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Why is Impulse REQUIRED for the ObjectDock install?

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Why is Impulse REQUIRED for the ObjectDock install?

All I wanted was ObjectDock 2.0...

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Last week I reviewed ObjectDock 1.9.  Liked it enough to fork over $20 for ObjectDock 2.0.  I received an email indicating that I needed to first download and install Impulse, and then, through Impulse, download and install ObjectDock.

This is wrong!

I purchased ObjectDock 2.0, for which I should have a downloadable, standalone installer.  I did NOT purchase the right to download, install and have running (as a service) a program called Impulse, and then have the right to download ObjectDock through it.

For everyone who loves Impulse and uses it for what it was originally intended, that's great!  But as an ad-pumping installer that is REQUIRED whenever you purchase ANYTHING, and then, by default, remains resident as a service on your system, is just wrong.

And Stardock SUPPORT on this issue has been terrible.  Only an automated reply indicating ticket number.

This is not the way to win friends and influence people.

Anyone else experience this, and have thoughts one way or the other?

Thank you.

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Reply #26 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Rosco_P, reply 21
1.) Go to https://www.stardock.com/support, enter your e-mail address to have your product info sent to you at that address.

2.) If you have a Stardock.net/Impulse account, visit the following site and click the appropriate link: https://forums.stardock.com/account/regs
End of Rosco_P's quote

I'm not sure if you noticed, but these are two ways of getting ObjectDock 2 WITHOUT Impulse.

Quoting TechieDave, reply 23
The gall these guys have to ram Impulse down our throats just so we can get their cheap little programs on our computers amazes me!
End of TechieDave's quote

We're not ramming anything.  We're putting something on the table, and you're choosing to pick it up.  It's up to you to read the signs we've posted that tell you what's involved with using it.

Quoting TechieDave, reply 23
So let's see - I have a Stardock account, a forum account, a Wincustomize account, and an Impulse account - just so I can run ObjectDock!  It sure would be nice if I had the option.  And it sure would be nice if Stardock had the intellectual sophistication to centralize the databases do I don't need separate accounts to activate the product, download the graphics, and register the purchase.  It's simply sophomorish insanity!
End of TechieDave's quote

You only need one account for everything in our universe.  A 'Stardock' account and an 'Impulse' account are different names for the same thing, except 'Stardock' account is not used anymore, ever since Stardock Central went away.  You can log into Impulse, any of our forums, and WinCustomize with the same account.

 

Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting Lupin3d, reply 20
I'm a customer of ObjectDock since the first release but now I'm struggling to install the version 2 because of this "Impulse". I cannot install it on my office computer. My manager told me I can install ONLY objectdock. I downloaded the objectdock installation file from the anywhere impulse website but when I try to install it tells me impulse is "REQUIRED"... I don't see the point. If there's no way to install objectdock without impulse ... no problem...I wont buy anything else from stardock.

 

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End of Lupin3d's quote

I'm in the same boat...only approved to install/run OD on my work desktop...it is a 6 month process to get new software tested/approved and it's not worth the effort for Impulse.  I guess I'll stick with the free version of OD 2.0 instead.

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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

There is a standalone installer for ObjectDock v2. Login to the following site and click the #2 link for the appropriate application:

https://forums.stardock.com/account/regs

 

 

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Reply #29 from WinCustomize Forums Top

There is a standalone installer for ObjectDock v2.
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That will make a lot of people happy. :sun: :thumbsup:

Reply #30 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Standalone Setup is great...now the only thing i need is a serial number :)

Maybe I´m blind but in my ObjectDock 2 eMail, in the section

----- Product Serials ----

is no serial....just 2 links that lead me to impulse and a standalone setup. But the setup requires a key.


 

 

Reply #31 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Horgath, reply 30
Standalone Setup is great...now the only thing i need is a serial number

Maybe I´m blind but in my ObjectDock 2 eMail, in the section

----- Product Serials ----

is no serial....just 2 links that lead me to impulse and a standalone setup. But the setup requires a key.
End of Horgath's quote

Horgath, send your request for your serial to [email protected] .

 

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Horgath: I have responded to your support ticket. You should be good to go.

Reply #34 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, Dewie... you're a star! :star:

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

So I grew tired of waiting for Stardock to fix any of the bugs with ObjectDock 2 and will be moving on. The first thing I will be trying is Nexus. Are there other recommendations?

I don't need to re-install Impulse just to find out there are no updates for ObjectDock. They don't communicate and they require a bloated "Software Update Architecture Framework Interface" or some such for this simple utility.