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Unfortunately I have experienced trouble running AveDesktopSites on Windows 7/8 x64.

The program is running and it's loading the URL, but it only shows it in a little square in the program window - it never goes to the desktop as supposed.

Any suggestions on how to get this program to work will be appreciated!

I have asked for alternative programs on Software Recommendations but this question is separate and is specifically about fixing AveDesktopSites

Fortunately I was able to find some other people with similar symptoms on the HowtoGeek Forums but unfortunately as it says on the very bottom - it doesn't support x64 bit operating systems.

I tried all the solutions they have discussed there - set a solid background, non-solid background.

On Aves website they say that the computer have to to make sure we have Visual Studio 2005 SP1 Runtime Files, so I tried that as well.

And the last think I remembered I could try was the Compatibility mode, so I set the application to be opened as Windows XP SP2, Windows Vista and Windows Vista SP2 compatibility and it worked just as I have explained above on the top.

Any other solutions/recommendations guys?

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  • We don't do cross posting across Stackexchange websites. I am a little confused why a question that was here at Superuser was migrated to a beta SE website I thought that also didn't happen
    – Ramhound
    Oct 28, 2014 at 10:55
  • Unfortunately I have no actual answer on your question. I am confused way much more than you are. There were a number of unknown reasons for that, but at least the thread is still ON. Now here I am looking for totally different solution and hopefully soon I will get one.
    – Anton Todorov
    Oct 29, 2014 at 7:32
  • @Ramhound moderators can migrate to any site when certain criteria are met. The question should be of very high quality for the target site (it was), it should also be a new question (within last day or two), and it should be definitely off topic here (it was). This question is very specific and can be seen to be separate from his product recommendation so should be able to stand on its own.
    – Mokubai ♦
    Oct 29, 2014 at 17:22
  • @Mokubai - Understandable :-)
    – Ramhound
    Oct 29, 2014 at 17:48

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According to the links you posted, the author claims the software does not work on 64-bit operating systems, as of 2008-02-06. As you are running a 64-bit version of either Windows 7 or Windows 8, it will not work for you.

If you are a software developer, the source code is available. Exactly how to fix it so it works on a 64-bit version of Windows, if even possible, is well outside the scope of superuser.

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