ObjectDock 1.9 released

Faster, Prettier, Easier to use, and more usable!

Wednesday, April 25, 2007 by Frogboy | Discussion: WinCustomize News

Stardock has released ObjectDock 1.9.  ObjectDock is a free program that adds a configurable, skinnable dock to Windows.  Once installed, users can add short-cuts, display running tasks, and add mini-applets called docklets to their docks that can display weather information, time, system info, or much anything else.

ObjectDock 1.9 adds a host of new features including a Start menu docklet (for bringing up the real Start menu in the system tray), live thumbnail previews on Windows Vista, a new weather docklet, minimize and restore effects on Windows Vista, free-form screen positioning, a new graphics engine for massively better performance, reduce memory requirements, new tileable dock backgrounds, and much more.

ObjectDock is a free download at http://www.objectdock.com.  Stardock also has ObjectDock Plus which adds support for multiple docks, tabbed docks, system tray support, additional mouse-over effects and more.

Article: ObjectDock gets a facelift
 Screenshot: Tileable dock backgrounds
 Screenshot: Start Menu docklet
 Screenshot: ObjectDock explained
Download: ObjectDock 1.9

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JDavidHarper
Reply #41 Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:52 PM
Yeah, I'm running Vista and OD+. I'm very glad to see Stardock releasing some Vista eye-candy. (Can't wait to see the new version of WindowFX!)

Chef Garry
Reply #42 Thursday, April 26, 2007 1:24 PM
nikay: re the weather, in Canada I'm finding that my city, province abbreviation (i.e calgary, ab) works. I wonder if something similar might work for Australia? Fuzzy, possibly the same for you?

btx316
Reply #43 Thursday, April 26, 2007 9:38 PM
is there a way to fix start menu helper

Norred1432
Reply #44 Tuesday, May 1, 2007 1:28 AM
ummm... ever since i installed the objectdock or something my Desktop Earth Dreamscene pauses itself (but the weird thing is it doesnt recognize that it is paused so i cant resume it i have to go into preferences and play around with it inorder for it to resume.

Is anyone else experiencing this issue??

masupial
Reply #45 Wednesday, May 2, 2007 1:24 PM
Hi, I tried all combo for my country in the weather docklet. Didn't work.

I'm from singapore. I tried

Singapore, Singapore
SN, Singapore
SG, Singapore
Singapore, SN
Singapore, SG
SNXX0006

None of them worked.
Can someone help test it out? thanks!

keymastr1008
Reply #46 Friday, May 4, 2007 4:29 PM
I have a problem with the update. When OD+ is running, and I minimize a window, it pauses for 1-2 seconds before actually minimizing. If I close OD+, the pause goes away, so I know it's not a problem with my Vista setup. I tried disabling all thumbnail and DWM features, also disabled window-event hooking. I also disabled all docklets. Nothing helped. I get the pause everytime.

Bebi Bulma
Reply #47 Sunday, May 6, 2007 2:02 AM
I always have windows explorer open and I have it on my dock...but I've noticed with this upgrade the running indicator will just disappear even though I still have windows explorer open. So I have to click on the icon, running indicator shows up, then close the new explorer window, and then it just disappears again. *sigh*

Edit: well 1.9 just gave up the ghost and vanished for no reason so I've restored my 1.5 archive.

I.R. Brainiac
Reply #48 Monday, May 7, 2007 3:32 AM
1.9 free is SWEET SWEET SWEET...I am loving it.  

mrGoldblood
Reply #49 Saturday, September 8, 2007 8:12 PM
I'm really liking this great piece of software, but It doesn't open my start menu. Every time I want to it says it was unable to find it. Is there any way to fix that so I can finally chuck out the old windows bar? (I'm using XP SP2)
Cheerz, Jannes

Nbit
Reply #50 Tuesday, November 4, 2008 7:21 AM
I always have windows explorer open and I have it on my dock...but I've noticed with this upgrade the running indicator will just disappear even though I still have windows explorer open. So I have to click on the icon, running indicator shows up, then close the new explorer window, and then it just disappears again. *sigh*

Edit: well 1.9 just gave up the ghost and vanished for no reason so I've restored my 1.5 archive.
I faced that problem too, and it was not so cool to launch another explorer window every time just to bring opened ones to the front. I was seeking a solution for that. So I tried to create a fake Explorer.exe process in hope that it'll help. Results are that indicator remains for much longer period of time and even if it disappears there is no need to launch new explorer window to active already opened ones - two clicks and I'm ready to use explorer! So how it works? It's simple. Place Explorer.exe (fake one) somewhere in Program Files, i.e. D:\Program Files\Explorer.exe, and in the Dock Entry Properties window navigate Link text area to D:\Program Files\Explorer.exe. Please look screenshot here http://cid-6979529c9b7b1028.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ObjectDock-Explorer-indicator/Explorer-indicator.jpg (Apple icon actually is the Explorer's dock) Cons: you need to launch Explorer in some other way, for example through Win + E key combination. Launch it ones and just don't close it later. You can download Explorer.zip here. http://cid-6979529c9b7b1028.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ObjectDock-Explorer-indicator/Explorer.zip Free of viruses, you can check file with the help of the following site: http://online.us.drweb.com/ http://virusscan.jotti.org/ http://virscan.org/ Or you may download source code and compile it yourself. Source code for Visual Basic v6.0 http://cid-6979529c9b7b1028.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/ObjectDock-Explorer-indicator/|_Project-fake-explorer-process.zip Explorer.exe process can be terminated through Windows Task Manager, but be careful to not end the real explorer.exe process. I hope that will help and wish you a great user experience. Peace. PS: I'm running Windows XP SP3

Nbit
Reply #51 Tuesday, November 4, 2008 7:32 AM
Ooooops, something went wrong. I've put too much efforts in this post, I can't leave it that way. So, please you may read this post here Google Document with better "user experience"

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