Remove by dragging off bar??? DOES NOT WORK!

Monday, June 20, 2005 by bneiderman | Discussion: ObjectDock

Can someone explain how to remove an item by dragging it off the bar? It enlarges as you go over it with the mouse, but you cannot grab and drag an icon!
17 Reply 7 Referrals
Lantec
Reply #1 Monday, June 20, 2005 6:10 AM
If your using OD+ right click on a tab, click on "View" and make sure that "Lock Icon Dragging" is not checked. Then you should be able to left click and hold, drag onto desktop and release and poof! the item should be gone.

bneiderman
Reply #2 Monday, June 20, 2005 11:34 AM
Ok, bought the plus version and tried as you said. Still cannot drag. What am I missing?

Corky_O
Reply #3 Monday, June 20, 2005 2:25 PM
bneidrman,

If you are trying to drag from a normal dock (non-tabbed), right-click the dock and deselect "Drag Locking, or Dragging Lock" (sorry - not at my home machine). Then, use normal drag action, making sure to drag away from dock far enough to delete entry with a "Poof".

If trying to drag from a tabbed dock, the instructions Lantec gave should work "Right-click tab>View>Deselect 'Lock Icon Dragging'". Then, use normal drag action, making sure to drag away from dock far enough to delete entry with a "Poof".

Note - in many cases, you can just right-click the entry and select "Remove entry".

I hope this helps.

bneiderman
Reply #4 Monday, June 20, 2005 2:30 PM
I am trying to get rid of the default calendar and nothing drags at all. The mouse simply does not drag the icon anywhere. The calendar icon bounces for a second and that is it.

Koasati
Reply #5 Monday, June 20, 2005 3:48 PM
If you can't drag the calendar off the dock, then you still haven't turned off "Lock Dragging"
If you are trying to drag from a normal dock (non-tabbed), right-click the dock and deselect "Drag Locking, or Dragging Lock" (sorry - not at my home machine). Then, use normal drag action, making sure to drag away from dock far enough to delete entry with a "Poof"

Follow Corky's instructions and you'll be set........ (just substitute Drag Locking, with Lock Dragging)....


bneiderman
Reply #6 Monday, June 20, 2005 10:55 PM
I spoke with tech support. Believe me, Lock Draggin was turned off. There is something incompatible with my system and I am getting a refund. Even the freeware version locked my computer up several times, did not drag either and half the time would not even show up on the desktop even though it was in my processes.

JMB1984
Reply #7 Tuesday, June 21, 2005 9:00 AM
citizen bneiderman:

any chance I can get info from you regarding your video card and drivers version? i haven't been forwarded your support email but am very interested. sorry for the hassle you've had to deal with, i've been hearing that a new set of drivers out now that is causing some conflict...very curious why and want to see if there's some sort of workaround.

thank you

-Jeff
ObjectDock Developer

TDRomine
Reply #8 Tuesday, June 21, 2005 12:46 PM
#6 by Citizen bneiderman
Mon, June 20, 2005 10:55 PM

I spoke with tech support. Believe me, Lock Draggin was turned off. There is something incompatible with my system and I am getting a refund. Even the freeware version locked my computer up several times, did not drag either and half the time would not even show up on the desktop even though it was in my processes.

Thats the same w/ me. I had it working nicely, then I bought and downloaded Object Desktop. I think after I installed the update in Stardock Central it stopped working. It shows in Tsk Mgr but not my desktop.

TDRomine
Reply #9 Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:12 PM
Bneiderman, if you had the same problem as me, where Object Dock was running in proccessess and not showing up, disable everything in WindowFX.

iamkbt
Reply #10 Saturday, June 25, 2005 9:03 AM
I began having problems after updating SD Central. I was using the OD free version, and after updating, got a C++ compiler error. I had also done some M$ security updates; so, I went ahead and purchased the OD+. OD+ runs, but I cannot move objects on the bar by dragging or delete by dragging.

Here's my config:
XP SP2 5.1 (Build 2600)
AMD Athlon 3400+
1 GB RAM
1280 x 1024 in 32-Bit Color, ALL-IN-WONDER RADEON 7500 Ver. 6.14
A M I - 5000503 BIOS Date: 05/03/05 13:52:41 Ver: 08.00.09 BIOS Date: 05/03/05

redjag
Reply #11 Monday, June 27, 2005 11:01 AM
i also have the same problem..you try to drag it off the dock up and it and it hops down and stays where it is...this my friends is a bug with objectdock...it started to happen to me after my dock crashed once...i uninstalled and reinstalled and had the same problem....how can i access the profiles because the icons i last had on the dock are still there even after a full uninstall (including the directory in Program Files)...this is a great problem for me ...i may reformat my hard drive because of this bug to get it right....i think the problem lies in the 'profile' that stays behind after install...how do i clear this damn thing!...reply to [email protected]

Koasati
Reply #12 Monday, June 27, 2005 11:43 AM
redjag... Your may be able to solve your problem by removing everything in this folder "C:\Documents and Settings\*USERNAME*\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus"

redjag
Reply #13 Monday, June 27, 2005 4:52 PM
wait tried that....it did nothing...but i still haven't touched the registry keys...i might reformat my hard-disk to make this work properly again

redjag
Reply #14 Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:13 AM
um i reformatted my hard disk....now it works....i suggest you do the same or maybe even try reinstalling the windows xp sp2....it's worth a try

JMB1984
Reply #15 Thursday, June 30, 2005 2:54 PM
We've found potential for the latest beta of IconPackager3 to interfere with ObjectDock, causing ObjectDock to not be able to drag, and in some cases not even start up correctly. This will be fixed in the next IconPackager release, but before that happens I have also worked around the interference in the next upcoming ObjectDock release.

In the mean time, you can try unregistering a helper dll IP3 uses, note it may cause a small degree of handicap within IP3 but both programs will continue to work. You'll need to reinstall IP3 to undo this temporary workaround.


From your run dialog, enter this exact command and press enter:

regsvr32 /u "iprepair.dll"


(if it complains about the not finding the exact path of iprepair.dll, search for it on your harddrive and replace that relative dll path with the full path)


Rebooting is necessary after unregistering the file to have ObjectDock resume correct function.


I was able to fully reproduce this problem, so give that a shot and it should help. Let me know how it goes.

Thanks,


-Jeff Bargmann
ObjectDock Developer

BMinsker
Reply #16 Monday, July 4, 2005 11:49 AM
I was having this same problem after installing the latest (non-beta) Icon Packager 3 release. Some icons had a default icon, and I could not drag them off the dock or drag new ones on. Any attempt to select a new icon, install a new item on the dock, or work with the dock entry properties caused OD to hang. Uninstalling the iprepair.dll has solved the problem for now.

Brian Minsker

redjag
Reply #17 Tuesday, July 5, 2005 8:32 AM
um guys i got an error right after i installed a program called styler...i also ran a program that was supposed to go with it...it may have been a crack i can't remember right now....after i ran that the objectdock went mental....now that ive reformatted my hard-drive everythings fine now

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