Object Bar - Lost Main Dock BAr
Wednesday, October 24, 2007 by Snap Hook | Discussion:
OB had a system error and had to shutdown recently. When I rebooted and tried to open the OB I got all my popups as independent bars, but lost the main dock bar. Is there a way to retrieve it, import the independent bars to a new dock bar, or is my theme irrevocably trashed? 
Snap Hook
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:14 AM
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:14 AM
I learned to save after every little change. It was saved numerous times with the main bar, I found the .obtheme file, but the bar doesn't seem to be in there. All the popups now open as individual bars, not as popup menus. If I go into the bars menu they all show up there.
p.s. What utility is that?
p.s. What utility is that?
ZubaZ
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:25 AM
Reply #3 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:25 AM
In this case, "utility" is the save function.
You didn't possibly do a "save as..." somewhere else, did you?
You didn't possibly do a "save as..." somewhere else, did you?
ZubaZ
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:26 AM
Reply #4 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 10:26 AM
Also . . was the bar save in one build of OB and restored in another?
One last thing . . can you find your bar in C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\ObjectBar\{nameofTheme}\Bars\{NameOfBar}.obbar and run that?
One last thing . . can you find your bar in C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\ObjectBar\{nameofTheme}\Bars\{NameOfBar}.obbar and run that?
Snap Hook
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:03 AM
Reply #5 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:03 AM
OK, I got the main bar back. Thanks.
I also got the popups reattached, but Save As does not save the theme, just the skins. If I make a copy of the theme folder, can I reuse it if a Save screws up the original theme or is there something else stashed somewhere else I need to copy, too?
I also got the popups reattached, but Save As does not save the theme, just the skins. If I make a copy of the theme folder, can I reuse it if a Save screws up the original theme or is there something else stashed somewhere else I need to copy, too?
ZubaZ
Reply #6 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:20 AM
Reply #6 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:20 AM
Glad you got it back. which fix did it for you?
Ssaving the theme folder should be all you need.
Ssaving the theme folder should be all you need.
Snap Hook
Reply #7 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:28 AM
Reply #7 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 11:28 AM
It was opening the mainbar.obbar
Once I did that, with all the other bars already open from running the .obtheme file, selecting the popup links on the main bar reattached the related bars as a menu popups rather than independent bars.
Thanks a gazillion all. I really didn't want to rebuild from scratch.
Snap
Once I did that, with all the other bars already open from running the .obtheme file, selecting the popup links on the main bar reattached the related bars as a menu popups rather than independent bars.
Thanks a gazillion all. I really didn't want to rebuild from scratch.
Snap
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 24, 2007 9:56 AM