WPF Christmas Lights

Project Description
Let's bring Christmas to your desktop! This small application shows Christmas lights on your desktop. Written in C# using WPF.

What's this all about?
WPF Christmas Lights is a small application that decorates your windows desktop with blinking Christmas lights. By running these lights on your desktop you can enjoy the xmas atmosphere without leaving your PC!

WHY?
Because it was possible...

Installation
The easiest way to install the Christmas Lights is via the Click-Once installation page: http://www.brokenwire.net/ChristmasLights/publish.htm

Does it run on my PC?
The lights work on any pc having the .NET Framework version 4 installed. This includes machines running Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP. You don't need the full framework, the lightweight "client-profile" is enough.

Contributions
Feel free to take a look at the source code, if you have any suggestions or improvements just contact me.

More info
http://www.brokenwire.net/bw/Programming/102/be-prepared-get-the-christmas-lights
http://www.brokenwire.net/bw/Various/119/christmas-lights-updated

Example of the lights in action!


If you like the lights and you want to help in the future development you are welcome to take a look at the list of Workitems. There you can also vote for new features in the next version of the Christmas Lights Application.