Right. lol You need to become familiar with Object Dock and what it does. Try looking through the Wiki found here.
There are differences between the free version referred to as Object Dock and the premium version Object Dock Plus. Object Dock Plus has tabbed docks the free version doesn't.
As far as adding shortcuts to Object Dock it's as simple as opening Windows Explorer finding the program you want to add to Object Dock and then dragging it from Explorer to your Dock.
Take some time to review the information in the user supported Wiki and try out some of the tutorials you'll find there.
If you're like most people, you'll love Object Dock once you start using it.