im quite sure someone brought this up before, and i've tried searching but i couldn't find the thread. the dock essentially gets in the way while im playing a game (eg warcraft)
the dock is not visible in-game, but it lags the game if i move the mouse to where the dock is (bottom of my screen).
is there any sort of docklet out there that detects any game i'm about to launch and hides the dock temporarily until i quit the game?
thank you so much.
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Docktool will do what you are asking. Get it here
http://www2.wincustomize.com/skins.asp?lib...=29&SkinID=4008
one note though some games actually use a loader first then lauch the game through a DLL .
I have not found a way to use docktool with those types of games yet.
thanks for the link msbranin 
NP if ya need help making a shortcut let me know. The instructions are overly complicated when all that is required aree a couple of simple steps
i have no idea how to do this. need help on how to do this thing!
just as easy to just close the dock while u play.....
Agree. It takes up some memory too, so I recommend you to close Objectock when you are playing games
good lord, what the heck is so hard about closing it before you play, then opening it after? gosh!
Closing the Dock to open the game kind of defeats the purpose of having the dock to run your programs.
for those still looking for a way to do this just create a batch file to close the dock and launch the game see the yz dock section on these forums for more instructions.
I have a much better solution than closing the dock and more(this is what I think)
You must have seen topics in the forum where people ask about closing multiple apps when a game starts and then they run automatically when it is closed.
For doing that search the forum or do what I do.For that you must first download MacroRunner.
Then make two macros 1st to run all the custo apps and the other to close them.
When linking a game link it to a .bat file which where you should first run the apps closing macro and then link the game and finally the apps starting macro.
Here is what it should look like.
@echo off
start c:\"program files"\macrorunner\runmacro /2
"C:\Program Files\Rockstar Games\Max Payne 2\MaxPayne2.exe" -nodialog
start c:\"program files"\macrorunner\runmacro /1
some games like euro2004,sof2 and star wasrs jedi academy dont start with that code.To start games like those cd to the exe file directory before you execute the game.It will be
@echo off
start c:\"program files"\macrorunner\runmacro /2
cd C:\Program Files\Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helix
"C:\Program Files\Soldier of Fortune II - Double Helix\SoF2.exe"
start c:\"program files"\macrorunner\runmacro /1
To make a batch file simply save any notepad file as .bat instead of .txt
In both of the above codes macro1 is to start the apps while the 2nd one is to close them.
In any start .... command remember to quote the folder names which have space in their names.
Hope this helps.
good news everybody, I've fixed this problem for both ObjectDock plus and free in the releases that are out now go get the most recent versions. Tested with many games and whatnot to make sure the fix was done correctly - alll hotspots for tabbed docks and activation areas for zooming docks are disabled while a fullscreen app is up, and all of the above are temporarilly switched off of always on top while the game is in play. In the event that you find any games that the fix isn't yet compatible with, post back here and I'll take a look.
cya,
-Jeff
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