Robert, You could try clearing the cache to see if that helps
...here is the quick version of the clear cache

Go to start > run and then copy this into the command line:

%userprofile%\local settings\application data\stardock

It will open a file folder. Delete the ObjectDock one. ****Be sure to save your current Theme before doing all of this.



It's My Secret

I'm also having the exactly same issue.
It seems that everyone with this issue also have these other ones:

- system tray icon not showing on dock when that option is checked.
- websearch docklet don't work

I'm having this problem too, but the system tray icon displays just fine and the websearch docklet works as expected as well... I don't actually USE the start menu button, but it would nice to know it works on the offchance that I ever decide to disable my taskbar!

I have the same problem , its your firewall blocking it mate its acting like a code injection , your firewall flags it and stops it running

hmmmmm... similar issue here w/ No Firewall.

What is the location of the START Menu Launch Button?

I would like to see if I can set up another Icon that will Launch the START Menu.

How would I point to it?

I have notice this as well and found that if you use the stock windows xp start menu instead of the classic menu it works fine but I still cant get the system tray icons to work in winxp

As for windows 2000 the object dock wont work at all it just crashes every time I try and open it

I've downloaded that newer version (OD+ 1.9i (build 537u)) via SDC as proposed - and I think that problem is still a bit newsworthy.

I've found out that -at least for me- it's got to do with the start menu's sub menus somehow. I usually use Ctrl+Escape to show the start menu. When I do that and NOT enter (open) any sub menus, then close the start menu pressing Escape (or mouse-clicking the desktop), the basic start menu shows fine when I click ObjectDocks start menu button as often as I like. Clicking "Run" or "Shut down" works fine the same way. But as soon as I enter any sub menu like "Programs" or "Settings" in either of them, Ctrl+Escape or ObjectDock's button, the latter "stops" working, meaning: it shows that error message mentioned above ("StartMenu helper file was injected but failed to take effect. Can not show the start menu at this time please try again."), but it actually opens the start menu at its default location, in the bottom left corner of the screen, instead of opening it at the ObjectDock's button's location. Edit1: This can't be used though, because the error message being opened automatically closes the start menu again./Edit1
As far as I can see, it would be able to reproduce that infinitely. After closing the error message I press Ctrl+Escape, then Escape and ObjectDocks start menu button works again (for one time - starting a program or whatever works).
Changing the start menu from the classic to the newer XP-looking thing or vice versa didn't solve the problem. OS is XP Professional with all current updates.
As aforesaid by Tofino, this isn't exactly a huge problem, since everything else seems to work and I'm too used to enter the start menu pressing Ctrl+Escape that I rarely click the dock's button, but it would still be nice to have it work these few times.

(I guess the separate start menu key found on some newer keyboards works the same way as Ctrl+Escape, but since I don't like it, my keyboard doesn't have such a key and I can't test it out.)

--harl