Middle-click and run as administrator

Missing features or some hidden settings?

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Just upgraded to ObjectDock Plus 2.0. I'm using Windows 7 x64.


I'm impressed with the looks, speed and general polish. Excellent piece of software.

 

However there are two things I have noticed in the brief period of about 10 minutes:

1. I can't middle-click on a shortcut and launch a new instance of a program. This is standard Windows 7 Taskbar feature.

2. ObjectDock picks up shortcuts pinned to the Taskbar but it doesn't pick up the advanced properties. I'm referring to 'Run as administrator'. In Windows 7 Taskbar I always set my command prompt and Visual Studio shortcuts to launch as administrator.

 

Have I missed some hidden setting somewhere that allows me to do these two things or is it just not possible?

 

Thanks

objectdock
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I have found out the hidden setting to enable the 2nd point from my original post. It's under 'Advanced tweaks' > 'When a shortcut is added to a dock, point to the target not the shortcut.'. I just had to disable that option and now my Command Prompt and Visual Studio shortcuts start as administrator. :)

 

Still looking for a way to get middle-click working.  :maybe:

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Zeekr, there doesn't seem to be a way to make it display Windows Explorer's context menu from tabbed docks.  Version 1.90 used to display this:

Old context menu

 

The new version displays a different menu:

New context menu

 

I've gone back to the old version for now because sometimes I need to run some programs with admin privileges.

 

Siege of Centauri
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

hold shift and right click for the run as admin to show up.