Object Bar - Lost Main Dock BAr

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OB had a system error and had to shutdown recently.  When I rebooted and tried to open the OB I got all my popups as independent bars, but lost the main dock bar.  Is there a way to retrieve it, import the independent bars to a new dock bar, or is my theme irrevocably trashed?  
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
If you didn't save your theme from the settings menu I am afraid so. However you can use this utility to save the one your recreate. I know that is a small comfort but a back up is always a good thing.
Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I learned to save after every little change. It was saved numerous times with the main bar, I found the .obtheme file, but the bar doesn't seem to be in there. All the popups now open as individual bars, not as popup menus. If I go into the bars menu they all show up there.

p.s. What utility is that?
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
In this case, "utility" is the save function.
You didn't possibly do a "save as..." somewhere else, did you?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Also . . was the bar save in one build of OB and restored in another?
One last thing . . can you find your bar in C:\Program Files\Stardock\Object Desktop\ObjectBar\{nameofTheme}\Bars\{NameOfBar}.obbar and run that?
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
OK, I got the main bar back. Thanks.
I also got the popups reattached, but Save As does not save the theme, just the skins. If I make a copy of the theme folder, can I reuse it if a Save screws up the original theme or is there something else stashed somewhere else I need to copy, too?
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Glad you got it back.  which fix did it for you?
Ssaving the theme folder should be all you need.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
It was opening the mainbar.obbar

Once I did that, with all the other bars already open from running the .obtheme file, selecting the popup links on the main bar reattached the related bars as a menu popups rather than independent bars.

Thanks a gazillion all. I really didn't want to rebuild from scratch.

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