy]

I also do not see any ui32 , i can only see wallpaper engine present as the name in allow the app through the firewall

[Worthy]

There are 4 wallpaper engine options in the allow app through firewall, and all checkboxes are ticked under public and the last and first wallpaper engine under private are ticked

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by officialahnafiqbal:

I also do not see any ui32 , i can only see wallpaper engine present as the name in allow the app through the firewall

In that case you could try adding ui32.exe manually, this is the path to it: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\wallpaper_engine\bin\ui32.exe (if Steam is installed on C:/ otherwise you have to adjust the path accordingly.)

[Worthy]

Hi when i run this, it says" ui window was started incorrectly. Please dont launch ui32.exe . Other programs hooking wallpaper engine can als cause this, like specialk" and so on

[Worthy]

And in allow app through firewall, should all checkboxes under public and private network be checked?

[Worthy]

because there are 4 wallpaper engines present in the "allow app through windows firewall" option, for the first and last , checkboxes under private are checked while for the rest everything under public checked

[Biohazard]

Originally posted by officialahnafiqbal:

Hi when i run this, it says" ui window was started incorrectly. Please dont launch ui32.exe . Other programs hooking wallpaper engine can als cause this, like specialk" and so on

No need to run it. I meant that you should add this executable to the Windows firewall list. This is the executable that accesses the internet directly, but only for the preview images. So if those don't load on the Workshop or Discover tab, then this program cannot access the internet.

Try adding it directly to the Windows firewall and allow it to access the internet.

Whether public or private networks are needed depends on your computer configuration. To be sure just enable both. "Private" simply means your home internet and doesn't mean private data or anything like that.

[Worthy]

how do i add it myself to the windows firewall list

[Biohazard]

If you have the Windows firewall list open there is a button "allow another app" in the bottom right for this.

[Worthy]

Tysm it worked

[Worthy]

nvm

[Worthy]

it still loads

[Worthy]

I have checked all the boxes in wallpaper engine network boxes along with ui32

[Worthy]

The issue still persists

[Biohazard]

Are you able to see the preview image by opening this URL directly in your browser? https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/199680527237503668/1C2DE85A43267F8667B533F99BB9DE835A704C1C/?imw=192&imh=192&ima=fit&impolicy=Letterbox

If yes, then there is definitely something that is specifically blocking ui32.exe. The program itself is also just a browser that opens the URL like that and if you can see the image in another browser, then it seems the block is targeting ui32.exe. Perhaps you can share this log and it may show what may be doing this: https://help.wallpaperengine.io/en/debug/scantool.html