ObjectDock unable to retrieve weather information
Sunday, January 10, 2010 by ThumperSD | Discussion: ObjectDock
Why is my ObjectDock weather docklet unable to ever retrieve the weather/forecast? I set my firewall to NOT block it.
Reply #2 Sunday, January 10, 2010 5:39 PM
Free. Windows 7. The notice is "Feed not available... try again later"
The thing is, when I initially installed objectdock, it worked. After a day or two, it stopped working and I was never able to get it to work again.
Reply #3 Sunday, January 10, 2010 7:03 PM
Try replacing the Weather.ocx file in your current OD with the Weather.ocx from here:
http://sd.stardock.com/ken/stardockweather.ocx
remember to rename the stardockweather.ocx Weather.ocx
Reply #5 Monday, January 11, 2010 6:44 AM
Welcome, ThumperSD! I'm really glad I could help. If it 'goes bad' again, try repeating the fix. It's not the program's fault...it has to do with the weather service.
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:16 PM
Thanks, DrJBHL. Where would I put the new Weather.ocx file? I searched my entire computer and no such file currently exists. Thanks.
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 13, 2010 5:36 PM
Open to your OD folder (C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock) and look for it, replace the one there with the one dl'ed from the link from DrJBHL above, worked for me also Thanks DrJBHL 
Reply #8 Wednesday, February 3, 2010 8:40 AM
http://sd.stardock.com/ken/stardockweather.ocx
remember to rename the stardockweather.ocx Weather.ocx
Thanks a lot, it worked perfectly! However, when I went to the installation directory, there was only StardockWeather.ocx, no Weather.ocx. I created a copy of the original file, and replaced it with your link (without renaming). As soon as I did it, the dock updated almost instantly.
Many thanks
Reply #9 Friday, February 5, 2010 11:15 PM
Did the same for ODplus on WinXP.... now to solve the problem with sysmetrix weather... Again, thanks for the help, even though I lurked the answer.
Reply #10 Saturday, February 6, 2010 2:49 AM
if you solve the problem with sysmetrix weather,please report here ! Thanks as I have the same problem 
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Reply #1 Sunday, January 10, 2010 3:35 PM
What verison of ObjectDock, free of plus?
What OS are you running?
What is it the notice you receive from the weather docklett?