it just says new images have been added and a button for take me to my object dock library.

But nothing is in any of the folders and looking for the theme in the appearances dropdown dosnt show the theme.

Changing the ext to zip dosnt work either.

It didnt make any folders at all.

Not in the programs folders or the documents folder.

What dockzip are you trying? I'd be happy to try it out also. I've had some unzip to bundled images, special images and even into the OD folder itself.

https://www.wincustomize.com/explore/objectdock/12851/

Trying to get that one to install but it wont...wont unzip either...which means the work I did on ALL my docks is locked inside.(because letting OD export them was how I was told to do it)

WTF?!

Here is the ini settings

[Info]
Name = Knot Vista
ProportionalStretch = 0
ColorMe = 0
TextColor = 0 0 0
ShadowColor = 255 255 255

[BackgroundTop]
Image = BackgroundTop.png
TileCenter = 1
LeftWidth = 135
TopHeight = 56
RightWidth = 76
BottomHeight = 46
ContentBufferLeft = 25
ContentBufferRight = 27
ContentBufferTop = 42
ContentBufferBottom = 25
OutsideBorderTop = 0
OutsideBorderLeft = 0
OutsideBorderRight = 0
OutsideBorderBottom = 0

[BackgroundBottom]
Image = BackgroundTop.png
TileCenter = 1
LeftWidth = 135
TopHeight = 56
RightWidth = 76
BottomHeight = 46
ContentBufferLeft = 25
ContentBufferRight = 27
ContentBufferTop = 38
ContentBufferBottom = 28
OutsideBorderTop = 0
OutsideBorderLeft = 0
OutsideBorderRight = 0
OutsideBorderBottom = 0

[BackgroundLeft]
Image = BackgroundLeft.png
LeftWidth = 66
TopHeight = 56
RightWidth = 38
BottomHeight = 43
ContentBufferLeft = 28
ContentBufferRight = 32
ContentBufferTop = 47
ContentBufferBottom = 30
OutsideBorderTop = 0
OutsideBorderLeft = 0
OutsideBorderRight = 0
OutsideBorderBottom = 0

[BackgroundRight]
Image = BackgroundLeft.png
LeftWidth = 66
TopHeight = 56
RightWidth = 38
BottomHeight = 43
ContentBufferLeft = 25
ContentBufferRight = 34
ContentBufferTop = 47
ContentBufferBottom = 30
OutsideBorderTop = 0
OutsideBorderLeft = 0
OutsideBorderRight = 0
OutsideBorderBottom = 0

If you need the images PM me your email, the dockzip file opened fine for me.

If you are using 2.0 beta that would be why it did not open, I have 1.9 and 2.0 beta installed.

Hey I.R., Plus versions of both.

Ok Mike...I just downloaded your docks...again...(and if I knew that's what you were looking for I had them here in .zip form)

Anyway...first thing...download your file to a folder with Firefox because it lets you choose your download folder.

Then go to the folder you saved it to.

Click on it and it "should" bring up a window that says "new images have been added to your Objectdock Library" and at the bottom of that window you "should" see "Take me to my Objectdock Library"...click on that.

Then if all is going well you "should" see a folder open up called "Objectdock Library" and in it "should" be 6 folders for backgrounds...images...misc...permissions...Special images and Unsorted downloads...and your KnotVista docks "should" be in the backgrounds folder when you click on it.

You "should" now see your background.ini and images.

Now back out of that and highlight the folder your images are in and send it to either Program/Stardock/Objectdock/backgrounds or any other folder that "you" created.

Now...if you have a folder under "My Documents" called "Stardock" you "should" find a folder in there called "ObjectDock Library" which will have the 6 folders listed above.

You can just delete the "Stardock" folder unless you want it there...if it wasn't there before it was created when you click on the .dockzip file...now your done.

All that to install a dock...fun huh!

For future reference Mike. The way I create my docks is...each tabbed dock or zoomer or tile has it's own folder and background.ini.

This is because it's far less confusing looking at one background.ini and the images that go  with it while making adjustments...rather than looking at one folder with tons of images and .ini files in it. Then to create my zip file...(this is using Objectzip)...rightclick "imagename.png"...."add to imagename.png...then once that .zip file is created I can highlight all the folders at once and send them all to that .zip file and then delete the imagename.png and the thumbs.db files.

Now there may be another way to do that but that one works for me. So....if your thoroughly confused now...lose my number...

Absofrickinlutely!

Vampothika, that's a regular zip file which I extracted to C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\ObjectDockPlus2\Backgrounds and they all appeared in OD config right away. Where did you put the backgrounds?

So when you click on the .dockzip nothing at all comes up?

And it works for me...on xp...but I never liked having new folders added where I didn't want them so I never used the .dockzip method.

Try WinstepExtreme... or, if you're just looking for a Dock program, there's NexusExtreme... personally I'd LOVE to see you skinning WinStep or Nexus.

Mike...there are plenty docks out there that don't use the .dockzip method but if you come across one that does that you want to use just let me know and we'll get it working for you.

ObjectDock 1.90 Freeware [April 2007]
-------------------------------------

This program is provided AS-IS.

I understand that I am downloading unsupported
freeware software. That means I will not try
to obtain technical support from Stardock. I also
understand that this program makes no claims
to accurately emulate or represent itself as a
reasonable facsimile of any docks on other
operating systems.

This seems to be my problem...I forgot Stardock sometimes dosnt support certain software.Whether or not something I spent time creating works or not isnt a priority.My fault.I should know better than to create skins for unsupported software.(due to the lack of legacy support)I should have realised the free version was stuck at 1.9 and might not work right on Win7.

Yes WG,I know there are plenty of docks...my concern was for all the ones I made...that now dont work...at least not for me on Win7.

My question is more of...why would Stardock drop handling of their own format?Did I miss the post for OD free not using .dockzip anymore...or is it just on Vista or Win7?

Does this mean we have a library half full of unusable backgrounds?

Sorry for the gripage...I've already had a bad day with WB and SKS.