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Thanks! That was very helpful.

I don't want to be a killjoy, but in my store I see two entries referring to ObjectDock. One is titled "ObjectDock Plus (ODNT Discount)" with one downloadable content: "ObjectDockPlus_190.exe" The other one is titled "ObjectDock Plus v2 Upgrade" with two downloadable programs: "ObjectDock_2.10_setup.exe" and "ObjectDockPlus_2.01_s

I notice that "Fences Settings" appears twice in Start-up (via Task Manager). After some digging I found 2 entries that start Fences Settings: a. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run (in the registry) b. C:\Users\ \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup Both start "c:\program files (x86)\stardock\fences\fences.exe", but the registry entry has a parameter "/startup". Is this intended? <p

Is this a known issue? When the desktop is displayed, e.g. with Win+D, I cannot select a folder portal or items within using the keyboard, e.g. with the arrow keys. Selecting icons within "normal" fences is no problem. For a keyboard die hard like me it is frustrating to reach for the mouse to do the same. Rgrds.

Currently the fence labels are centered. There is no option to left- or right align. If the fences are ligned up vertically having the title labels also lined up, I think the desktop looks prettier. No big deal, no functional improvement, just a nice to have. Kind Regards.

A few days back I received an email from Stardock introducing Fences 2.0. Although I wasn't too exited about the new features (see note), I decided to give it a try. I already use Fences Pro as part of my long running Object Desktop subscription. So I went to the Store, clicked on My Downloads, downloaded Fences 2.0 and installed it. Quite an adventure that was! Actually, it's still going on. To be honest I have to blame myself, because I ignored signs that "upgrading"

I would like to thank the folks who were willing to give their opinion on why I should use SDC. In summary there are 3 reasons: because it works <span st

Stardock has a history of distributing their software by means of a desktop application (SDC, Impulse). The latest seems to be a software incarnation of SDC, undoubtedly better than ever. After the demise of Impulse I began to use the Store. I'm not particularly fond of using apps in the cloud, but I started thinking of the added value of using a propriety software manager on the desktop. The features of SDC according to Startdock are: <li lang

Hi I surely hope that schekker's experience doesn't close the case of "the battle of activations". Hopefully we get a fix real soon!

Thanks! I've seen that page of course, but didn't know these features where exclusive to the plus version. Kind Regards.

Hi, Can someone please explain the difference between the free version and the not-free enhanced version (aka CursorXP Plus)? I already know that you have to pay for the Plus version Thanks!

I changed a number of folder icons with the standard folder properties dialog (tab Customize). Now I want to change the default folder icons with IP. When I apply a package do I retain the folder icons I changed previously? These folder icons are specified in a hidden file called Desktop.ini. I surely hope that I don't have to reapply all the changes I've made to the individual folders. In addition can I package individual folder icons? If that's possible, then I could use that feature

Ok, I followed your advice and it is working now. But not w/o a hassle! The uninstall didn't work via the SDC. So, I looked around the forum to see if others had bad experiences with uninstalling IP and found a utility called The Zapper. That did the trick. I re-installed IP via SDC and it asked me to start IP right away. I answered Yes, but nothing happened. I looked wich processes were running and I found multiple instances of IP running. Probably instances left behind when I tried to unin

IP (version 3.20.128) stops responding as soon as I click the Control Panel button in the Icons and Cursors panel. The only way out is to kill IP. The other buttons on that pane are working just fine. Any ideas? Thanks. OS: Windows XP Pro (up-to-date)

Hi! Today I bought OD+ and installed it immediately. I had the free version installed beforehand and didn't bother to uninstall it first. After installing OD+ it turned out that my settings of the free version were gone. Unfortunately the installation program gave no warning. Is there anything else I should be aware of? Is it a good idea to uninstall/reinstall OD+ to have a clean installation? My old settings are gone anyway so that won't hurt anymore. Thanks!

Is that a hmmm I like it hmmm or a not sure hmmm. Anyway, I do guarantee your system will not explode.

I'm afraid there's no way to change the orientation through the Theme Editor. But there is a way to do it manually. Close/Unload ObjectBar; Open the bar's configuration file (extension obbar) in notepad (or any other editor); - e.g. c:\program files\stardock\object desktop\objectbar\[theme]\bars\[bar].obbar Change: DisplayVertically to 1 (was 0) - this option is found in section [object] I tried it myself and it worked, but no guarantees. The final result, I th

Correction: Unfortunately, the poweruser tip doesn't work. It was too good to be true. With the theme editor in previous releases you could define a desktop menu that would appear after clicking the right mouse button on the desktop. This functionality has now been removed from the theme editor. When it was still working the theme editor created 2 lines at the bottom of an obtheme file (just a plain text file) e.g.: [DesktopRightClickBars] Bar#1=ContextMen

This is the ObjectBar forum. The ObjectDock forum you can find under: Stardock Support\Wincustomize\ObjectDock. Success!

I cannot find a way to move elements or groups across bars and menus using the theme editor. E.g. I have a fairly large pop-up menu I want to move to another menu. It would take quite some time recreating this menu in another menu. I also tried "drag-and-drop", but that doesn't work in fly-out menus. Regards.

If you right-click an item the context menu shows up. However, it doesn't using the keyboard (i.c. SHIFT+F10 or the special Context Menu Button). You can imagine how frustrating this is for a keyboard junky like me.

I haven't been using OB for a long time (too buggy), but now there's 2.0 and it is looking good! However, for some reason (marketing?) Stardock removed the way to configure the right-click pop-up desktop menu via the Theme Editor. And that is a shame. Of course we have Right-Click (RC), but that is really a subset of OB (just open the respective editors and see for yourself - see also some notes later). The funny thing is that OB is still capable of handling a desktop menu by its configuration f

Is there a way to show hidden files and folders in the menu's? I've tried the menu elements "Folder", "Link" and "Folder Menu", but none of them show or have an option to show the hidden stuff. Now I'm forced to use another tool on my system (i.c. menuApp) that is capable of displaying hidden files / folders. Pity! Btw, setting the advanced folders view option to show hidden files and folders has no effect on OB. I'm using OB 2.0

thanks all of you (even Zubaz' comment - very enlightning).

Hi, Can someone explain to me the difference (if any) between theme files with extension desktop and extension dxtheme? Thanks.