Stardock SideBarPlus? What's this?

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Explorer just crashed on me. And then it restarted I found this new icon on my system tray. It's a blue plus sign and the tooltip says "Stardock SideBarPlus".

Right click menu got two items:
* Release All Associations
* Exit

Clicking on it does nothing.

Double clicking opens notepad.

What is this thing?
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It appears an internal DesktopX Pro 3.5 beta has lept the wall and made a bid for freedom. That's part of the XGF framework for allowing DesktopX gadgets or .NET apps to be run as part of the Vista sidebar.

I'll just break out the nets and tranqualizer guns and tuck it back for the weekend. Please continue to use the DesktopX 3.2 release instead.

Kris

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
o_O whooopsie!
So that's why there was no docs for the new beta features. Well, the exported seemed to work fine.

...

thomassen runs and hides!
ObjectDock - Access shortcuts and frequently used applications from an animated dock.
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Doh, at leat I had something to play with for several hours. Wondered a bit, that there was no official statement.
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
that explain some things
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Should there be further issues like this please start a ticket with us at Support@stardock.com. Since the changes have been taken down we don't expect anything further. However we would like to document anything else that could be occuring.

Thanks much.
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Right'o! Will hold off any further reports until the real beta comes out.
I've got a list of my own of things I'll be testing.