Thanks for the reply and for pointing out that setting.
Unfortunately that does not address my issue. As a matter of fact, it was already toggled on. It did, however it did not solve the issue.
The issue is that if I click the browser icon, for instance, I want a new browser to pop up much like the functionality that was available with the quick launch toolbar up through Windows 10. I do not need running programs to show up in my dock because they are in my taskbar.
I now have "Show running applications off so that it only shows the icons I have added. On a side note the last 3 options shown in you screen shot are not selectable on my machine regardless of the "Show running applications" setting.
Finally, is there a way to make ObjectDock recognize how many rows I have my taskbar set to in Start 11 and automatically adjust to that value?
Thanks again!