ObjectDock 1.90 Plus takes almost a minute to load

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I've been using OD for years, and it has always launched almost instantly. But, in the past week or two OD's launch time has increased to almost a minute. If, after launching OD, I open the Windows task manager I can see the ObjectDock.exe process, but the dock itself doesn't show up for about 50-60 seconds.

I've done some Windows updates in the past couple of weeks, and perhaps one of those is the culprit. Any clues as to what would suddenly cause this slow down?

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Off the top of my head-

I think we've agreed that tabbed docks take longer to load than regular docks, so if you've added a tabbed dock you would see a slowdown right away.

I've seen several posts lately about the weather docklet being problematic right now, so if you're running that it might be bogging down your start up, don't know.

Some other docklet might be causing a problem, you might try checking the "disable docklets" option under Object Dock's configuration / troubleshooting section to see if that speeds you up.

Might be fighting for system layering resources if you have any widgets or DTX objects loaded in the same screen area as a dock.  I do load up DTX objects and widgets all the time long with Object Dock, but they don't occupy the same screen space.  Don't know, might cause a problem under the right circumstances.

Also might be fighting for layering resources if you're loading up Object Dock while dvd player software or ATI's tv player are already running.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I do not have my 2 docks (One is Tabbed) load at re-boot or start nor do I have impluse load at start. I start them after Vista is running, as they really slow up the start of Vista

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