ObjectDock has stopped working (on an HP laptop)

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Last night I switched my computer off by pressing the power button and this morning Objectdock Plus is no longer working on my computer. I get the 'ObjectDock has stopped working'. I read that some Acer computers have that problem but I have an HP laptop. It's running Vista SP1 -32. I did run the chkdsk utility and run CCleaner to clean the registry. Still, OD won't run. I already submitted an email to support but is there anything else I should try?

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

I was told by support to create a backup of my docks, which was  impossible because OD needs to run in order to create a backup. That was the problem to begin with. Since I haven't seend the solution here, I'll post how I fixed it, it's very simple actually. By the way, in my case the problem was due to a corrupt settings file.

Close OD and make sure it's not running.

Go to: C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus

There are 4 files, one of them is CurrentTheme_Backup.ini. Delete CurrentTheme.ini (make a backup first). Copy/paste CurrentTheme_Backup.ini and rename it as CurrentTheme.ini.

Restart OD.

This might not solve every instance of that problem, but for corrupt settings, it's the easiest way. Same for backing up: the files in that folder (AppData\Local\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus), along with Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus are what needs to be backed up to re-create your docks. I never got any SD application to do the job.

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

glad you got it sorted

 

i was going to suggest clearing the cache but that would revert you back to the basic dock

 

 

i know there is a post detailing what you did but i couldn't find it

 

while it's up and running you can make backup of your theme

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