Run Application in Compatibility mode?

Is there any way I can set the compatibility mode for a dock entry? I'm using Object Dock in Vista and I have an application that must be run in Windows XP SP2 mode. The shortcut on the desktop works fine but when I move it to my dock it seems to ignore the compatibility setting on the EXE. How can I fix this?

Thank you.
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Hi Athenian, Unfortunatly, I dont think this is easily achievable right now. I'd say create a shortcut to it somewhere and then add the shortcut to ObjectDock, except for that ObjectDock will automatically redirect inputted shortcut files to point to the file they point to not the shortcut itself. As a grossly-overcomplicated workaround however, you could do the following:

-Create a shortcut to the program, and in its settings have it be set to run in compatibility mode.
-Create a file in the same folder as you have the shortcut file, with whatever title you want but with a ".bat" extension. In the file, just have one line: in quotes, put the entire path and filename of the shortcut, and thats it. (Tip! Links have their file extensions hidden, so you'll need to add .lnk to the end of what the filename of the link appears to be... so for me if i created a shortcut to "Notead.exe" on my desktop, the shortcut file would be: "C:\Documents and Settings\Jeff\Desktop\Shortcut to Notepad.exe.lnk")
-Drag and drop the .bat file onto ObjectDock to create a shortcut for it.


Running the .bat file will launch the shortcut, which will launch your program...and having it be a MSDOS batch file, ObjectDock won't try to translate it. In the next version of ObjectDock there is an option to disable the translating of link files, but not in the current release. Good luck!

-Jeff
ObjectDock Developer

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n the next version of ObjectDock there is an option to disable the translating of link files


Plans already in place for the next version! w00t!
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Thanks Jeff,

It seems a bit cumbersome but I'll try your batch file suggestion ... as soon as I figure out why I can't start Vista anymore