Attention effects not working

Just installed OD. When an alert happens that OD should be indicating via an attention effect, instead my taskbar (which I auto-hid) slides up and flashes the app as windows normally would. No action occurs in OD. I don't see any other options that would enable the behavior.

 

Any ideas?

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Reply #1 Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having issues. Would like to know what version of Windows you are on.

Thank you.

 

 

 

 

Basj,

Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #2 Top

If you are on Windows 10 OD may or may not work correctly. It does for some but not all and it isn't supported on Win 10 at this time.

Reply #4 Top

 

Hello, sorry you are having issues.

Would you Please try this PURGE: https://forums.stardock.com/485816/objectdock-support-faq#reinstalling

Reboot and ReInstall the latest version from your Stardock account https://store.stardock.com/myaccount

Reboot and check .

 

 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #5 Top

I purges, rebooted, reinstalled...still not getting attention effects.

 

For clarity, the alerts I'm looking for are outlook task/schedule notifications, when those pop up in the notification window as well as new messages received in Microsoft Teams.

When either happen, my auto-hidden taskbar makes itself visible and highlights the app....so the system seems to be working as intended, but OD isn't picking up on it.

Reply #6 Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #7 Top

Is the instigator (what is causing a change) a 'modern' or UWP app?

Reply #8 Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 7

Is the instigator (what is causing a change) a 'modern' or UWP app?
End of sdRohan's quote

Not only that... even some Win32 applications have stopped using the old 'flash button in the taskbar' method and now use the extended taskbar API for attention notifications. Problem is, while before Windows provided 3rd party applications with a method to know when a button in the taskbar was flashing, the new API doesn't.