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    Object Dock Issue

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by pokerpot, Jan 9, 2009.

  1. pokerpot

    pokerpot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey all,

    Using objectdock and I think it's awesome but there is a problem.

    Off to the right where the programs that are minimized are displayed, I notice that sometimes I close programs but there is still an empty black space there where the icon was. If i wave my mouse over that space, it will display the name of the program that was previously there.

    Nothing happens if i click on it but it wno't go away either.

    Objectdock plus, vista 32, plenty of ram etc.

    Also it has crashed a couple of times, hopefully that's only because i just put it in and am still tweakiing it alot.
     
    pokerpot, Jan 9, 2009
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  2. qhn

    qhn Notebook User

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    A possibility. Share with us the status again, after you finish customising :D

    cheers ...
     
    qhn, Jan 10, 2009
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  3. mikebob

    mikebob Notebook Geek

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    hey pokerpot

    does this happen almost every time you open WMP and then close it?
    and does it sometimes happen when you save something in notepad?
    Finally do you have a fingerprint reader?

    this was happening to me as well at one point. Up until i disabled my fingerprint scanner.
     
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  4. pokerpot

    pokerpot Notebook Enthusiast

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    1.) Never use WMP. Happens most often with firefox, though could be because I use that program almost more than anything else.

    2.) Just tried to save something in notepad and it didn't happen.

    3.) Yes have fingerprint reader. Wonder what the correlation is.
     
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    hey pokerpot,
    I think it has something to do with the security of vista. What I can gather is that allowing a program to interact with the way a program minimizes/maximizes may be considered a threat.

    However, disabling the fingerprint reader had also freed a significant amount of RAM as well as CPU activity. For this reason, I have no regrets doing so!
     
    mikebob, Jan 11, 2009
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    pokerpot Notebook Enthusiast

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    Interesting.

    Wish it worked perfectly considering I'm using the paid version.

    Seems a little buggy but I still love it so won't complain too much.

    So for me the bugs = minimized programs either disappearing, or appearing to the right even after they are closed. Lose docklets from time to time. And it closes from time to time. Since I started with the free version then installed the paid one over it, I might just uninstall and redo everything and see if that helps at all.. Who knows.
     
    pokerpot, Jan 11, 2009
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