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Frequently used program menu

I'd like to get this on the dock

June 5, 2005 4:19:26 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
OD has a nice predefined shortcut to the start menu though when I use that I still find myself digging through the Programs directory structure to find a certain program (Media>Video>Editing>Tmpegnc.exe for example).

I never do this when using the real start menu because this program is listed in my most commonly used programs list. I believe that windows creates this commonly used programs list from a registry entry however, and that is not a folder full of shortcuts stored on a HD.

My question is this: is there a way to create a flyout menu or a drop down menu on Objectdock that will display these commonly used programs?

I also wonder if there is a way to access the control panel menu from Object dock. With these two requests of my list I will be ready to do away with the task bar once and for all.

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Reply #1 June 5, 2005 4:33:06 PM
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For the Control Panel, you can drag it to the dock from the Start Menu (with Lock Dragging deselected).
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Reply #2 June 5, 2005 4:35:39 PM
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For the Control Panel, you can drag it to the dock from the Start Menu (with Lock Dragging deselected)

Really?!? Cool.
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Reply #3 June 5, 2005 4:44:11 PM
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No Problem.

I am not clear on the frequently used programs, unless you are talking about recent documents, or pinned shortcuts.

You can create a custom flyout menu by doing the following:

Right-click dock > Add > New Flyout Menu, then right-click the entry to get to entry properties > select Custom Menu > use the Add button to navigate to and select the program ".exe" you want > select an image for the dock entry > save your theme.
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Reply #4 June 5, 2005 5:00:45 PM
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Yeah, right under the Pinned Shortcuts on the WinXP start menu is a dynamicaly updated list of the most frequently used programs.
It is not the programs menu (which shows all installed programs), it shows only x number of installed programs starting with the most commonly used.

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Reply #5 June 5, 2005 8:58:52 PM
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Got ya!

Not sure where that one is in the registry - maybe someone else will drop by who knows that one.
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Reply #6 June 5, 2005 9:38:01 PM
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I don't think it is possible.
MS made that area almost impossible to modify to prevent low life applications from utilizing that space. I remember a similar topic on this a long time ago.
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Reply #7 June 5, 2005 11:06:37 PM
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Well in the mean time I've found this Link which gets me there although not quite as elegantly as I would have liked.
If anyone knows of a solution, let me in on it.

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Reply #8 June 5, 2005 11:07:35 PM
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DOH! Double post.

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Reply #9 June 6, 2005 7:42:49 PM
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Pairustwo,

In case you were unaware, the "Win-Key" pressed by itself will show the Start Menu (with or without taskbar visible).
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Reply #10 June 6, 2005 10:54:46 PM
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The deal is that I love the Objectdock fly out menu thing. I've got 10 - 15 programs that I use over and over and it seems like a perfect match. Really, if the the OD flyout menu gets to crowded or to deep it becomes not fun to use. Maybe I can just create my own folder full of these 10 - 15 program shortcuts and call it good.

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Reply #11 June 6, 2005 10:59:09 PM
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I got this in the mail from Andreas Verhoeven (the guy who make the Startmenu Docklet) after asking him about how to create such a shortcut.
In Windows, all items that can be shortcuts are so-called PIDLs (actually they have a pidl, but we just name it PIDL for now).
The controlpanel is a virtual file on your machine, and it's accesible because it's a PIDL, thus it has a parsename, thus ObjectDock and every other application can use it.
I checked it for you, but the "recent used items menu" is unfortunately not a PIDL.

The best thing to do would be to request the most recent used items as a feature (hey, you paid for OD+, so you should be able to fill requests!), since it's not at all troublesome code for the author to write.


I'm wondering if Stardock can code it can't someone make a docklet for it?
So I'm off to find the Stardock request page
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