Can't open files but can open programs! Is this normal??

By Blue_Sky Posted July 1, 2008 12:25:38

Clicking on icons in Object Dock works fine with .exe programs but it refuses to open a file. If I drag, say, actions.xls onto ObjectDock it looks fine BUT click it and it only opens Excel not the file itself. However if I right click and then Open it work fine. Just a bit of a pain.

Any ideas????

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What OS?

What version of OD?

Works fine for me..........I have several .xls files on a dock
checking my Dock Entry properties...all I have is the Title & Link.
Arguments is empty, Start In is empty and Run says Normal Window

I use the Plus version on XP Pro SP3....I'm not aware of any of the settings which would make a difference.

OD free and works here

created one
saved it
dragged the file onto Odock
clicked it once, file opened

I think that is where the problem lies as my OS is Win 2000. Latest version of OD, downloaded yesterday and it often just closes down all by itself. I wil try it on an XP machine and see what happens there.

i have XP and have no problem!

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Yeah, works fine on XP but more limited on win 2000, like Show Desktop does not work either.

Hmm, will have to ask boss for an upgrade!!