Help! Downloads won't work

April 24, 2005 3:38 AM from

Hi Folks!

I'm a total noob and I keep on downloading ObjectDock Icons and stuff from "wincustomize.com" that won't work! They are packed in a zip-file and everytime I try to open one of them the message "*.zip ist no valid win32 application" or something like this. (Can't really translate it cause it's in german).

How can I get new Icons to my ObjectDock???? Help! I really like this stuff a lot and I want to get for example the Firefox Icon to my ObjectDock. But how?!?!

Thanx for Your help!

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Reply #1 April 24, 2005 7:03 AM from

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have u tried unzipping the files? haha

Reply #2 April 24, 2005 3:39 PM from

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unzip it. There should be a .png inside.
Create a new shortcut (or use one created), right click for dock entry properties - change the image - browse and find the png of choice.

Reply #3 May 8, 2005 12:43 AM from

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how do ya unzip it?

Reply #4 May 8, 2005 1:42 AM from

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XP has a built in zip utility ... right click on the file and select extract all.. with a older os such as win 2000 you will need winzip or another archive extraction prog..

Reply #5 May 8, 2005 2:39 AM from

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After unzipping the files, place the ".png" image files inside either the "Images" folder (or one of your own making) in the "C:\Program Files\Stardock\ObjectDock" folder (where "C" is the letter drive).

This will allow you to use Bichur's method described in comment #2 for changing the image, and will allow you to save a theme which ObjectDock can access.

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