ularu

Join Date 02/2008

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Hi.

I am new here but have used Objectdock for a very long time.I decided to buy DesktopX and have Impulse installed.

As i was installing software today Impulse tells me there is an update for Objectdock,thats fine ,but it tells me that it needs to uninstall the current version of objectdock so that it can update.Now my question is,what will happen to my docks when this happens? will i loose all my icons or will they be saved somehow during the update,i want to update but i dont want to loose my current docks and icons.

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A basic uninstall should not modify your saved dock settings, but it's always a good idea to back them up.

To backup your ObjectDock settings:
-Right Click on the dock and choose 'Dock Settings...'
-Click on the 'Themes' Section on the left side.
-Click the 'Save Current Dock...' button at the bottom of the window
-Choose a name to save the settings under.

To Restore Dock settings:
-Right Click on the dock and choose 'Dock Settings...'
-Click on the 'Themes' Section on the left side.
-Click the 'Load Previous Dock...' button.
-Choose the name you gave the dock when you saved it.

Saved dock settings are stored here: (My)Documents\Stardock\ObjectDock Library\Backed Up Themes

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As i was installing software today Impulse tells me there is an update for Objectdock

There is an update for OD? That's new to me and nothing came up when I fired up Impulse!

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Thanks for the help,will now update it, my dock is about 18 months old and i have just installed Impulse,that is why there is an update for me

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DrJBHL

Join Date 04/2002

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I opened Impulse twice today and found no update. Last update was for WB7. Thanks for the info, Dash.

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My dock is Objectdock 190, purchased 27/05/09, the latest update for OD was 19/12/08,thats why there is an update for me.

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Thanks for the help,will now update it, my dock is about 18 months old and i have just installed Impulse,that is why there is an update for me

Well, the last stable update for OD came out over 2 years ago. It's called 1.9. There hasn't been a non alpha/beta update since.

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My dock is Objectdock 190, purchased 27/05/09, the latest update for OD was 19/12/08,thats why there is an update for me.

Interesting, for you it says latest update was in December last year. However, in my Impulse the last update was in October last year. Does the update date reflect when you've applied the update or when it was released. Should be the latter, but it looks like it's the former.

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Gargabee

Join Date 09/2008

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The date in Impulse is based around when we put that version on Impulse. There were some issues with prior builds and they were pulled.

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The date in Impulse is based around when we put that version on Impulse. There were some issues with prior builds and they were pulled.

But if the build name is the same then so should be the date in Impulse, no?

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I updated to the latest version but it only saved one of my docks.i did back them up.does not matter as the one it saved was the most used one.

edt:it updated to the free version so i removed it and put but what i already had.and got all my docks back

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