Desktop Cube (Windows only)

Have you ever wanted to make your desktop have a little something special? Have more than one desktop? Or just show off your awesomeful desktop to your friends. Well, you're in luck!

This instructable will make you have a desktop cube, it is something like Linux's multi-desktop program.

Your specs should look a little something like this. Yes they are a little demanding, but you could live with 1 Ghz processor.

System requirements :

• Microsoft Windows XP" or Windows Vista"
• 1.4 Ghz processor
• 512 MB of RAM (1 GB recommended)
• DirectX 9.0c
• 3D accelerated video adapter with at least 64MB of video memory

Step 1: Getting Yod'm 3D

First of all, Yod'm 3D isn't free anymore. If you want to buy the program then go ahead. If you don't want to buy the program, i have uploaded a slightly older version as a zip file. The file is 9.2 MB so it will take a while for it to download. Here it is...

INSTRUCTIONS
1. download the file
2. extract to somewhere you can find it - (rightclick -> extract)

Comments

[ddlax22]

 it says every time i try to launch it it says registerhotkey failed go to option and change it..how do i do this

[vestibol]

Me too ...

[ebodenberg]

If you're running it on windows 7, right click the exe and run as administrator.

[berthold]

i don't get it alll

[Krayzi99]

looks like you have a 5.00 now.... NICE

[darman12]

I don't understand how to get "pictures" on other faces of the cube. All I see is whatever is on the desktop and whatever windows are open on it!
Please help!!!!

[darman12]

I figured it out!!This is the coolest freaking thing I've ever done on a computer! I'm laughing it's so AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THANK YOU SOOOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[parkmike01]

Could you please tell me how you did it?

[Krayzi99]

release your button commands on a blank side ant it dreates another desktop. THIS IS FREAKING THE COOLEST FREAKING THING IVE EVER FREACKING SEEN IN MY FREAKING LIFE

[karthvks]

double click Yodm3D.ini and then try to install by double clicking Yodm3D.exe

[kpolzounov]

You know the best way to have (and one that is actually good) is to use linux :)

[Bongmaster]

hows this compared to compis fusion on a linux machine?

[mrmoneybagss]

well first of all, if what you're talking about is what i think it is; then ... *they both are desktop cube programs *they both look nice

[hintss]

compiz is a compositing manager for linux, it adds lots of 3D effects, like making jiggly windows, making the windows 3d on top of the cube, and folding windows into a paper airplane when you close them. and I can do all but the last one on my netbook. *spins cube around while reading conky OSD*

[ARVash]

they both do the cube, but trust me, compiz fusion does it tons better. On the upside though, it's nice to have 3d at all on windows ;

[derayag]

Can someon tell me how to download it please..... :X

[harry599]

i downloaded this product and it is all in french, i go to the last tab [which i am guessing is the language tab] and on the dropdown menu it only comes up with french and not english, do you know how to fix it, is so please email me on [e-mail]

[mrmoneybagss]

When you downloaded the .zip file. Did you extract the whole file? or did you just try to run the program without extracting first?

Not extracting the file could be the answer.

[shijojo]

awesome !!

[Psychic Master]

THIS IS AAAAAMMMMMAAAAAZZZZZIIIIINNNNNGGGGG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[dog end]

this instructables is amazing my desktop is beta now so yeah thanks urm i dont no how to rate it so ill give it 60 out of 10.

[mrmoneybagss]

rate!!!

[wjaen2]

this is awesome thankyou

[mrmoneybagss]

rate!!!

=P please.

[maxpower49]

how do you remove the RUN prompt when ever you open the yod'm 3D and how to you get desktops on top and bottom of the cube

[mrmoneybagss]

1. is the run prompt thing the thing that turns yodm on right when you turn on windows? 2. that is the version you have to pay for. it seems to make my computer extremely slow. so i wouldn't recommend it

[maxpower49]

no every time i open it it asks if i want to run it

[mrmoneybagss]

two options: 1: when it asks you, press yes or no. 2: under preferences there should be an option to turn it off.

[tanmanknex]

is it possible to get different icons on each desktop?

[mrmoneybagss]

unfortunately no that option is only for the people who bought it sorry

[tanmanknex]

oh well... still a great program and 'ible.

[mattdavis10]

Sick awesome!!!I love it!! Matt

[Cigani]

Thx 4 the tip... I love the look and how my friends want it and i wont tell them (FOR NOW). ..lol Ill make them beg a lil more...Thx Again!!!

[ithinkibrokeit]

this is a nice piece of software, but i think that buying more software to support an already ridiculously expensive piece of software is pointless. I know many people are forced to use windows, but since switching to ubuntu I have never even thought about going back. Besides... Compiz Fusion does this better. --iSparkii

[ry25920]

Almost zero lag... Nice. 4.5 stars

[mrmoneybagss]

*happy face*

[abadfart]

We use to use this so that we could hide what we were doing at school

[mrmath]

You shouldn't be using Instructables as a pirate website.

[karossii]

It isn't piracy if the software is freely available. If an older version of a title was offered for free, it is not piracy to distribute it (the older version) for free after a new version is released with a price tag. (Unless of course the original free version had a license preventing redistribution, but I have never personally seen that with freeware'.')

Besides which, it is still freely available on the web (perhaps the author did not do enough research) - http://www.klitetools.com/comments.php?catid=58&id=5280

[mrmath]

I got the impression that this is the current, for pay, version of the software, and thus made my comment. If I'm wrong, I'm sorry.