Does ObjectDock work with 64 bit computers or not?

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Heh. Trying to get ObjectDock has been something of a quest, here, and at this point I'm only sticking with it out of pure stubborn. First saw Dell Dock at a store, didn't realize it was a Dell thing not a standard Windows 7 thing, later didn't know what it was callled and had to find someone who could figure out what I was talking about... then find where I could get a version that'd work on Toshiba... then found out it's 32-bit-only.

Apparently it's still possible to use it on a 64 bit computer? My question is, what kind of conflicts/problems/difficulties does this actually cause? Neat as ObjectDock looks, I'm kinda enjoying having a new, fast, functioning computer at the moment, and I really don't want to mess it up.

In that vein, if it does cause difficulties down the line, how difficult is it to uninstall ObjectDock?

And can anyone tell me what the noticeable differences between the Dell Dock I first saw and the standard ObjectDock are?

Thanks in advance for any help you can give! And please forgive my tech-ignorance. I'm trying, but... it comes slowly to me. :P

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

objectdock plus works just fine on my 64-bit computer using windows7

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

objectdock plus works just fine on my 64-bit computer using windows7
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And I like it too!

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

ObjectDock?  will not mess up your 64bit PC it will work just fine.. But at the moment the "ADD NEW START MENU" does not work but when OD 2.0 comes out 64bit will be their as to the Starmenu I do not know if it will or will not be in it .... there is one more that i know of that dose not work and that is sytem something... Note the start menu it self works just not the one you put on the dock

 

as to the Dell Dock I have no clue as I don't have a Dell..

As to Toshiba all Stardock apps works on all Windows base PC's well at lest from XP to date 

uninstall ObjectDock? Easy

 

 

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have a Dell XPS studio with the Dell bar. It's just a version of ObjectDock made for Dell. I don't know why you're having a problem with it. Try RocketDock at  http://rocketdock.com/. Maybe it will work.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have ObjectDock Plus on a Win 7 64 bit Home Premium system and have no problems. 

I would try ObjectDock free version, if you don't like it is easy enough to remove.

I've not tried RocketDock but I understand that it is also a nice program.

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you so much, everyone - that helps a lot! I'm gonna go ahead and install it.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

impulse dock is also free, and that more resembles the dell dock.  object dock plus works fine on windows 7 32/64 systems.  rocket dock works about a week on windows 7, then it crashes on a reboot and tells you it can't load the config would you like to load default icons.  i've had this happen several times recently on both 32 and 64bit windows 7 installs.  if you want a good free dock, try nexus dock over at winstep.net.  it has some nice features the current object dock doesn't, hopefully OD2 will have this stuff

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have OD+ version 1.9 and it works just fine on Windows 7 64 bit. I also have Winstep Extreme which includes nexus and it works fine also on a W7 64 bit machine

Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top

Last I checked, the current available build of ObjectDock Plus does not have system tray and start menu functionality in 64bit operating systems. This of course will be functional in ObjectDock 2.0.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I have it in my system tray and it works

Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting OldMsgt, reply 10
I have it in my system tray and it works
End of OldMsgt's quote

 

Having it in your system tray and displaying your system tray in the dock is very very different, my friend :-)  The latter is not yet supported.  OD2+ would change that thoug  :sun:   Waiting, waiting...

Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top

The system tray functionality I speak of is where your systray appears within the dock itself.