It’s here.
On your taskbar.
My Dock Buddies runs on Windows 10 and 11. It is the Mac app, rebuilt for the PC: the same buddies, the same activities and the same little stories, standing on the top edge of your taskbar instead of the Dock.
Up to two buddies are out at a time. They wander along the taskbar, or across the whole screen, or stay in the one spot, whichever you choose. Click one and they run that way; click the middle and they stop and look up at you. The app itself sits in the taskbar corner, behind the ^ arrow.
Download for Windows
Free to download, signed in or not. A plan and at least one buddy are what put someone on your taskbar: without an account the app opens to an empty taskbar, because every buddy is locked to the account and the computer that bought it.
Checking your account…
Before you run it: there are two ways to run it — the installer, which keeps one copy in one place for your user only, or one portable .exe that installs nothing and runs from wherever you keep it. It is not code-signed yet, so the first time Windows shows “Windows protected your PC”. Choose More info, then Run anyway. To uninstall, sign out in the app, then remove it in Windows Settings, Apps, or delete the .exe if you took the portable one. If it uses more memory than you would like, turn on Use less memory in Settings, General.
What you need
- System
- Windows 10 or 11
- PC
- x64 or Arm64: one .exe for each. Pick Arm only for a Snapdragon or other Arm PC
- The file
- An installer, or one portable .exe with nothing to install
- To see a buddy
- An account and at least one buddy you have bought
- Internet
- To sign in, download your buddies and check in
What “portable” means
Portable is the second of the two downloads, and it is the one where nothing is installed. You get a single .exe that carries everything with it: double-click it and the app is running. Nothing is written into Program Files, no shortcuts appear and no services start. The installer is the other way, and it is the tidier one if you would rather have a single copy and a Start menu entry.
Keep the .exe in a folder of your own, outside OneDrive and Downloads, because it opens at login and updates itself from wherever you left it. When you are done with it, open Settings, Account, “Remove my data and quit”, then delete the .exe. That is the whole uninstall for the portable one; the installed copy is removed from Windows Settings, Apps.
One thing to expect the first time: the build is not code-signed yet, so Windows shows a blue “Windows protected your PC” box. Choose More info, then Run anyway. Windows remembers your answer for that file.
Your account across a Mac and a PC
One account, one computer at a time. If your buddies are on a Mac and you want them on your PC, sign out in the app on the Mac first, then sign in on the PC. Your buddies come with you; they are tied to your account, not to the machine. If the other computer is lost, get in touch and we free it for you.
The full install steps, for Mac and PC ↗ My Dock Buddies for Mac ↗ Meet the buddies ↗