

Background Options - offers a sub-menu of options to install/download more backgrounds, delete and apply.Apply changes - after a dream has been selected or changes made to settings, this will apply the changes to your desktop.The top menu consists of the following items: Finally, click on the "DeskScapes" icon to run it.ĭeskScapes 3 Configuration will display a menu across the top, a large preview area, filter options, thumbnails of each installed background and a menu at the bottom with any options related to the selected background.Click on the "Object Desktop" folder to open it.Otherwise, locate the icon on the Start Menu by doing the following: If you installed DeskScapes via Impulse, make sure the application is selected & click "Run". Download it and follow the instructions listed in the article but simply make sure it doesn't override your file associations for your installed/current version of VLC.DeskScapes can be installed through Impulse, or as a stand-alone installer for the 30-day Trial version.

The Think Geek article I linked was published in 2017 so I checked the portable versions published in 2017 and it seems that it was likely 2.2.5-2.2.8. Update: After thinking about it a little more a better solution would probably be to use a earlier version as a portable app simply for the wallpaper. If you right click the taskbar and look at toolbars (at the top), you'll see an option that says desktop which will place an icon that when clicked allows you to select your desktop icons from a list.

I did see one solution on the VLC forums that I didn't think of and though it doesn't perfectly solve the problem it may be a useful substitute if you don't wish to use a third party program. I tried looking around the VLC forum for solutions and the only output that currently seems to work is Direct3D9 video output (I tested all the other outputs in the latest VLC version to make sure), as Sancho pointed. Well at one time VLC's desktop mode seems to have been able to show both the taskbar and desktop icons (see here) but it seems that feature isn't working correctly anymore and hasn't for years.
