Objectdock "steals focas" from fullscreen games in 1.9

Had an older version and it never did it...

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Ok, this is getting very annoying.  Everythime I play Fallout 3 or any other fullscreen game, it sort of tries to pop up in front of the game and then minimizes it.  Whats even more annoying is the fact that when I click on fallout 3 in the task bar, it won't give control back forcing me to ctrl-alt-del and abort my progress.  Is there an option that suspends objectdock when a fullscreen app is detected, a hot-key I can press to make it appear and disable its mouse detectng abilities or anything so it doesn;t disrupt my gameplay?  I had an older version before (whatever version was available in Aug. 2008) and it never did this. 

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Whats even more annoying is the fact that when I click on fallout 3 in the task bar, it won't give control back forcing me to ctrl-alt-del and abort my progress.
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I don't have object dock loaded on my gaming PC and Fallout 3 does that to me also. Fallout 3 also crashes more than any other game I've ever played...especially the add-ons. If you choose a path and do something that breaks the game, it will crash to the desktop every time. One suggestion, save in multiple slots. I've broken a save game and lost hours trying to get back to where i was.

My point...it's probably the game instead of Object dock.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Like I said, I never had a problem with the past version of ObjectDock (I have no idea what version it was though).  Nothing has changed except I think ObjectDock was updated to 1.9.  So my guess is that its very likely ObjectDock has something to do with it.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There are known bugs in OD 1.9, Jeff has a long list of things he is fixing/updating or adding for version 2.0. There is no current timeline for 2.0 but it is in the works.

 Until then either close OD before playing games or you can do as I know others do, set up an account in Windows just for gaming, no customization software at all.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I had an older version before (whatever version was available in Aug. 2008) and it never did this.
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There have been many Windows updates since then, which Stardock at times have to work around, it is possible that this has caused the behavior change in OD

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Have you updated your game lately? There's alot of complaints of the game being unstable with the latest update.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The games updated to 1.6 with no change.  Although once I unload ObjectDock, I can gain access to my game (It no longer holds control of focus) in the taskbar and everything runs great.  So its definatly ObjectDock.  Is there a library of older versions of ObjectDock I can downgrade to for the time being?  Preferably, the one available in Aug. of 2008.  That would probebly solve my issue.  But let me point out that I have done everything with the game that I can and so far all fingers point towards ObjectDock.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

I'm not sure of what version you have but I downloaded 1.90 build 535u via Stardock Central, which may be the version your looking for.