OD Startup Problem

If a moderator wants to remove this thread, feel free. There is some computer information here, but this is a problem someone else on this forum is having. I hope someone can help.

Yeah, me too! Just started getting this weird error message, on startup, OD+ runs fine otherwise....somewhat alarming, as any error can be...but as long as there's nothing fragmenting or worse where I can't see, it's gotta be o.k. for now...would like it to go away soon, tho. Thanks for posting this, siouxtupa. I only found this post by accident as I didn't even know of the existence of Stardock forums, just WinCustomize forums !?!

I agree, I've checked everywhere for a problem. Sometimes the error doesn't show, but almost every startup it does. That begs the question: what am I doing differently when it doesn't show up? I don't think I'm doing anything.

So far so good today...hopefully, it's like the weather...dustdevils...Link

I have been having the same problem, but mine was a little more severe in that my computer won't shutdown, it gets to the final shutdown screen and just sits there. After much trouble shooting and with the knowledge of the ObjectDock error on startup I have concluded that the problem is being caused by ObjectDock not shutting down properly and saving the .ini files. If I unload OD prior to shutdown, my computer shuts down, but if I leave it loaded and try to shutdown it sits at the final screen until I power-off.

Instead of unloading - what happens if you disable the docklets instead, then shut down as normal?

Been getting "Object Dock has recovered settings from previous to a recent crash. Please ensure that all of your docks show correctly." also but only if I use a tabbed dock. I've added a dozen docks loaded with stuff and have no problem, but a tabbed dock alone with no other docks will start giving the error after 5 tabs and 5 or 6 dock entries per tab.

Seems to be running fine now...my PC is a product of two or three years runtime, plus various tweaks and mods, new sound and vid cards, random hard boots and impatient smackings, defrags, reg-cleaners, AdAware and McAfee, etc, etc...it's a wonder it runs at all. The wrinkle is, I'm sure, due to the environment I've provided for Object Dock Plus to live in, and not the fault of the program or docks... (knock on wood...day's not over yet...). I'm running a tabbed dock at the top, and one each on the right, left, and bottom. The sides and tabbed top set to autohide. Background is "Clear Glass(Tabs), set to 100% transparent so the icons "float".

Well, *@#!!*^%?+~ !! Was running fine for ages, and just updated WB5 via Stardock Central...restarted PC and got error message "Obj Dock not started correctly" or "not loaded correctly" or some such, two ObjDock icons in systray, and all docks working fine, present and accounted for...(?!). Rightclicked one of the systray icons, "Unload...", extra icon winked out in systray, otherwise no change, no prob. Seems like two instances of ObjDock loading at bootup. I seem to remember this happening a year or two ago, and wizop said reinstall Obj Dock Plus. I did and it solved it. Gotta remember to save the backgrounds and images, etc. I've collected in a separate folder somewhere...grrrrawrrh!!


[mm...that's better...]

Again, on boot this a.m. so to: Start>Run>msconfig>startup...and uncheck one, of two, versions of OD (not the "Plus" version),restart, and voila. All better. I know, that's the lazy way, not deleting the original, non-plus version, but for a quick fix it worked...now to go do it right...