Jimer

It was definitely a Windows Update. I downloaded/installed a batch of updates yesterday, then rebooted. Thanks, all, for the posts! Helped me resolve it in about 5 minutes.

Question - are you using the latest OD+ 1.5? I never checked this feature in older versions, but in the Dock Settings screen, under Positioning, is "Reserve edge of screen". This will reserve the docked edge of the screen and shrink maximized application windows so they don't overlap. Personally, I've never been bothered by the overlap. The only non-auto-hiding dock I have is the center-bottom of the screen. Whever I have some icons or something I want to click down there (rarely),

I've been posting about the problem with Messenger chat windows opening up minimized for months now, never seen a reply. Does anyone from StarDock check these posts? I think a simple fix would be to add some options to the Dock Properties, so that we could force windows to open up in various modes for certain classes of windows. That way, for the Messenger Chat class, we could force it to open up "Normal" or "Maximized" or whatever.

Well, I guess what should we expect for $20. It is a great app, but support is non-responsive. I had a problem with a dock on the bottom of the screen, it would frequently jump around when starting and closing applications. I got around it by changing the position - turn off the automatic positioning, and specify with the slider. It works great - perhaps this is the same issue?

You know, there's an MSN docklet for download, I used that before I bought OD_, it worked pretty well. Perhaps you could try that?

Yep - I sent Support a case on that same issue 2 weeks ago, they haven't responded. I don't know if that means they're too busy fixing it to e-mail me back, or if they are too busy to get to the issue. I'm running OD+ 1.30 build 526u.

Does anyone have this problem -- when someone chats with me, the new chat windows are opened minimized, so I can't tell someone messages me unless I happen to be sitting at my computer, looking at the screen, hopefully with sound turned on.

My problem is, I got rid of all the icons except Recycle Bin -- anyone know how to do this? (To get rid of the others, go to Control Panel, Desktop, click Appearance, then Customize. You can uncheck all the icons except Recycle Bin.)

Does anyone have this problem -- when someone chats with me, the new chat windows are opened minimized, so I can't tell someone messages me unless I happen to be sitting at my computer, looking at the screen, hopefully with sound turned on.

Robbie, I assume you are using the default docklet that comes with OD+? I am using it with Messenger Live Beta, and it works great except one problem. New chat windows open up minimized, so I don't know if someone messages me unless I happen to be sitting at my PC and looking at the screen, and hopefully my sound is turned on.