FLICKDOCK 0.31
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Independent fork of QuickStart-Gadget 1.93. The original application remains unchanged.

FEATURES
- manage and display multiple independent docks simultaneously
- central dock management: create, duplicate, rename, delete and enable profiles
- separate tiles, position, screen edge, skin and behaviour for every dock profile
- an existing FlickDock.ini is automatically retained as the first profile
- horizontal or vertical single-strip dock
- cleanly grouped configuration dialog for dock strip, appearance, behaviour and system options
- automatic edge orientation: one row at the top/bottom, one column at the left/right
- start, centered or end alignment
- smooth hover magnification for the hovered icon only, without a wave effect
- compact 10 px indicator directly below launchers of running applications
- freely selectable indicator colour; a new configuration starts with the Windows accent colour
- optional 2 px accent line on the screen-facing dock edge: bottom at the top, top at the bottom, right at the left and left at the right; 20% transparent with softly fading ends
- clicking a running application activates its existing window instead of starting it again
- responsive status and click checks without blocking the interface
- reliable hover magnification while the cursor remains the normal arrow
- animated hiding and revealing at the screen edge
- rounded dock background
- reorder icons directly in the dock by drag and drop
- icons added or changed by drag and drop remain assigned exclusively to their tile
- lock the dock against accidental reordering
- separators and spacers
- edge-aware labels: below a top dock and above a bottom dock
- selectable hover side for left and right docks: automatic, left or right
- skinnable dock background imported from an image, theme folder or ZIP
- Nexus nxback edge variants and ObjectDock image references
- folders, applications, files and LNK shortcuts
- subgrids open outside at the corresponding dock edge without covering the dock
- notes, keyboard macros and recycle bin
- custom icons, transparency modes and multiple monitors
- optionally shown on all virtual desktops
- Windows startup and per-user single-instance protection
- portable configuration in FlickDock.ini

USAGE
Drop folders, applications or files directly onto a launcher icon. To reorder, drag an icon and drop it over another. The context menu removes items or inserts separators and spacers. Use the gear to open the complete configuration.

SKINS
The SKIN AND HOVER section imports one background image, a theme folder or a ZIP archive. FlickDock recognises Nexus files such as nxback.png, nxbacktop.png, nxbackleft.png and nxbackright.png as well as typical image references in ObjectDock INI files. Install Winstep .xtreme packages through Winstep first, then select the extracted theme folder. Imported skins are stored portably in Data\Skins.

IMPORT
An existing FlickDock.ini is automatically retained without loss as the first “Dock 1” profile in the multi-dock format. If none exists, FlickDock imports QuickStart-Dock.ini or alternatively QuickStart-Gadget.ini once. All profiles remain stored portably together in FlickDock.ini.

SCOPE
Version 0.31 is an independent launcher dock, not a replacement for the Windows taskbar. Running applications, window groups and window previews are not managed yet.

SYSTEM
Windows 10 or Windows 11 with Microsoft .NET Framework 4.8.
