Object Dock and Vista

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Hi there,

 

could someone of you tell me please, why under Windows Vista, Object Dock isn´t able to find the startmenu?

 

When i click on the Startmenu-button i get the message, that it isn´t possible to run or find the startmenu.

 

For help i would be grateful!

 

Regards

objectdock
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Barring a better answer, you can use this old trick if you like.  It's been around since at least the XP days.

Open up Notepad and copy the following two lines of text to it:

set wShell=wscript.createobject("wscript.shell")
wShell.sendkeys "^{ESC}"

 

Save the file with a .vbs extension, for example StartButton.vbs

Create a shortcut to it in Object Dock.

Can't guarantee it'll work on Vista, but it worked on XP and continues to work on Win10.

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi DaveRI,

 

thanks for your help. I don´t know, if i have made a misstake or an error, but at the time it doesn´t work.

 

I have created the .vbs file with Notepad. Then put the shortcut in to my Object Dock but it only opens the .vbs file.

 

Thanks, by the way!

 

Best regards and have a nice day!

Start11 - Customize the Start Menu and Taskbar in Windows 10/11.
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hi there again,

 

i´ve made it. Thank you! I just have to remove the endletters .txt from the vbs-file.

 

Have a nice day!

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Ah.  Guess Notepad tacked the txt onto it, I should have told you to save it and then rename it.  Glad you got it.  :thumbsup:

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