Not very useful for an otherwise awesome app-launching utility. Right-clicking on any of the icons in RocketDock brings up the normal RocketDock icon item option menu as seen below. So I could have made both “normal launch” and “run as admin” launching icons but that seemed to negate the otherwise clean and simple number of key application icons I use. Sure, it does have command-line launching support and can even handle special arguments with aplomb. If I wanted to run, say Process Explorer or a command window, I’ve had to go and dig for the original file to right-click to “run as administrator.” Launching applications from it in Vista results in them running under “normal” security level permissions. Yet one thing on Vista has always bothered me. That’s something that some similar dock apps cannot claim based on my monitoring and testing. It behaves nicely when monitored with Process Monitor. In all that time I’ve used it I’ve had very few issues. I never fail to get compliments and questions from folks who see it on my systems. And is sophisticated enough to work with multi-display monitor arrangements. It works under both Windows XP and Vista. Since it can be skinned and supports swapping the original program icon with any custom high-quality icon you might have around (and I have plenty), it is very pretty to look at once configured and tweaked.
While it supports gadgets and other things, I like to use it as an application launcher with sweet eye-candy. It’s highly recommended by others and myself. It is basically a Windows freeware clone of the Apple Dock.
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