[Need confirmation] WE on Win11 24H2 seems works again after this month Patch Tuesday starting from 26100.2065 ?

[Anfia /s]

From built-in Windows Slideshow that bugged out (won't change wallpaper after x minutes),
the wallpaper change on the wallpaper engine browser that won't change (except the sound), to this known issue,

It's seems Wallpaper Engine is now working again starting from this month Patch Tuesday (build 26100.2065) at least from my device?

Proof?
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3384488757
The wallpaper that being used:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1575094891

Idk for the other device, need confirmation for this tho.

[Tim]

KB5048667 / 26100.2605 was supposedly only a security hotfix. If you turn off your desktop icons via Windows and then restart your computer, do you see Wallpaper Engine or is it broken again after a restart? I have the update installed but the issue just does not occur on my current machine (and neither on my virtual machines), so I cannot verify this right now.

[Anfia /s]

Originally posted by Tim:

KB5048667 / 26100.2605 was supposedly only a security hotfix. If you turn off your desktop icons via Windows and then restart your computer, do you see Wallpaper Engine or is it broken again after a restart? I have the update installed but the issue just does not occur on my current machine (and neither on my virtual machines), so I cannot verify this right now.

On my device, whether I've tried to turn off & on desktop icons via Windows (including controlling the desktop icon opacity on the Wallpaper Engine settings) and then restart computer (vice versa every I restart computer), the Wallpaper Engine is not broken and the wallpaper fully loaded either with audio media or not.

I dunno if this trigger that make Wallpaper Engine recovered to use on 24H2 due to I've using DWMBlurGlass[github.com], ExplorerBlurMica[github.com], and TranslucentFlyouts[github.com] altogether recently, which for DWM & Flyouts, it require to download Symbols from the microsoft server.. or not from those...

All three of them I've used are the latest version one.

As I'm writing this,
the DWMBlurGlass one are recently being updated to support 24H2 about two weeks ago,
TranslucentFlyouts last update is about 9 months ago,
and the ExplorerBlurMica last update is about 10 months ago.

Even I've disable all three of them, including TranslucentTB, the Wallpaper Engine is worked even after following your statement (on/off-ing the desktop icon both before and after restarting computer)

If you want, I can try reproduce it with video record and debug log tho for the desktop icon on & off condition, and when those 3 apps on and off condition tho. But, this'll takes time for me :'

[Tim]

No, it's OK, no need for these types of videos. I will verify the update on another system soon but currently I don't think this update makes any difference whatsoever, it's a simple security update.

[Anfia /s]

Originally posted by Tim:

No, it's OK, no need for these types of videos. I will verify the update on another system soon but currently I don't think this update makes any difference whatsoever, it's a simple security update.

Just you need to know, that this KB5048667 / 26100.2605 also fixed the built-in Windows Slideshow option as desktop background on Windows Settings. At the previous month update, this problem didn't fixed, but from this update, it's fixed on me.. though microsoft didn't write about this on the windows release health documentation or even on it's KB release note...

It maybe also related with this tho.. Idk man, this is really unexpected :')