Wallpaper Engine isnt working on latest Windows Insider Build.

[Agod]

I have no idea if its an issue with the insider build or the application wallpaper engine itself. Would be nice if someone knows a fix for this.

(Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 19536)

[nicolegrimpeur]

WE isn't working since last windows insider fast release update

Hi
Since I make the last windows insider update (Windows 10 19536.1000), Wallpaper Engine show nothing.
In fact, there is an invisible box in the top left corner, but no wallpaper.
I have this problem in 64 bits version and 32 bit version. (same box)
When I shutdown WE the box disapear.
I try the conflict scan but it say every thing is normal.
I try also a system reparation just in case as I see on other discussion but same result there is no problem.
I don't know if the problem is from WE or Windows 10 but I hope you will have a solution

Update : the box is sometime white, sometime transparent, then white when I close WE
I restart my computer by twice but nothing change

[killkill101]

I am also having this problem, after so much searching to see what is going on I came to the conclusion that the program after the update does not work properly in the background, it is as if the program understood that it wanted to be restarted without the wallpapers you chose in your order (from scratch) making you pick them again in looping and being impossible to run such wallpapers ... Let's see if anyone gets another explanation

[GunslingerKing]

Yeah! The same here.

[Biohazard]

I merged the topics. Please see the responses in this thread.

We cannot even install this broken Insider Build on our machines so you need to report this to Microsoft at this time. You can do that over the feedback hub ( https://insider.windows.com/en-us/getting-started/#engage ), that is the point of using Windows Insider builds. See these detailed explanations about Windows Insider:

https://steamcommunity.com/app/431960/discussions/2/3124867129984837299/#c1738884444452247308
https://steamcommunity.com/app/431960/discussions/2/3124867129984837299/#c1738884444452258237

[nicolegrimpeur]

No problem I understand thank you

[Biohazard]

Update: I managed to finally access this insider build and Wallpaper Engine doesn't work anymore because of a Windows bug. Microsoft broke the animation window on the desktop somehow and Wallpaper Engine cannot be displayed without that.

This is also easy to reproduce by changing the default Windows wallpaper: it is missing the smooth fade animation on this insider build. Microsoft needs to fix that, as in make it work the way it used to, and then Wallpaper Engine will also work again.

Here is a sample text you can use:

With the latest Windows Insider Build, the Windows animation window used for animations on the desktop does not work anymore. The transition effect between Windows wallpapers is broken and third-party Windows applications like "Wallpaper Engine" do not work anymore at all. Please look into this issue and revert the previous Windows behavior, to ensure compatibility with existing Windows 10 software which makes use of this feature.

Please help out by reporting this issue. The more people report this problem, the faster it is fixed. If you are using the Insider Builds on the fast ring, you should consider sending feedback because that is the whole point of being in the fast ring release cycle.

Go to the following URL and click on "GO TO THE FEEDBACK HUB" to open the Windows app to report bugs:

https://insider.windows.com/en-us/getting-started/#engage

[nicolegrimpeur]

Hello
I make a feedback on the Windows feedback hub with the exemple that you give us
Here the link (I didn't find anyone so I create a new) : https://aka.ms/AA6vp9l
If you have this problem too vote for it or make a commentary to say that this problem is for every one
Thanks for your help

[Tim]

Thank you, our official post can be found here:

https://aka.ms/AA6vgw4

Make sure you are logged in at the top of the feedback hub, otherwise it will just show you an empty form.

[marcel]

Nice Dev... So you know what is changed and just don't bother to patch it out just because i run a Insider build. Everything is stable in this build for me only Wallpaper Engine.. I haven't checked out the other apps the company has made. But i guess i won't bother either...

[Biohazard]

Автор сообщения: marcel

Nice Dev... So you know what is changed and just don't bother to patch it out just because i run a Insider build. Everything is stable in this build for me only Wallpaper Engine.. I haven't checked out the other apps the company has made. But i guess i won't bother either...

There is no 'patch' to fix this. Why would we not want to patch this if we could?

This is a Windows bug that even breaks something in Windows itself, the fade animation of the wallpaper. That is what Wallpaper Engine needs.

I explained this in detail.

You should not be using an Insider build if you want your system to work reliably. The whole point of Windows Insider is that you get to test buggy Windows builds to find problems exactly like this and report them to MS.

[asm124]

Thanks for the info Biohazard and Tim!! ;3

I've found WE working almost perfect, only when I use a game in full screen mode and I get back to desktop the wallpaper appears as black, so I just choose a different one (like "refreshing") and done XD. Thought it was a problem on my video driver since I updated it recently.

I'll be checking on Windows updates (heard several have had problems lately, I use Win10 Pro)

[2403772980]

OK, I get this issue right after I post the bug report, for I have seen issues appearing in my DirectX program. Waiting for Microsoft fixes. Thx a lot!

[qzin123]

OK，晓得了，已经把反馈提交到微软反馈中心，等他们修复吧。谢谢你们了

[Biohazard]

Thank you everyone who sent feedback to Microsoft. If you are reading this and have not yet submitted a bug report, please still do so to increase the chance of this issue getting attention from Microsoft faster.

谢谢所有向Microsoft发送反馈的人。 如果您正在阅读本文档，但尚未提交错误报告，请仍然这样做，以增加此问题得到Microsoft迅速注意的机会。

[满月DE浮云]

win10 19536使用不了

win10 19536改了内部更换壁纸api，表象就是切换壁纸的时候没有淡出动画了，wallpaper调用的是老的api，所以用不了了，希望开发者能跟更新适配一下