Finally had time to continue debugging the situation. Ended up having it perform successfully after completely installing al Starock and WinCustomize utilities, cleaning registry, rebooting and reinstalling. Thx for your willingness to help BDBF. Peace.
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Thanks BDBF. The properties listed... C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\Object Desktop\DesktopX Which is indeed where Welcome.exe (and the folders and executables that DesktopX cannot seem to find) I changed these references to C:\PROGRA~2\Stardock\OBJECT~1\DesktopX ...but no joy. :(
Purchased ObjectDesktop yesterday from Stardock. Installed DesktopX on Vista 64-bit and did a fresh boot. Though Impulse is working find and other apps such as LogonStudio, I get the following error if I click any of the 4 buttons within the DesktopX interface... "Windows cannot find 'C:\PROGRA~2\Stardock\OBJECT~1\DesktopX\[folder/exe]'. Make sure you typed the name correctly, and then try again." Where [folder/exe] is one of the following depending on which button