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I'm afraid that didn't help. I've verified that I've got version 4.30.0003, I've rebooted, but the catfood earth screensaver still doesn't click into screensave.

I'm running 64-bit Windows 10 Home version 21H2 with an Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-9750H CPU @ 2.60GHz 2.59 GHz processor, if that affects this any.

Thanks--

Jessie, I managed to reproduce this problem on one computer and have just released a fix in 4.30 together with some other changes. Can you update, and then run the 'Catfood Earth Screensaver Settings' shortcut - this will make sure the screen saver configuration is correct. Let me know if this helps.

Well, I rebooted, tried the screensaver again, and once again it refused to go into screensave mode. I hope there's another switch to set somewhere!

Jessie, sorry, 4.20 is right, the other version was WebCamSaver. Try rebooting, there may be a lock that is stuck. If that doesn't help I'll look some more.

I've got 4.20.0028, which I downloaded yesterday from this site.

And when when I click preview, it shows the proper catfood earth image. I hit "apply" or "OK", but when I walk away from the computer for a while (longer than my 1-minute setting!) it doesn't pop into screensave mode.

Hi Jessie, do you have the latest version? 3.29.0002. What happens if you pick the Catfood Earth screen saver and then click Preview?

I love the wallpaper but the screensaver doesn't work? Other integrated screensavers work . . . I was hoping I wouldn't have to use them.

Still running Windows 10.

Thanks--

Barry, should be fixed. Update to 4.01 and configure the screensaver by running the start menu link to 'Catfood Earth Screensaver Settings' under Catfood Software.

Hi Barry, I've noticed the same problem and it's on my list to fix. Will post here when I figure it out.

I loaded Catfood Earth on a new Windows 10 computer. I turned on .NET 3.5. It works as a desktop background, but not a screensaver. (All other screensavers I’ve tried have worked, so this isn’t a general screensaver question.) If I ‘preview’ the Catfood Earth screensaver the preview works, but the screensaver never actually loads. I turned on logging and got this result-

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2020-05-22 11:55:00:

2020-05-22 11:55:00: Catfood Earth 4.0.18.0

2020-05-22 11:55:00: Command Line: "C:\Program Files (x86)\Catfood Software\Catfood Earth\CatfoodEarth.exe" /settings

2020-05-22 11:55:00: Framework: 2.0.50727.9151

2020-05-22 11:55:00: OS: Microsoft Windows NT 6.2.9200.0

2020-05-22 11:55:00: Render: Starting at 5/22/2020 11:55:00 AM, forceUpdate=False

2020-05-22 11:55:00: Prepare to render: Day Map, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:01: Prepare to render: Clouds, duration=00:00:01.2553317

2020-05-22 11:55:01: Prepare to render: Night Map, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:01: Prepare to render: Places, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:01: Render: Day Map, duration=00:00:00.3350987

2020-05-22 11:55:02: Render: Clouds, duration=00:00:00.4559705

2020-05-22 11:55:02: Render: Night Map, duration=00:00:00.5339833

2020-05-22 11:55:02: Render: Places, duration=00:00:00.0312525

2020-05-22 11:55:02: Render: Completed at 5/22/2020 11:55:02 AM, duration=00:00:02.6693767

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Render: Starting at 5/22/2020 11:55:06 AM, forceUpdate=False

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Prepare to render: Day Map, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Prepare to render: Clouds, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Prepare to render: Night Map, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Prepare to render: Places, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:06: Render: Day Map, duration=00:00:00.3452444

2020-05-22 11:55:07: Render: Clouds, duration=00:00:00.4402439

2020-05-22 11:55:07: Render: Night Map, duration=00:00:00.5392906

2020-05-22 11:55:07: Render: Places, duration=00:00:00

2020-05-22 11:55:07: Render: Completed at 5/22/2020 11:55:07 AM, duration=00:00:01.3404059

2020-05-22 11:55:07: SetWallpaper: Failed to set wallpaper using IActiveDesktop

2020-05-22 11:55:07: System.InvalidCastException: Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'CatfoodEarth.IActiveDesktop'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{F490EB00-1240-11D1-9888-006097DEACF9}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).

at CatfoodEarth.Utils.SetWallpaper(Image image, String path, Boolean useCustomLocation, CustomLocation customLocation)

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Is there anything I can do to get the screensaver to work? (As an experiment I loaded Catfood Earth on an older Windows 10 machine and it worked perfectly.)