Update: got home and installed on home machine - show desktop is working great now, so the problem must have been local conditions on that laptop. David
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Hmm. I have the Plus version. Tried what you suggest, no joy - still nothing happens. I am, however, on the road and trying it out on a borrowed laptop, so since it works for you I will see if it's any different on my own PC when I get home.
Just bought ObjectDock. Love it, but can't get it to do one thing. If I drag the "Show Desktop" icon from the Windows quick launch bar onto a dock, the icon shows up there with the correct label and shows the activation highlight if I click on it, but the desktop does not show. I checked the properties of the quick launch item and the dock item, and they are the same. Is there a way to make this work - or am I missing something basic? Am running WinXP Pro SP2 on the laptop that I am trying Objec