Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
The basics for ObjectDock are as follows:

After downloading dock icons (preferrably in the ".png" format), you place these icon files into a folder in the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock" folder (where "C" is the letter drive).

You will place them in the "Images" folder found in the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock" folder - so the actual location of the files in this case would be "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\Images" folder.

Your other - perhaps better - option, would be to create a new folder in "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock" folder - named "Cryo64AgeoYQ", and place the icon files in this folder - so the actual location of your icon files would then be "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\Cryo64AgeoYQ" folder.

Once you have this completed, you start ObjectDock and if prompted, allow "ObjectDock.exe" access to the internet - this is for the weather docklet initially, so it can request updated weather information to display.

After starting ObjectDock, you can create a dock theme doing one of the following:

1 - use the "Right-click dock > Add > New Shortcut (or other entry) > use dialog box to browse to and select a program ".exe" link (or use the drop-down list by the Link text for some special entries) > then use the "Change Image" button to select the icon image you want to display.

2 - drag items onto the dock > right-click an item on dock > select Dock Entry Properties.." > use the "Change Image" button to select the icon image you want to display.

Note - Method #1 gives you specialized options via "Right-click dock > Add", which are not possible with drag-n-drop method #2.

Note #2 - if you download ".ico" icon files, you can use them, but the image quality may or may not be as good as the ".png" file of the same icon. If you download an ".icl" icon library file, you will need a program like Icon Developer (which can be found under the software tab), to extract and export the individual icons to the folder mentioned above.

If you go to the ObjectDock library, you should be downloading ".png" files, which can be placed directly in the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\Images" folder (or a new folder in place of "\Images").

After creating your own dock, just use the "Right-click dock > Dock Settings > General category > Save theme as.. button" to save your theme, which will write it to cache and allow you to reload it at will.

Poke around in the "Right-click dock > Dock Settings" dialog to learn more, and do not worry, there is plenty of help here at WC.

This should get you started.

I hope this helps.
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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Ok. These icons are '.ip'. I don't really know what this is so... Can I download icons off of this site? And if I can, I just use the same process, just rename the folders?
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
You can use the ones you already downloaded as follows:

With the ".ip" extension showing, right-click the file and select "Rename", then change the ".ip" part to ".zip" - make sure to only change the extension and not the file name - confirm that you want to change the file extension.

Note - if you can not see the file extension - go to "Tools > Folder Options > View tab" and deselect "Hide extensions for known file types", then click "Apply".

After changing the extension to ".zip", right-click the file and select "Extract all.." and accept all defaults to extract to current folder. When you are finished, you should be looking at the contents of the file, which should include an ".icl" file (Icon Library).

From here, you will need a program to export the individual icons from the Icon Library. Icon Developer is free and works well.

Go here Link and download Icon Developer, then install Icon Developer (the free version will be fine).

After installing, start Icon Developer (you can associate all file types in the screen that appears if you want, though it is not necessary).

Select "Open Icon" on the next splash screen (or use File > Open) and browse to the ".icl" file you extracted. Select it and click open. The icons will be loaded into Icon Developer interface on the left side in a list.

Now you can double-click any icon image to load it into the right-side of interface. After loading an icon into the right-side of interface, you can right click the 128x128 pixel icon at top, then select "Export as Image" and you will be presented with a dialog allowing you to save the new ".png" file to a new location.

If you create a new folder in your "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock" folder named "Cryo64AgeoYQ" before performing these procedures - you will be able to navigate to that folder and save your file there.

Repeat this "Export as Image" procedure for all the icons you want to use, then set up your dock the way you want.

Note - this procedure applies to any ".icl" file downloaded (or found after changing the file extension and extracting).

Downloading from the ObjectDock library usually give you ".png" files, though most of the full Icon Packages are only available in the ".icl" files.

I hope this helps.
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I got it all to work!!! Another question. You know how in OS X when you open a web page and then minimize it, it goes down into the dock? Is there anyway to do this with object dock? Right now I need to have my windows taskbar open as well, so that the web pages, etc. Don't 'disappear'? Thanks in advance!
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
you can't do that with objectdock but if you wan't try RK Launcher, it is pure mac os x style
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
If you right click the dock, and select "Dock Settings", you can go to the Dock Contents category and select "Show running tasks on the dock" - this will give you an icon for the running tasks which you can click to maximize and minimize an open window.

You can select "Represent minimized windows by their screenshot" in Appearance Tweaks section to show a small version of window when minimized.

In the General category, you can select "Hide the windows taskbar" to remove the taskbar.

That is a close to what you are describing as ObjectDock can go.