Download the Stardock Central Beta Now!

Published on March 12, 2012 By GunslingerBara In Stardock Central Support

Hey everyone!

We are now ready to have everyone use the new Stardock Central! Please note that this software is currently in Beta and may contain bugs or performance issues.

What does the new Stardock Central do? It lets you download and install any Stardock software you've purchased. It notifies you of updates to the software you have it installed. It also downloads the installers to your computer so that you will always have a backup of our software in the future.

You can download it by going to this page and clicking on Download: https://www.stardock.com/stardockcentral/

Note that the new Stardock Central can update itself. This means that when I push a new version of Stardock Central live, it will automatically update itself the next time it runs. There's no need to come back here to re-download future updates!

Please post any issues you have in the Stardock Central Support forum. I'll be checking it daily for any issues.

Bara

Comments (Page 4)

RedneckDude

on Mar 16, 2012

Zubaz

reply 42

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 41I wanted to dl OD Plus 2 which isn't installed. It downloaded and proceeded to install.Ah. I misunderstood but understand now. You want a "Just Download" button.

Wizard1956

reply 43

Quoting Zubaz, reply 42You want a "Just Download" button.

Bingo! I think it would be a welcome feature to a lot of users.

DaveBax

reply 44

Quoting Zubaz, reply 42You want a "Just Download" button.

Yes and yes.

Yes, please!

Picciu

on Mar 16, 2012

DaveBax

reply 44

Quoting Zubaz, reply 42You want a "Just Download" button.

Yes and yes.

/signed

I asked it some post above but got unnoticed.

Hapkido

on Mar 17, 2012

Zubaz

reply 2

If you want it to work as designed, you should uninstall everything you installed via Impulse and install from SDC or the web.

And what if you no longer have Impulse installed? I got rid of Impulse about a year ago. I'm sure I still have some ObjectDesktop apps which were installed with Impulse. Is there an alternative way to flush those old apps and then download them with SDC? Oh, and how can you tell which apps were installed with Impulse? hehe

GunslingerBara

on Mar 19, 2012

There's now a Stardock Central 2.66 update available. Starting Stardock Central should auto-update itself to the latest version. You can check what version you have by going to the Settings and looking in the top right corner. If it doesn't auto-update, try again in an hour (a restriction set in place to prevent too many update checks). Please let me know if you run into any problems auto-updating!

2.66 Changelog:

Added "View Additional Software" option in Settings dropdown (which links to the My Downloads page on the store)
ListView green/yellow buttons now have a mouseover effect
ListViews that update themselves no longer have flickering issues
Added "View Registration" right click option in Installed Applications
Pressing Escape now closes the registration dialog
Cleaned up UI slightly

Bara

Wizard1956

on Mar 19, 2012

Updated fine on my XP HP laptop. All the new additions are working fine. Great update!

RedneckDude

on Mar 19, 2012

Mine isn't auto updating.

Philly0381

on Mar 19, 2012

Got mine updated before the Redneck broke it!

GunslingerBara

on Mar 19, 2012

RedneckDude

reply 51

Mine isn't auto updating.

What happens when you launch Stardock Central?

Bara

RedneckDude

on Mar 19, 2012

It launches. Checks for updates, and refreshes.

RedneckDude

on Mar 19, 2012

BTW, I updated it manually.

RedneckDude

on Mar 21, 2012

Now it shows WinFX 5 beta, but I have installed it twice and it still shows as available.

Wizard1956

on Mar 22, 2012

Just a note to say that the new WB beta update showed as available in SDC. It installed fine and now shows the correct version number and [beta] in the Installed list. (it was showing 7.30 as installed, not the previous beta)

GunslingerBara

on Mar 26, 2012

RedneckDude

reply 56

Now it shows WinFX 5 beta, but I have installed it twice and it still shows as available.

For both installs, did you install it from SDC, Impulse, or the store? Did you uninstall it in between installs?

Bara

RedneckDude

on Mar 26, 2012

SDC.

GunslingerBara

on Mar 27, 2012

Just made Stardock Central 2.67 live. Starting Stardock Central should automatically update it to the latest version. If it does not, wait an hour and try again (if it still doesn't, let me know!).

RedneckDude

reply 59

SDC.

Someone will contact you soon to retrieve some information to help resolve this problem.

Bara

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