Show Desktop And Cmd Apps On Od

Ok,

First up is it possible to put the Show Desktop icon on your OD? While I can get the icon there it doesn't 'Show Desktop' when pressed? I assume this might need a reg key type thing like My Computer does? If So Anyone know what it is and how to get it to work with OD?

Secondly, I have a Console icon on my dock that point to CMD. THis works fine however when it opens up CMD the prompt is @

C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock\Docklets\SysStats\configs>

Is it possible to put an Argument in so it will start @ c:\

Many thanks.

#83104

A "Show Desktop" shortcut will hide the Dock in addition to everything else (press Win+D to see for yourself). Have you tried iEx by siwu? That's how they do it on a Mac. :moon:

As for the command prompt, put the text below in the "Arguments" box:

/k cd\

You can also have it perform more than one operation, like this:

/k cd\ && ver

(This changes to the root folder and displays the OS version.)

For any DOS command, open a command prompt window and type the name of the program (in this case CMD) followed by "/? | more" to see a list of all the options. Examples:

cmd/? | more

dir/? | more

#83622

Mad_Mike - thanks for the DOS stuff - thats perfect.

When I do Win + D the dock stays there but I will try iEx - not sure what it is but yeah I will give it a go.

Thanks heaps.

#83625

No problem.

I've noticed that ObjectDock won't disappear if you have it Always On Top, but if you use the normal Z-order setting or Always-On-Bottom then it will vanish with the other windows.

iEx lets you press a Hotkey like F9 or simply move the mouse to a screen corner. You can have it show a thumbnail of every open window, show thumbnails of the windows belonging to the current application, or hide all windows. It's not perfect yet, but you might want to check it out.

Another way to hide all windows is to press Win+M to minimize all windows, then Shift+Win+M to un-minimize them.

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