ObjectDock Weather Docklet Incorrect Days
Friday, December 12, 2008 by Gargabee | Discussion: Docks
For anyone that is having a problem with the weather docklet reporting the days incorrectly (for instance, Friday would list as Today, Tomorrow, Friday) we have an unofficial temporary workaround that you can try.
Close down ObjectDock so that it is not running.
Open the folder where ObjectDock is installed (typically C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock) and find your 'stardockweather.ocx' file. Right click on it and select 'Rename' and rename it to 'stardockweather.ocx.bak' so that you can keep your original file preserved in case something goes horribly wrong.
Download this replacement stardockweather.ocx file:
http://sd.stardock.com/ken/stardockweather.ocx
and save it to your ObjectDock install folder (C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock). Open up ObjectDock and check the weather docklet. This may not work for everyone as it is a temporary workaround.
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Reply #6 Sunday, December 14, 2008 5:18 PM
Thanks, that worked for me on 32-bit XP Pro.
For those interested, here is the old weather docklet that uses Weather.com instead of Accuweather. It doesn't have the same nice fly out tiles, but I find it more accurate in my area. Unzip/extract the folder and place it in your ObjectDock\Docklets folder, it will then show up in Dock Settings under Docklets as "XML Weather Docklet".
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=batch_download&send_id=634306172&email=d290b192d5879f71691495c5235e3333
Reply #7 Sunday, December 14, 2008 11:28 PM
Thanks Kend0
This has been anoying me too. Just goes to show it's worth hunting around the Forums for useful information.
Scarborough
Reply #8 Monday, December 15, 2008 1:01 PM
Thanks,
It worked for me on a Vista ultimate 64, without SP1 (could not get SP1 installed, even with Microsoft help)
GB
Reply #10 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 9:00 AM
Another thanks here, that was kind of annoying me! (Vista x64, OD+ B537u)
Reply #11 Wednesday, December 17, 2008 6:35 PM
I have Windows XP and I don't seem to have the right applications to download the patches for the weather dock
Reply #12 Thursday, December 18, 2008 5:27 PM
This isn't a patch but rather a file replacement for a "workaround' one of the current troubles of Object Dock. It will not execute to update Object Dock.
The instructions are to replace a file with in the Object Dock install folders.
"Download this replacement stardockweather.ocx file:
http://sd.stardock.com/ken/stardockweather.ocx
and save it to your ObjectDock install folder (C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock). Open up ObjectDock and check the weather docklet. This may not work for everyone as it is a temporary workaround."
Please try this out and let us know if it does not work for you.
Reply #13 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 5:03 AM
Hi,
I'm a new user of Objectdock I had the same problem as all others above.
I've just downloaded the new file, and now I have (we are Wednesday): Today, Tomorrow, Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
So thanks a lot.
My computer with Win XP SP3.
Happy new year to you all.
Reply #14 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 12:52 PM
Reference reply #6 from inyearstocome, I went to that link to get the old weather docklet but when I clicked download I got the following message.
THE FILE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS LINK HAS EXPIRED..
Know of any other place I can get it?
mercury52
Reply #15 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 1:16 PM
Reply #12 still works - http://sd.stardock.com/ken/stardockweather.ocx
Reply #16 Tuesday, February 3, 2009 1:32 AM
Great! This worked a treat!!
Finally.... weather docklets!! 
Reply #17 Tuesday, February 17, 2009 7:06 PM
I was having a slightly different issue in that my weather icons didn't seem to want to update (or show any data for that matter) after the system came back from standby. It seemed like it just couldn't connect to the internet, even though all of my other programs could. Forcing it to update didn't do anything either, since it would just say that the data/feed was not available. I always had to close ObjectDock and then run it again, which would fix the issue immediately.
Anyway, I figured that I'd give this fix a try and it looks like it's working. I just tested going to standby after switching the ocx file and restarting Objectdock to make sure that the new docklet was loaded into memory, and so far it looks to be working properly.
Thanks. 
Reply #18 Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:47 PM
Works perfectly for me, Vista 32-bit sp1. Thanks for the workaround.
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Reply #1 Friday, December 12, 2008 4:50 PM
Just tried this and it corrected the problem. On an XP Home SP3 32-bit system running Object Dock Plus.
Thank you very much.