Frequently Asked Questions

  1. How to purchase Screen Calendar software?

    To purchase the program you should do the following:
    1. download and install the software
    2. make payment (credit card, bank/wire transfer, check, cash)
    3. enter the registration data received via e-mail after purchasing.

  2. How to install Screen Calendar?

    To install the program you should either unpack and run setup.exe contained in scrcal.zip archive or download and run scsetup.exe file.

  3. How to remove Screen Calendar from my computer?

    In case the ScreenCalendar icon appears in your system tray, you should do the following:
    right-click on the program icon (in Systray) and choose the Exit option. After that only uninstall the program (Start - All programs - Screen Calendar - Uninstall Screen Calendar).

    In case you have already uninstalled the program, I suppose you see html-page that had been formed together with a calendar. So please set (temporary) another html-page as background to turn on Active Desktop automatically.

  4. Can I change calendar view to my liking?

    Please see the Main, Skins settings, Calendar view pages in our Online help

  5. How can I change skin for my desktop?

    Left-click the icon of Screen Calendar (in systray) and select "Skins" in the tree. Then click any skin in "Skin list" and click "Apply".

  6. How can I keep current Windows color scheme?

    Select "none" in the "Skin list".

  7. Where can I find new skins?

    Get more skins and links at Skins pages. Also, you can choose any Winamp skin for your calendar. You can find Winamp 2.x skins at http://customize.org/winamp2 or http://www.1001skins.com/.

  8. Is there a choice of calendar alignment for any skin?

    With or without skin, click just the monitor preview in the Main options to choose the calendar alignment on your desktop.

  9. How can I select another font or font color?

    Choose "Small" or "Full size calendar" in the Main  option and click the corresponding item in the Skins option. Set any parameters.

  10. Can I set any image as a desktop background in Screen Calendar?

    Yes, you can use any image as a desktop wallpaper of randomly set desktop background from wallpaper list. Please see Background page

  11. The Screen Calendar does not show week dates (weekends only are shown) and the background of the week dates is transparent (same as the screen itself). What should I do?

    Change background color. See the Background  options. Use Eyedropper Tool to choose color exactly (down mouse button on Eyedropper and move mouse on the screen area to choose the exact color with the eyedropper tool).  
    After that you can change the font color for weekdays.

  12. How do I pick dates to add appointments?

    On your desktop, you can simply double-click any date cell to open scheduler and manage your appointments.

    To learn how to add records to the dates that aren't shown on the desktop (e.g. some months before or some months after the current date), please see Dates page.

  13. Where is the option to exit the program?

    Right-click Screen Calendar systray icon and choose "Exit" from menu list.

  14. How to register Screen Calendar?

    To register the program, you should right click the systray icon of Screen Calendar to open the program menu, click the "Registration" item in it and enter your registration data (which we sent you after the purchasing).

  15. I would like to have the desktop calendar and WinAmp in one style. Is that possible?

    Of course, if you have WinAmp skins on your computer, you can choose the WinAmp Skins for your Screen Calendar. Please choose any background for this yourself because the WinAmp skins are for your player and calendar only. They don't support any backgrounds.

  16. The program does not start and the following message shows up on my desktop: "The procedure entry point SHGetSettings could not be located in the dynamic link library shell32.dll" What should I do?

    I'm sorry, but probably your Windows or Internet Explorer versions are old. The Microsoft recommendation is below:
    SHGetSettings
    Version 4.71 and later of Shell32.dll
    Windows 95/98: Requires Windows 98 (or Windows 95 with Internet Explorer 4.0 or later).
    All systems with Internet Explorer 4.0 or 4.01 will have the associated version of Comctl32.dll and Shlwapi.dll (4.71 or 4.72, respectively). However, for systems prior to Windows 98, Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01 can be installed with or without the integrated shell. If they are installed with the integrated shell, the associated version of Shell32.dll will be installed. If they are installed without the integrated shell, Shell32.dll is not updated. In other words, the presence of version 4.71 or 4.72 of Comctl32.dll or Shlwapi.dll on a system does not guarantee that Shell32.dll has the same version number. All Windows 98 systems have version 4.72 of Shell32.dll.

