Yes, that makes sense. I'm kind of being thrown in a loop here. I'm going to attempt to explain what's happening as best I can, and hopefully not be confusing.
So first, if I remove the icon from startup in the start menu, objectdock doesn't load. Conversely, if I untick 'load on startup' but leave the start menu icon, objectdock also doesn't load.
If I look under System Configuration>Startup I can see two objectdock entries. If I untick one, objectdock doesn't load either, and I am left with only a single (unticked) entry (as there should be). Once I enable any of the startup methods, I get double (ticked) entries once again.
I've been using objectdock for years and never quite had this problem before. hmmm.
I tried uninstalling EVERYTHING, even cleaned out my registry and personal docks folder. When I reinstall it I get the same thing though. Very weird.