Bug with objectdock?
Friday, January 14, 2005 by Yoav1234 | Discussion: ObjectDock
Hey everybody...
I have stumbled upon an interesting bug here. I was working with OD 1.1 shareware and everything was fine and then I installed the Plus edition and the troubles started. First of all I have to admit that I did not follow the installation guidelines. I have installed the plus on top of the shareware without uninstalling first or something like that. Ok, so the strange problem is this;
I can see the tabbed bar, but when I go to the OD menu, the one that's supposed to show all the different OD bars, it's empty... Meaning that I cannot erase the bars I currently have...
I hope I made myself clear here...
Uninstalling everything and reinstalling didn't help... It stays messed up.
Oh, and bars that are added still do not appear on the list and again cannot be erased...
Help?
Thank you,
Yoav.
I have stumbled upon an interesting bug here. I was working with OD 1.1 shareware and everything was fine and then I installed the Plus edition and the troubles started. First of all I have to admit that I did not follow the installation guidelines. I have installed the plus on top of the shareware without uninstalling first or something like that. Ok, so the strange problem is this;
I can see the tabbed bar, but when I go to the OD menu, the one that's supposed to show all the different OD bars, it's empty... Meaning that I cannot erase the bars I currently have...
I hope I made myself clear here...
Uninstalling everything and reinstalling didn't help... It stays messed up.
Oh, and bars that are added still do not appear on the list and again cannot be erased...
Help?
Thank you,
Yoav.
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Yoav1234
Reply #2 Friday, January 14, 2005 4:13 PM
Reply #2 Friday, January 14, 2005 4:13 PM
I'll be more precise this time;
The situation is this - I uninstalled everything, erased all the remnants... everything.
Reinstalled the Plus version - still not working. The "My Docks" window shows no docks despite the fact that I have several on my screen.
Uninstalled everything again and reinstalled a previous plus version that had worked before and it's not working either.
Very very annoying... any ideas?
The situation is this - I uninstalled everything, erased all the remnants... everything.
Reinstalled the Plus version - still not working. The "My Docks" window shows no docks despite the fact that I have several on my screen.
Uninstalled everything again and reinstalled a previous plus version that had worked before and it's not working either.
Very very annoying... any ideas?
JMB1984
Reply #3 Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:35 AM
Reply #3 Saturday, January 15, 2005 12:35 AM
hi yoav.... can you look in your:
c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_WINDOWS_USERNAME_HERE\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus
folder, and send me the inis over to [email protected], mention that i said for you to send them over. i'll give em a look. thanks
c:\Documents and Settings\YOUR_WINDOWS_USERNAME_HERE\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus
folder, and send me the inis over to [email protected], mention that i said for you to send them over. i'll give em a look. thanks
human
Reply #4 Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:09 PM
Reply #4 Saturday, January 15, 2005 11:09 PM
Hi
I met similiar problems.
(1). When I click "My Dock", there's no entry showing, even though I did create a dock.
(2). When I click "Tabs & Styles", there's no entry showing,
even though I did create lots of tabs.
This is very annoying because I cannot change tab's color or name. Every tab I created can only be named "New Tab".
Like Yoav1234, I did a complete uninstall but the problem remained.
Please help fix it asap, I think it's a serious bug for a product like this.
I've sent all my Object Dock Plus/*.ini to [email protected]. Hope that helps.
I met similiar problems.
(1). When I click "My Dock", there's no entry showing, even though I did create a dock.
(2). When I click "Tabs & Styles", there's no entry showing,
even though I did create lots of tabs.
This is very annoying because I cannot change tab's color or name. Every tab I created can only be named "New Tab".
Like Yoav1234, I did a complete uninstall but the problem remained.
Please help fix it asap, I think it's a serious bug for a product like this.
I've sent all my Object Dock Plus/*.ini to [email protected]. Hope that helps.
Yoav1234
Reply #5 Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:01 AM
Reply #5 Sunday, January 16, 2005 6:01 AM
Hey...
I'm glad to see that I'm not mad and that there is indeed a problem...
What [email protected] described is exactly my problem.
I've also sent all my *.ini files to [email protected].
I really hope you guys could figure this out quickly...
Thanks,
Yoav.
I'm glad to see that I'm not mad and that there is indeed a problem...
What [email protected] described is exactly my problem.
I've also sent all my *.ini files to [email protected].
I really hope you guys could figure this out quickly...
Thanks,
Yoav.
Yoav1234
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:41 AM
Reply #6 Tuesday, January 18, 2005 7:41 AM
Any news about this bug? Any ideas for solutions...?
