can I reload just the dock?

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can I reload just the dock?

On the rare occasion, when I turn on my computer not all the icons in the dock load. Usually when I restart the computer, they load just find once again. Is there a way to restart/reload the dock without restarting my computer, so the icons appear?

 Macbook Pro  2.2 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo  2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 SDRAM , Mac OS X (10.5.4)

Posted on Aug 9, 2008 3:51 AM

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Aug 9, 2008 7:11 AM in response to _Eric_

You can launch Terminal and type in the following command:

*killall Dock*

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roam

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Aug 9, 2008 5:18 AM in response to _Eric_

You could try relaunching Finder.
First press Option + Command + Escape to open the Force Quit window.
Selecting Finder and force quitting it will make it automatically relaunch. That may be a neater alternative that restarting the computer.

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CT

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Aug 9, 2008 6:08 AM in response to _Eric_

You can also use the application "Activity Monitor" (Utilities folder). Find the process named "Dock" and then push the "Quit" button. The Dock will quit and relaunch.

charlie

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