Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. If you still have issue, first please try uninstall, reboot, redownload the installer file, install it, reboot again. And test. Do report back.

Thank you.
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

First, need to clarify does those tabs that come with OD3 work? this is how my tabs look like when I apply the eminence tab on my system. Try the eminence and take a screenshot so we can try to understand your actual issue.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Since I have got no response to my previous post.... I have posted a summary of my experience and list of issues via this post.

https://forums.stardock.com/528675/my-installation-experience-not-good

I would have preferred to send an email to the authors and not make this list public, but the authors have decided I cannot send them emails.

I would happily have summarised this in a pdf attached to this post, but that option was not available to me either.

I do hope that the authors take note... as I think the fundamentals of Stardock are good, but tweaks are needed to make the end user experience better, especially first time users.

I did answer it in post 5.  

I informed you that I ran the reinstall as promised and that I had a working system (ie progress from failed install.

I then asked you the following.

It is 7:34 am now in Dublin Ireland. I am getting ready for a number of appointments, so may not be able to post again until 2 or 3pm Irish time. 

I will summarise my status / issues at that stage. 

Can I post a pdf attachment to this thread.

I waited almost 48 hours and got no reply.  I wanted to send you a structured pdf with a summary of what I felt was not working and try to establish what gaps existed or what could be achieved via configuration.

As I continued to try and get your apps to work .... I waited for 48 hours and then posted my summary at this link ... https://forums.stardock.com/528675/my-installation-experience-not-good

which you shut down with 10 mins or so of my post.

I will create individual posts for individual issues. Give me 5 mins or so to post the first one re Time and Date Docklets..

Date Time Docklet Query

1. Time Icon is showing date, not time.

2. Date Time Docklets are not dynamic. They do not show the date or time. Yes… I can see the date if I mouse over, but that is not a practical everyday action.

I have a 32inch 4k screen…. it takes ages plus effort to drag my mouse to the top right hand corner where I have these Docklets.

Hopefully there is a workaround…. If not then it is a major dis-incentive to consider using StarDock as an alternative to the standard Windows Taskbar.

The clock is working now...showing the current time.

I will check again later, just to confirm the icon is not frozen at the time of creation.

I have since created my own mini app.... which updates the date and time dynamically every minute. I can place this anywhere on the screen and presents the info in a font and style that suits me.

As well as showing me the date and time dynamically.... it has other features.

The Date button puts the Date and Time (as formatted) into my clipboard, making it very easy for me to paste DateTime stamps in to emails or documents.  I use this a  lot and gobsmacked I did not think of this 20 years ago.

I take from your reply  that the Date is not updated dynamically. Maybe my workaround will work for the longer term.

So.... lets close the Date Time conversation... unless you have anything else to add.

The Following Is  Nice To Have. I mention it now because its functionality relates to my MOB_Dashboard.

Is there any method to launch multiple apps at the same time. 

It is useful for me for different tasks. Eg . I launch Roon Server, Splashtop  and iTunes always at the same time  if I have purchased music on iTunes and want to use the Splashtop Remote control App to transfer the Music from my main PC to my Roon Server (which delivers music to various rooms / systems).  Another good example is that I regularly launch the same apps when I start up my PC..... but do not want to use Windows to start these apps automatically, because there are many scenarios where I want to use my PC for processor intensive apps (eg AutoCad, or Photoshop / Lightroom and do not want all these other apps running at the same time and also clogging up my screen.

My workaround is that I have created a button called Start to launch the apps I use mostly when I start my PC.

This was just a quick 5 min fix, as I had the Dashboard working for my Date Time needs.

I can easily add buttons to cater for other scenarios (such as Cad, Music, Photography).

However, my preference is not to develop tools myself, but to use tools built by companies who specialise in specific expert areas.

So... the question.

Can I launch multiple apps with a single click ??

No, this function is not available in ObjectDock.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

I did respond to this one in my Reply#16.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Please check your task manager -> Startup tab->make sure "ObjectDock" is listed and the status is enabled. Refer screenshot below. This is on Windows 10, Windows 11 have slightly different layout on its Task Manager.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

I do not want to get into an extended discussion or escalate this into a bigger issue than it might be.  I am not expecting a response or any follow up actions to this specific reply.

I would just like to make the following points. 

I had a list of issues I wished to discuss. I was happy to put such a list into a structured order, with background details and send it to you as pdf.  So I posted the following request.

I waited patiently for close to 48 hours and did not get a response to this request. In the interim, I tried to progress as many items as I could myself.

With no response I posted a summary of my status, some suggestions, details of issues I still had, etc...

Within 10 mins I got a response to state I should post the issues as individual items.

I can understand that ... so I posted a message with a specific single issue... namely the Date/Time Docklets.

I am not sure of the sequence but you shut down my summary post and my individual post of the Date/Time Docklets asking me to continue with the original thread.

So, I posted item #12.... to this post... which described a  single issue (Date/Time Docklets).

I got a response to that.... so I then posted the next issue .... which related to launching multiple apps with a single click.

You responded to that in Reply #16. 

In Reply 19.... I raised my next tech query.... in that ObjectDock was not launching at PC start up.  

That was responded to in your post #20.

This note from me is in response to your note 21.

I do not know how else I should have / could have responded to the various message / instructions I received.

I am happy just to let this be the conclusion on how to progress my issues.  I am not expecting a response to this note or any follow up actions.

Next week I will report back using this thread  on if setting the Start Up option works (as per reply #20) and reporting if any issues arising from testing ObjectDock for a few days.

Not sure if we are looking at the same thing but this is what I get.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant