Activation

Works for a day or 2 then activation issues

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I am having an issue with Object Dock, a couple of weeks ago I was doing system maintenance, one of the options I ran was to delete redundant files. A short time after that on reboot Object Dock screen appeared wanting my activation code; I entered it but OD would not activate. I uninstalled OD, reinstalled it, entered the activation code and it activated. After that I was good for several days, but the same thing happened again, I did the uninstall/reinstalled again, good for a few days the back to the activate screen; I've had to do this at least 4 times over the last couple of weeks. This morning, the same thing happened, uninstall/reinstalled OD is up and running but it is a matter of time until I will have to do it again. I have been using OD for many years and have never had any issues.

Stardock Software ObjectDock Type: Bug Report
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What ever you are using to clean up redundant files is deleting the Activation file. Check this folder for License.sig

"C:\ProgramData\Stardock\ObjectDock\License.sig"

Maybe white list this file in your maintenance program.

Maintenance programs that delete redundant files are notorious for deleting files that are required for other software.

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

I rebooted an hour or so ago, and Object Doc is gone again. I checked for the license file, and it is there, time stamp is 8:25AM, which is when I reinstalled OD. I checked permissions, its set to allow for all users and groups, see image below...



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