  17. If XP is set to NOT show icons and SC is set to show icons, it's a problem.

    Yes, you are right, this problem appears with WinXP. But it takes so much time to show/hide icons by XP system functions that we've decided to choose another way to do it. In the current version it is possible to use this feature either in the Screen Calendar or in XP (not mixing) but we're working to solve that in the next versions.

  18. Should one uninstall the previous version before installing the new version? If one installs the new version, how does one save the previous date entries?

    If you are updating from a previous version you do NOT need to uninstall or remove any previous version. Simply follow the instructions below:

    1. Download the update.

    2. Right click on the system tray icon and select EXIT to
    exit the current version of Screen Calendar you are updating.

    3. Double click and install the update you downloaded.

    4. Records can be imported from the previous version of Screen Calendar.

  19. Will screen calender still be good in 2011 and will I have to pay any additional money for the upgrade?

    The Screen Calendar software will continue working as usual. All program updates are free for registered customers.

  20. How can I remove the link at the top of the screen? (www.screencalendar.com) I would purchase if I could remove it.

    That link is a limitation of the unregistered version so it'll disappear after registration of the program.

  21. How can I postpone the records to another day?

    Click the system tray icon to open Screen Calendar window -> Dates -> Right click a record from the record list to Postpone it to the next or another day. Also, see Dates page.

  22. How can I change the Position of Calendar from top-right to down-right?

    You should choose "Small calendar" previously. Click the system tray icon to open Screen Calendar window-> Main -> Small calendar -> click on the preview to replace your calendar -> OK

  23. How do you make a back up copy of the dates entered into Screen Calendar?

    Your notes are stored in the dates.dat file: "C(D,E etc disk):\Documents and Settings\(user name)\Application Data\Screen Calendar"

  24. How to make my screen calendar look like the 3 screen calendar template on the image on your homepage. That is the one where the calendar is in the center and the icons are arranged around it. It is neither small nor full size. How do I accomplish this?

    Let's try to make the 3 screen calendar:
    1. Left click the system tray icon of Screen Calendar -> Main -> Full desktop calendar -> Apply
    2. Set Margin (for example, Left: 90, Right: 90, Top:50, Bottom: 80). You can set any margins to change size of your screen calendar.
    3. Desktop icons -> check Enable icons arrangement option -> choose whether Spiral CW or Spiral CCW -> OK

    Also you can change transparency for each group of days. For example, for Holidays group: Skins -> Full screen size -> Days -> Holidays -> Background -> Background transparency -> choose 50% (you can see the preview box).

  25. How do I get to a month almost a year away? I saw the next month only.

    On the desktop, you can show current and next months or current month only. But you still can get to any month you need to add or edit appointments. To do that, go to the Dates in Screen Calendar Options. There you can scroll calendar to any month you need and manage your records.

  26. Recently I downloaded Screen Calendar for evaluation. Now that it is installed, I can't get it off. Screen Calendar appears over any background I choose. I first attempted to remove the program using the Add/Remove buttons in the Control Panel…but no luck

    You should Exit the program (right-click the system tray icon of Screen Calendar) and then uninstall the one (Start->Programs->Screen Calendar-> Uninstall Screen Calendar)

  27. I can't restore my old active desktop page on the desktop, after I uninstall screen calendar. Is there anything I can do, except to reinstall Windows XP? ;) ? Thanks.

    Please try to set (temporary) any html-page as a background then Active Desktop will be turned on automatically.

  28. How are tasks imported from MS Outlook to Screen Calendar in SC Outlook edition?

    Screen Calendar Outlook Edition automatically imports tasks from Outlook Calendar to desktop calendar. You can set update frequency from 5 minutes to 12 hours (open program window and click Dates on the tree in the left part of the window to adjust update options). If you don't want Screen Calendar to update notes from Outlook, uncheck Automatic update from Outlook box.

  29. What customization features can I use in Screen Calendar Outlook?

    All the customization features in Screen Calendar Outlook edition are the same as in Screen Calendar Standard edition. You can customize calendar size, position, transparency, fonts, colors, desktop backgrounds etc.

  30. Skins of what version of WinAmp can be used as desktop calendar skins for Screen Calendar?

    WinAmp ver 2.x skins are compatible with Screen Calendar. You can find Winamp 2.x skins at http://customize.org/winamp2 or http://www.1001skins.com/.