Yoav1234
Reply #8 Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:26 AM
Reply #8 Thursday, January 20, 2005 11:26 AM
I don't know if it helps you guys solve out this bug but this is what I tried doing;
I defined a new user on my windows [XP Pro] and tried installing the Object Dock Plus 1.1 on it and got the exact same problem. No tabs where the list of tabs should show them and no docks where the list of docks should show them. Same problem.
Don't know if it helps in any way.
I defined a new user on my windows [XP Pro] and tried installing the Object Dock Plus 1.1 on it and got the exact same problem. No tabs where the list of tabs should show them and no docks where the list of docks should show them. Same problem.
Don't know if it helps in any way.
Yoav1234
Reply #9 Monday, January 24, 2005 7:04 AM
Reply #9 Monday, January 24, 2005 7:04 AM
Developers...
It has been almost two weeks since I reported this bug, and others are suffering from it as well... At least let us know if there's any development, any progress... Something...
We're waiting...
It has been almost two weeks since I reported this bug, and others are suffering from it as well... At least let us know if there's any development, any progress... Something...
We're waiting...
zion016
Reply #10 Monday, January 24, 2005 12:24 PM
Reply #10 Monday, January 24, 2005 12:24 PM
I've been having the same problem too. Maybe if I read that there was a bug like this, I wouldn't have been so hasty to buy OD+.
human
Reply #11 Monday, January 24, 2005 8:35 PM
Reply #11 Monday, January 24, 2005 8:35 PM
From the day I bought OD Plus till now, I had never succeeded in configuring any tab I created.
Come on, tabbed dock is the main reason I bought it. Please fix it asap.
The other cool thing is FlyOut menu.
But guess what, it also has bugs.
In addition to the bug, I hope that the performance of FlyOut menu can be improved.
I want it to be as fast as opening a folder in "My computer".
Otherwise, it will end up being a cool but not so practical toy.
Come on, tabbed dock is the main reason I bought it. Please fix it asap.
The other cool thing is FlyOut menu.
But guess what, it also has bugs.
In addition to the bug, I hope that the performance of FlyOut menu can be improved.
I want it to be as fast as opening a folder in "My computer".
Otherwise, it will end up being a cool but not so practical toy.
JMB1984
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:19 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 6:19 PM
Hey guys, I been focused making major strides on other projects for the last week and a half hence why I haven't been around to look more closly. Never heard of this one before this thread came about. I did take a look at the issue you've been reporting however and wonder which is the problem, the list isn't getting drawn correctly, or there's nothing getting put in there at all.
I hear that it was said that: "i have never succeeded in configuring any tab I created", can you confirm whether or not you have any luck configuring a tab by right clicking on it and selecting "Tab Settings"? By pressing that of course it will bring you into the "Tabs & Styles" area of the dock's config, but even if nothing is in the top you should be able to select a name, choose a color and style etc for the tab. If it still says "select something above" post back and let me know.... this could be going one of a few ways and that would be a good tip.
Thanks, sorry you're experiencing problems :-/
-Jeff
ObjectDock Developer
I hear that it was said that: "i have never succeeded in configuring any tab I created", can you confirm whether or not you have any luck configuring a tab by right clicking on it and selecting "Tab Settings"? By pressing that of course it will bring you into the "Tabs & Styles" area of the dock's config, but even if nothing is in the top you should be able to select a name, choose a color and style etc for the tab. If it still says "select something above" post back and let me know.... this could be going one of a few ways and that would be a good tip.
Thanks, sorry you're experiencing problems :-/
-Jeff
ObjectDock Developer
human
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:12 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 26, 2005 8:12 PM
I tried it again.
No, I still cannot select anything because there's nothing I can select.
It's BLANK, no tab names at all.
I even tried to click the blank area, hoping that maybe you print the text with white color on a white background.
But still, nothing was selected.
No, I still cannot select anything because there's nothing I can select.
It's BLANK, no tab names at all.
I even tried to click the blank area, hoping that maybe you print the text with white color on a white background.
But still, nothing was selected.
Yoav1234
Reply #14 Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:24 PM
Reply #14 Thursday, January 27, 2005 2:24 PM
Jeff,
I'll try and be more precise to help you locate this bug more easily;
What we are all (I believe) experiencing is this;
On a clean install - meaning;
1. unistalling the previous version.
2. Erasing all the files, both from the directory to which OD is installed on and from the Documents and Settings location.
3. Removing every mention to OD from the registery.
On this platform we now install OD+ 1.1
The problem we encounter is this;
1. We Right click on a dock (not a tab doc);
2. Select "Doc Settings".
3. Manage My Docks.
At this point what we see is this;
1. the list is totally empty (despite the fact that we do have docs present).
2. "Create new doc" and "Create new tab doc" are enabled.
3. "Remove this doc" and "Edit this doc" are disabled.
