I use Rocket Dock on every PC. On small laptops keeping it visible is not an option and auto hide and revealing with mouse pointer is a pain.
Hot Keys for show/hide are Ctl + Alt +R. Turn off autohide.
The hot keys can be changed in the .ini file.
Don't Panic One cause may be a dead CMOS battery and the BIOS reset to default. F2 and check the BIOS. If it's set to Legacy and Rai...