A few tips on how to get Cairo Dock installed and working on Linux Mint 20 (might help on LM 19 also). Mate desktop has most issues but Cinnamon and Xfce also require a second piece of software to get the most out of the dock.
The Stack and file manager (Caja) are two of my favourite features on Cairo Dock and both had issues on LM 20. Being able to start automatically and use the Caja launcher would be nice and if I get a solution to this I will post it on this channel.
Link to Video showing how to configure Cairo Dock
• Cairo Dock on Linux Mint