Star Dock Central Problem
Thursday, March 10, 2005 by HauntingMorgana | Discussion: Stardock Support General
There seems to be a problem when I upgrade Star Dock Central after starting it. Says that there is a new version, etc. so I install it, it asks to reboot, so I do.
The problem is, on the reboot, when the system is restarted, all icons in my task bar are gone.
The problem is, on the reboot, when the system is restarted, all icons in my task bar are gone.
Chris TH
Reply #2 Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:29 PM
Reply #2 Thursday, March 10, 2005 6:29 PM
The reason has been discovered and there is a fix described in the stardock news groups as follows:
> I just updated my Stardock Central and ObjectDock, only to find things
> have gone awry. My System Tray won't show (or appears to always be
> empty), even though I have started sdmcp.exe. When is this thing
> supposed to start? It isn't in my Start Menu and does not start on its
> own. For some reason, DesktopX no longer starts up with Windows, even
> though I never touched it.
>
> On a related note, ObjectDock's readme says "sdmcp.exe must be to use
> the tabbed Tray to display system tray items," but my AWOL System Tray
> is not on a tabbed tray. It is on a zoomer. Should the readme be
> ammended to include all dock's?
For some reason the new SDC install deletes the MCP files from
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock. It seems they have to be there
for SDMCP to startup properly - I think it starts before the Start
Menu->Startup items.
I found them in X:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\Downloads\SDCommon
ie. where your SDC is currently installed and where it is set to
download files into.
Copy them back into the first dir, reboot and you're away.
Note that this occurred for me both when first updating to the latest
SDC beta, and then reverting back to the last SDC release.
Something to be looked for the next release I guess.
Hope this helps.
> I just updated my Stardock Central and ObjectDock, only to find things
> have gone awry. My System Tray won't show (or appears to always be
> empty), even though I have started sdmcp.exe. When is this thing
> supposed to start? It isn't in my Start Menu and does not start on its
> own. For some reason, DesktopX no longer starts up with Windows, even
> though I never touched it.
>
> On a related note, ObjectDock's readme says "sdmcp.exe must be to use
> the tabbed Tray to display system tray items," but my AWOL System Tray
> is not on a tabbed tray. It is on a zoomer. Should the readme be
> ammended to include all dock's?
For some reason the new SDC install deletes the MCP files from
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock. It seems they have to be there
for SDMCP to startup properly - I think it starts before the Start
Menu->Startup items.
I found them in X:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\Downloads\SDCommon
ie. where your SDC is currently installed and where it is set to
download files into.
Copy them back into the first dir, reboot and you're away.
Note that this occurred for me both when first updating to the latest
SDC beta, and then reverting back to the last SDC release.
Something to be looked for the next release I guess.
Hope this helps.
ama02
Reply #3 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:02 PM
My directory structure seems to be a little different. How many MCP files do I need to locate, and what are the file names? I can do a search for them, but I don't have a "Downloads" folder. Thanks for finding the info.
Reply #3 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:02 PM
| For some reason the new SDC install deletes the MCP files from C:\Program Files\Common Files\Stardock. It seems they have to be there for SDMCP to startup properly - I think it starts before the Start Menu->Startup items. I found them in X:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\Downloads\SDCommon ie. where your SDC is currently installed and where it is set to download files into. Copy them back into the first dir, reboot and you're away. |
My directory structure seems to be a little different. How many MCP files do I need to locate, and what are the file names? I can do a search for them, but I don't have a "Downloads" folder. Thanks for finding the info.
Chris TH
Reply #4 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:18 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:18 PM
The entire contents of SDCommon (in my case) were needed:
mcpcore.dll
MCPStub.dll
sdmcp.exe
HTH
mcpcore.dll
MCPStub.dll
sdmcp.exe
HTH
ama02
Reply #5 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:40 PM 
I tried copying the first two files on your list (didn't notice the exe one) and nothing happened! duh! Okay, I'll go get the 3rd file and copy it over...thanks so much for your help!!
edit to add: Found that exe file and copied it over, everything is back to normal. yay! btw, I had to copy them from the Common Files directory to the Stardock\SDCentral folder, instead of the other way around like the instructions. Thanks again!
Reply #5 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:40 PM
I tried copying the first two files on your list (didn't notice the exe one) and nothing happened! duh!
Okay, I'll go get the 3rd file and copy it over...thanks so much for your help!!edit to add: Found that exe file and copied it over, everything is back to normal. yay! btw, I had to copy them from the Common Files directory to the Stardock\SDCentral folder, instead of the other way around like the instructions. Thanks again!
