Objectdock Background
There is another tutorial out there I wrote, but that was for the previous version of ObjectDock so I figured now is a good time to get a new one up. ObjectDock 2 had a major overhaul in its user interface, and with that came a few new ways to do things that people might not be familiar with. If you don’t already have ObjectDock 2, then get it from here: There is a free and Plus version, and the gives additional features such as multiple docks, tabbed docks, and much more.
Objectdock Backgrounds
Open up your ObjectDock configuration and you will see a list of docks you currently have on your desktop. Click Style/Color for the dock you wish to change, and then select Change Theme. Now you will see all the background themes you have available.
To change to another theme, simply click on one in the list. WinCustomize has an dedicated gallery for, and there are tons available to download. You can open your backgrounds folder from the theme configuration to install them, or automatically if they have a.dockzip extension. Island Dog ODP 2 has never worked for me. Even with these instructions, and making sure NEW themes are in their proper folders, still I only see the default themes. I could never get a new theme (other than the default ones included) to apply. I gave up and went back to the previous version.
Can you please give a screenshot showing other themes in the option as illustrated above, and then details (once again please) as to where any new downloaded themes go (proper folders). I REALLY would still like to use ODP 2! Winstar, See the link on the screenshot titled 'Open backgrounds folder'? By default you will have three folders there. Tabs, Tiles, and Zoomers. Take one of Webgizmo's backgrounds for example.
He is very meticulous the way he packages the zip files. He clearly labels the folders of the zip by type ( skinnameTab1, etc or skinnameZ1, etc) Extract the folder to the appropriate Tabs, Tile or Zoomer folder.
This product was created for ObjectDock but you can use it in any other dock program for Windows. It contains: 1 Tile background (glass spheres). By now, you may have already heard of ObjectDock – It’s no stranger to those of us keen on Windows customization. Then click the link Change Background.
Lets say you downloaded Canvas package. And extracted it properly. Your Tabs folder would have several folders called CanvasTab1R, CanvasTab1S etc. Your Zoomers folder would also have variations of the CanvasZ1R, CanvasZ1S etc. You should then be able to see them listed when choosing a background! Using this method will keep things tidy for you in the long run.