If we try to press on "Create new doc" a new doc is indeed created but is not added to the list.
the EXACT same thing happens with tabs. The list is empty, we can add new tabs but cannot see them appear on the list, erase them or edit them.
One more thing I mentioned in earlier posts but might be important as well at this point;
Unistalling OD+ 1.1 and installing OD+ 1.05 doesn't work either! same problem there, despite the fact 1.05 has previously worked fine.
I hope this helps because this is really frustrating for me personally as I believe it is for the other people here sharing this problem.
Please keep us posted and let us know if you need any help with further locating the origin of this bug.
Thank you.
I'll try and be more precise to help you locate this bug more easily;
What we are all (I believe) experiencing is this;
On a clean install - meaning;
1. unistalling the previous version.
2. Erasing all the files, both from the directory to which OD is installed on and from the Documents and Settings location.
3. Removing every mention to OD from the registery.
On this platform we now install OD+ 1.1
The problem we encounter is this;
1. We Right click on a dock (not a tab doc);
2. Select "Doc Settings".
3. Manage My Docks.
At this point what we see is this;
1. the list is totally empty (despite the fact that we do have docs present).
2. "Create new doc" and "Create new tab doc" are enabled.
3. "Remove this doc" and "Edit this doc" are disabled.
If we try to press on "Create new doc" a new doc is indeed created but is not added to the list.
the EXACT same thing happens with tabs. The list is empty, we can add new tabs but cannot see them appear on the list, erase them or edit them.
One more thing I mentioned in earlier posts but might be important as well at this point;
Unistalling OD+ 1.1 and installing OD+ 1.05 doesn't work either! same problem there, despite the fact 1.05 has previously worked fine.
I hope this helps because this is really frustrating for me personally as I believe it is for the other people here sharing this problem.
Please keep us posted and let us know if you need any help with further locating the origin of this bug.
Thank you.
AlegreGatillo
Reply #15 Thursday, February 3, 2005 9:53 PM
Reply #15 Thursday, February 3, 2005 9:53 PM
Same thing happening to me. I have like 4 docks around my desktop that I can't erase. The lists for docks and tags appear empty. Needless to say, I can't use objectdock in this conditions. Wasted my money.
By the way, in my case, I didn't install the freeware version nor a prior licensed version before installing OD 1.1, so it's not an upgrade or "remaining file" problem.
Help, please!
By the way, in my case, I didn't install the freeware version nor a prior licensed version before installing OD 1.1, so it's not an upgrade or "remaining file" problem.
Help, please!
CerebroJD
Reply #16 Thursday, February 3, 2005 11:06 PM
Reply #16 Thursday, February 3, 2005 11:06 PM
In the My Docks box there is NOTHING listed?
AlegreGatillo
Reply #17 Friday, February 4, 2005 12:11 AM
Reply #17 Friday, February 4, 2005 12:11 AM
NOTHING... totally blank. There's nothing listed.
AlegreGatillo
Reply #18 Friday, February 4, 2005 4:09 PM
Reply #18 Friday, February 4, 2005 4:09 PM
New info:
I tried installing OD in my other PC -that has a totally different hardware configuration-, and got the exact same problem. So I thought the problem was my copy of OD. But then I tried it in my father's notebook... and it worked perfectly.
I don't know what to make out of this.
I tried installing OD in my other PC -that has a totally different hardware configuration-, and got the exact same problem. So I thought the problem was my copy of OD. But then I tried it in my father's notebook... and it worked perfectly.
I don't know what to make out of this.
NightRowan
Reply #19 Sunday, February 6, 2005 12:44 AM
Reply #19 Sunday, February 6, 2005 12:44 AM
Me too, I bought ObjectDock a few days ago and it worked great. Then it just so happened that I had to wipe my hard drive (not because of OD, just because the system needed it). When I reinstalled all my Stardock software on here it all seemed to work fine. Every other program works like before is functunal. But I'm having the exact same problem. I can add docks, I can add tabs, but I can't name them, change color/tab styles, or delete them. Very annoying. Was there a upgrade in the last few days? If so is there a way to get an older version till the new one works? I'm kinda fustrated. I've finally freed up enough resources on my piece of junk machine to really cut loose with this and now it's not working right.
Sorry, just came back to edit this. I was playing around a little more and it seems to me that it pretty much runs like normal except for the Manage Docks part. The tabs work fine and adding icons and changing their appearances works. No problem with the object bar either. I don't know if this'll hellp narrow it down for the techs but I hope so.
Sorry, just came back to edit this. I was playing around a little more and it seems to me that it pretty much runs like normal except for the Manage Docks part. The tabs work fine and adding icons and changing their appearances works. No problem with the object bar either. I don't know if this'll hellp narrow it down for the techs but I hope so.
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Reply #1 Friday, January 14, 2005 3:20 PM