I saw a really long list of System Commands which I guess were going to be added to ObjectDock through it's "Add SysCommand" function, but I cannot find the post and the only system commands in 0.51 is Quit and Dock Settings, which aren't really Windows system commands (as the mentioned list was).
I hope this is still being planned for a future version?
Hi T Ball,
Duckie posted these originally:
shell:Common Administrative Tools
shell:Administrative Tools
shell:SystemX86
shell:My Pictures
shell:Profile
shell:CommonProgramFiles
shell:ProgramFiles
shell:System
shell:Windows
shell:History
shell:Cookies
shell:Local AppData
shell:AppData
shell:Common Documents
shell:Common Templates
shell:Common AppData
shell:Common Favorites
shell:Common Desktop
shell:Common Menu
shell:Common Programs
shell:Common Startup
shell:Templates
shell:PrintHood
shell:NetHood
shell:Favorites
shell:Personal
shell:SendTo
shell:Recent
shell:Menu
shell:Programs
shell:Startup
shell:Desktop
shell:Fonts
shell:ConnectionsFolder
shell:RecycleBinFolder
shell:PrintersFolder
shell:ControlPanelFolder
shell:InternetFolder
shell:DriveFolder
shell:NetworkFolder
shell:DesktopFolder
Aha, and was that his wishlist or are they actually going to be implemented?
Want to add access to the Volume (mute) control like in Mobydock?
Sndvol32.exe /t
Actually paste Sndvol32.exe into the link and put /t into the argument
Works Great.
Actually the system commands posted over in the Y'z Dock forum work flawlessly for me as well.
For example:
for OD make a shortcut
for control panel I used:
::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}\::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}
in the link field and then changed the icon
works beautifully.
Dont remember the URL but it makes no sense to cross-post all of the info over there,
For those of you that add control panel shortcuts to your docks, the very, very easiest way to do it is type "control" (without the quotes) in the shortcut field. THAT IS IT. control is recognized through command prompt as the shortcut to open up control panel so it works. I'm not sure of any others but control is the easiest to do.
Yes, yes, yes... but in case you haven't noticed, ObjectDock has a BUILT IN function for system commands. It's only that the list is empty, and I saw a very large list, which made me wonder what was going on. That is why I asked.
T-Ball:
That list I posted, which I am not the author of, is a list a shell commands that will currently work in ObjectDock.
If one creates a new shortcut and uses a shell command as the link, it will work
An example would be:
Title: Just a test
Link: shell:X (X = shell command)
arguments:blank
Peace,
Grusic
Laptop Battery Trick
I run objectdock on my laptop with the taskbar hidden. The only thing that sucks is I cant see the battery level, however here is a small app that when running in objectdock and you hover over it shows battery level and est. time remaining. It's very simple but untill Jeff adds laptop features its just a simple workaround. I gave the running app the osx battery png.
This app by TORIN DARKFLIGHT
get it here:
Hey, Grusic, I missed your answer there.
Aha, so I don't need to use the long registry strings. Interesting.
I think I'll add this to the bug thread, as... a strange feature... 
Thanks for the info!
There is one thing I absolutly miss, the button to minimize all apps at once. I know I can do that with [start button]-[m] but I just miss the icon. I find myself wanting to click it all the time.
Anyone an idea how to do this?shell:desktop doesn't do the job.
thanks
bastiaan
What I did was to take the show desktop icon from the taskbar quicklaunch and create a shortcut to it in my cdrive then drop that on the objectdock and apply a icon to it.
anyone know how I would get objectdock to display controlpanel as a menu? or is that not possible yet?
hehe, ofcourse, now that I think of it, I did it before for a shell replacement. thanks!
would there be any shortcut for restarting objectdock?
anyone know how to put a link to the logoff menu in that will allow you to either switch users or logoff? i know i can put logoff.exe in as the link, but that just automatically logs you off without giving you the option to switch users. i searched around a bit but couldn't find anythng. i was, however, able to link to the shutdown pop-up using a link to a visual basic script:
Dim objShell
Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
objShell.ShutdownWindows
i can't figure out how to do it for logoff tho...
On my machine, I downloaded the program "Tweak XP" for tweaking system stettings and all, the demo is good for something like 30 uses...
Obviously you'll need to be running Win XP.
It adds some icons to the desktop to do various logoff/ shutdown options.
On these icons, if you right click and select properties, you will get the path and arguement you need for each option.
You could make a dock icon with the same path and modify the argument for the type of shutdown (ie. /s, or whatever the commands are). This is an alternative to using the explorer commands.
I looked at the properties and created a popup menu for shutting off or switching users with litestep.
There are links in another thread to some very good tutorials on how to set it up, if you wanted to add it as a menu like I did. It works pretty good for me.
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