2 problems with objectdock

Do you mean the picture displayed on the start panel? Your user picture? What sort of image were you using and what action were you trying to associate with it?

I don't recall that there is a icon in the dock for Microsoft Word by default and even if there was by removing it from the dock you would not uninstall the program but just remove the "link" to it from the dock which is easy enough to redo. Just go to your "C" drive/program files/Word and drag the actual program icon onto the dock! Drag the one that you would click on to start the program. That should re-establish that on your dock.

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The word symbol was on the dock, definetely, I never would have expected that removing it would uninstall the program itself, but that's what happened! I didn't to anything else that this could have accidently happened!

I mean the desktop.scf symbol which is supposed to show the desktop when clicked, nothing happens, when I use it on the objectdock (on the windows taskbar it works well)

dragging an icon off the dock has never uninstalled a program for me. It only makes the icon (shortcut) disappear in a ball of flame. It's no different than deleting a shortcut from your desktop, except you don't get them message that doing so only deletes the shortcut - in order to uninstall the program go to add/remove programs.

I pasted this:

Set Shell = CreateObject ("Shell.Application")
Shell.ToggleDesktop
Set Shell = Nothing

into notepad and saved as: desktop.vbs = then pointed an ODock shortcut to it - then set the desktop icon from the 'Crystallized' set - when I click it, I get the desktop. Click it again, it goes back the way it was

aman2812,

You can try creating a shortcut on your system to the Quick Launch button for show desktop and then create a dock entry linked to that file.

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You can copy and paste the following into a notepad file and then save to your system as 'Desktop.scf':

[Shell]
Command=2
IconFile=explorer.exe,3
[Taskbar]
Command=ToggleDesktop

Note - make sure that the 'Hide extensions for known file types' is deselected under the 'Folder Options > View tab' to allow the correct file save.

Once the file is created, test it and if it works you can create a dock entry linked to it.

As for the 'Word' issue, ObjectDock would not uninstall a program based on the deletion of a dock entry linked to the executible file. The only way this type of occurance may be conceiveable is if you had some sort of 'uninstall' utility for Word that was invoked when you interacted with the dock entry - although, I have never heard of any 'uninstall' utility for Office programs.

Did you check in the Program Files directory to see if the 'Microsoft Office' sub-directory still exists?

Well, I was able to repair the word programm (strange thing, I don't know, how it was uninstalled)

For the desktop icon:

I already did what Corky_O suggested, so it's no problem to get that icon back.
My problem is the following:

From the windows taskbar desktop.scf does what it's supposed to do: it shows the desktop, using it from the objectdock it has no function at all.

Do I have to erase the icon from the windows taskbar to make it work from objectdock? Maybe they need to stand alone?
I hope I could make myself clear (damn, I need to refresh my English )

Thx for your support so far!

Do I have to erase the icon from the windows taskbar to make it work from objectdock?

No

Maybe they need to stand alone?

No

using it from the objectdock it has no function at all.

Are you just putting the icon on the dock or are you also setting a target for the icon to go to (ie Corky's .scf?)

A target is set, I removed it and tried again, it just won't work

drag off and remove the shortcut

try:

creating a desktop.vbs as in #4
save it where you can find it
add a new shorcut to the dock - point it to the desktop.vbs - set the icon to pic of choice

Tried it, I get an error message, I don't know if I translate it right from German:

Access for Windows Script Host denied on this computer, please contact admin etc.

Where and how can I change this?

Thank you.

you have script blocking on?

I don't know, where do I have to check this?

Another issue:

I have a shutdown and a restart button on the dock, link says:

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe-s

C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe-r

but then again an error message:
C:\Windows\System32\shutdown.exe-r could not be found.

any help here?

thank you.

You might need to add a space after .exe (#####.exe -r)


I use a java script to bring up the shutdown/restart/logoff dialog

(new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application")).ShutdownWindows();

Copy it into notepad and save with a .js extension and link to it. It'll save you a dock entry.

leaving a space didn't work, your suggestion either, I get the same error message:

Access for Windows Script Host denied on this computer, please contact admin etc

how can I change this?

*push

although I now have a docklet for it (Power switch by CupidMoon) I still would like to know how to configure it myself, because I actually want to use some other (IMO) better looking switches, so what commands do I have to use for that?

Thx!

Done, I found the right command for it