Hi. Havent been testing this a lot lately, so take this with a grain of salt but...
I was testing the game and changing resolutions (1600x1050) and such, and then it started to act weird - no soveraing miniature in th emap, etc, and crashed.
And seems that while crashing it took all the config of Object Dock down, as now the dock appears but is empty!
I'll test again today but maybe it doesnt sound as random to you and it helps you pinpoint a problem...
Best regards, and keep the good work.