ObjectDock Plus 2: Changing Background Themes
Thursday, February 24, 2011 by Island Dog | Discussion: Personal Computing
There is another tutorial out there I wrote, but that was for the previous version of ObjectDock so I figured now is a good time to get a new one up. ObjectDock 2 had a major overhaul in its user interface, and with that came a few new ways to do things that people might not be familiar with.
If you don’t already have ObjectDock 2, then get it from here: http://www.stardock.com/products/objectdock/
There is a free and Plus version, and the Plus version gives additional features such as multiple docks, tabbed docks, and much more.
Open up your ObjectDock configuration and you will see a list of docks you currently have on your desktop. Click Style/Color for the dock you wish to change, and then select Change Theme.
Now you will see all the background themes you have available. To change to another theme, simply click on one in the list.
WinCustomize has an dedicated gallery for ObjectDock Backgrounds, and there are tons available to download. You can open your backgrounds folder from the theme configuration to install them, or automatically if they have a .dockzip extension.
Reply #1 Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:09 PM
Island Dog ODP 2 has never worked for me. Even with these instructions, and making sure NEW themes are in their proper folders, still I only see the default themes. I could never get a new theme (other than the default ones included) to apply. I gave up and went back to the previous version.
Can you please give a screenshot showing other themes in the option as illustrated above, and then details (once again please) as to where any new downloaded themes go (proper folders).
I REALLY would still like to use ODP 2! Thanks