Hey Snowman, sorry for my delay. Thank you (and Hankers) for the nudge 
This issue had unfortunately become lost and stuck somewhere within the cobwebs of my brain.
I had spoken with the lead developer of DesktopX on this a while back though had not come up with anything helpful
Have either of you (or anyone else experiencing this problem) tried creating another user account w/ admin access and using DesktopX from there?
Murex: Is your crash information indicating a dll is at fault? Do you have any security apps (like antivirus or antispyware) running on your system?
-Mike
[Stardock Support]