Diafragma
Reply #6 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:56 PM
Reply #6 Thursday, March 10, 2005 7:56 PM
This happened to me when I installed the latest Object Dock plus version... I hope they release an update soon 
ama02
Reply #7 Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:00 PM
Reply #7 Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:00 PM
Diafragma, I've learned, after a few bad updates, to turn off the auto-update feature in SDC. I've had to restore my system once before when SDC downloaded/installed an ODock+ update.
Chris TH
Reply #8 Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:11 PM
Reply #8 Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:11 PM
For me it had nothing to do with OD+, only the update of SDC was the problem.
HauntingMorgana
Reply #9 Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:11 AM
Reply #9 Sunday, March 20, 2005 2:11 AM
Has this been corrected yet?
Tried to update again yesterday, same issues. resorted to a True Image.
Fix the darned problem Already would you Star Dock? Without having to have a work around.
Oh, I'd also like to add-
Your products and such are truly top notch. I could never imagine using windows without your programs!
Tried to update again yesterday, same issues. resorted to a True Image.
Fix the darned problem Already would you Star Dock? Without having to have a work around.
Oh, I'd also like to add-
Your products and such are truly top notch. I could never imagine using windows without your programs!
vicster
Reply #10 Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:49 AM
Reply #10 Wednesday, May 31, 2006 6:49 AM
Has anyone had any update on this issue yet? I'm still having problems and cannot find the needed files anywhere.
Chris TH
Reply #11 Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:19 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, May 31, 2006 7:19 PM
This is really puzzling... I don't know what you've tried already, or what other threads you've read. but may I suggest the following:
Make sure you're logged in with admin rights.
Uninstall SDC - check in the Windows' "Set program Access & Defaults" that it's gone from there. Then check using TaskManager that no copies of SDMCP.EXE are running (kill them if so).
Delete any startup entries for SDMCP.EXE you might have in the startup folder(s) and/or MSConfig->Startup.
IIRC the location(s) for SDMCP startup is under:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WinLogon\Notify\MCPClient
No other startup entries are needed
Run this: https://www.stardock.com/files/odnt_zapper.exe
Restart the PC.
Close OD and/or whatever else maybe using the system tray.
Re-install SDC (enable the 'MCP Notificatoin' & 'MCP Startup' checkboxes).
Start OD (and....)
Does this help?
Make sure you're logged in with admin rights.
Uninstall SDC - check in the Windows' "Set program Access & Defaults" that it's gone from there. Then check using TaskManager that no copies of SDMCP.EXE are running (kill them if so).
Delete any startup entries for SDMCP.EXE you might have in the startup folder(s) and/or MSConfig->Startup.
IIRC the location(s) for SDMCP startup is under:
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current Version\WinLogon\Notify\MCPClient
No other startup entries are needed
Run this: https://www.stardock.com/files/odnt_zapper.exe
Restart the PC.
Close OD and/or whatever else maybe using the system tray.
Re-install SDC (enable the 'MCP Notificatoin' & 'MCP Startup' checkboxes).
Start OD (and....)
Does this help?
vicster
Reply #12 Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:12 PM
Reply #12 Thursday, June 1, 2006 12:12 PM
Many thanks for the info 
I'll try what you suggest and will post the result as soon as I can.
I'll try what you suggest and will post the result as soon as I can.
vicster
Reply #13 Thursday, June 1, 2006 5:57 PM
Reply #13 Thursday, June 1, 2006 5:57 PM
Well, no luck with that 
Still the 'Stardock MCP not found or wrong version Sys tray support disabled' error message and no sys tray.
Anyway I did find a another thread whic had a similar problem. It would appear that it is all down to the file which is nowhere to be found on my system. Anyway there had been an answer from one of the tec guys who provided a link download the missing files:
Link
Once downloaded and installed, everything's now working fine.
Thanks for the help anyway - much appreciated.
Still the 'Stardock MCP not found or wrong version Sys tray support disabled' error message and no sys tray.Anyway I did find a another thread whic had a similar problem. It would appear that it is all down to the file which is nowhere to be found on my system. Anyway there had been an answer from one of the tec guys who provided a link download the missing files:
Link
Once downloaded and installed, everything's now working fine.
Thanks for the help anyway - much appreciated.
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Reply #1 Thursday, March 10, 2005 12:23 PM
Any assistance on this matter would be greatly appreciated.