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Blue Mountain (or one of the 3rd-party sites) has finally offered a version of the APOD wallpaper application that fixes the bug that froze the wallpaper on 12/21/16, when NASA put up a new APOD that was a video -- so many users couldn't get past the previous day's APOD. The new version is 1.3.0.x. ...

Stuck for the holidays? Thanks for your replies; at least I know I'm not alone.

I finally realized that my APOD wallpaper program stopped auto-refreshing after 12/20 because the 12/21 APOD was in fact a bloody video, which has been discussed here many times and is a known no-no (sorry for the inadvertent alliteration) for most users, browsers, etc. Again, I realize this applica...

OK, thanks. I'll search for other users who have this problem.

There are so many usually vocal users of this wallpaper that I still don''t understand why you wouldn't have heard others complain (even though I understand this doesn't fall in your bailiwick proper). Do you know of another forum where this issue might have been raised?

Why me?

Thanks for your replies; at least now I know the nature of the problem. As I recall, I downloaded the wallpaper application from CNET. I suppose I could wait a while and then download it again, hoping they've caught up with NASA's new means of making their images accessible. Have you heard similar c...

I'm using version 1.2.5.0 of the APOD wallpaper application on Windows 7. This has been working fine until a couple of days ago, when it stopped updating -- last image was 12/20. When I try to update "manually," I get a message saying to review the application event log file for an explana...

It's so nice to find an actual explanation for a problem like this! Thanks to you both for your prompt attention and replies. BTW, I haven't noticed any comments about the resumption of automatic refreshing of the APOD since the Great Government Shutdown. I am enjoying my new daily APOD wallpaper ev...

Hi, I'm a member and received an e-mail alerting me to a new message in this topic -- as usual. However, when I clicked on the link to see the new message it took me to the Board index page showing a message to the effect that I am not authorized to view this forum. I've been a member for some years...

I'll try that now. Have found 100s of sites and forum boards on this topic, but couldn't determine where to post this query. Thanks for this suggestion.

I've downloaded the new APOD software ( http://sites.google.com/site/apodwallpaper/ ) for automatic updates under Windows 7 (64-bit) using Firefox. It would be wonderful if the image actually updated daily, as it's done once only. When I try to do an update "manually" on the Settings scree...

Geckzilla, thanks for your reply. I didn't expect anyone in the forum to be able to offer support for this software, but since I learned about the new software from posts on the forum I thought maybe someone here could point me to a site where I could get help with my question. Is there another part...

I just downloaded the latest software for automatic updates of APOD as wallpaper for Windows 7. I used to have an earlier version (pre-Win 7) and am delighted I found that the current software supports Win 7. But the image I'm now getting does not include the explanation I used to get with the old v...