Blank Icon Spots

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I've mentioned this problem before with Vista 64, but with Windows 7 it is really bad.  Basically, when I close a program, the icon disappears, but the space it occupies remaines and the title remains while providing no function when clicked.

For vista, I only found one program, Thunderbird.  With Windows 7, it seems like any program operating system related as well as others, such as calulator, excel, and using the recycle bin.  I know this program does not support Windows 7, but this should help future development for it.

I hope the programmers can fix this, otherwise, I'll have to move to another solution.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ok, I finished installing this on another system of mine running windows 7...full install.  This works absolutly fine...no blank spaces.  Something HP has done to my wife's system causes these blank spaces.  If anyone wants to try to fix this, let me know and I'll try my best to help.  I'm thinking in the end it will take a full install to fix the problem.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

If the HP is running any monitor management software you might try running Object Dock without the monitor software running.  I'm talking about software that controls window placement, I think NVidia's NView, UltraMon, ATI's Hyperdesk.  I might have the names wrong there but I think you get the idea.  Don't know what HP might have branded like that.  Also would want to double check that the video drivers are current.

A re-install may or may not fix the problem, you could very well just re-install the problem.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Does your HP have OSD (On Screen Display of caps/num/scroll locks) running.  It could be it isn't playing well with the new taskbar. I  disabled it on my last rig, didn't miss it a bit.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

I figured it out.  You guys were very close to the cause.  My HP has a fingerprint scanner and hp provides the software "digital persona personal."   I finally went through rebooting and sutting down individual programs and services and after shutting this one down, the problem was solved.  "dpagent.exe" or "DigitalPersona local Agent" had to be shut down twice to find this, but I can just use autoruns to disable that logon program to prevent it from happing. 

The jist: Digital Persona is not compatible with Objectdock and caused the problem.

Solution: As of now, find another fingerprint scanner software.  I'll post what I pick shortly...I have a good one in mind.