[Bug] Not showing up in the tray when minimized.

[Xelbayria]

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App version

3.7.7

Windows version

10-2H22

Steps to reproduce

1. Just run the portable executable of Simplewall
2. wait for it to finish loading and fully running.
3. Check your tray to see the icon:
   

Expected behavior

I expected the icon of Simplewall to show up in the tray.

Actual behavior

The icon of Simplewall doesn't show up in Tray (I've confirmed Simplewall is fully running). The issue also exists in v3.7.6. I had to downgrade to v3.7.5 where it's working.

the version of Simplewall is portable from simplewall-3.7.7-bin.zip. I cleaned out the profile and setting data to see if that fixed the issue and nope!

Logs

n/a

[henrypp]

what shitted OS u using which did not display tray?

i tested all versions on vanilla Windows builds and never tray icon did not displayed.

try reset tray icon cache by run this and recheck:

reset_explorer_tray.zip

[Xelbayria]

what shitted OS u using which did not display tray?

i tested all versions on vanilla Windows builds and never tray icon did not displayed.

try reset tray icon cache by run this and recheck:

reset_explorer_tray.zip

reset_explorer_tray fixed it. what was the cause? if you don't mind explain in more detail?

[henrypp]

idk

[Xelbayria]

dang! no worries.

[tsmr77]

Thanks for the Fix Mister.

[0lm]

what shitted OS u using which did not display tray?
i tested all versions on vanilla Windows builds and never tray icon did not displayed.
try reset tray icon cache by run this and recheck:
reset_explorer_tray.zip

reset_explorer_tray fixed it. what was the cause? if you don't mind explain in more detail?

The cause is Windows.

Windows stores Icon information in the Registry. But if you change the path of an existing icon, then it will get confused, for whatever reason. And changing pathes often can happen with portable versions of a software.

Example:

You are using Simplewall 3.7.7 portable and the folder SW is in, is called, lets say, "sw377"

Now you update it and it turns to v3.7.8. And if you rename the folder name, i.e. "sw378", then Windows will stop displaying the icon in the taskbar menu, because the icon is still the same, but the path changed. For some reason, it doesn't refresh its icon memory. So, in other words, Windows burned it into its memory, that the icon for simplewall is connected to the folder "sw377". But the moment you change names and stuff, the Icon won't be displayed anymore unless you delete some registry files. - (at least, that's how this "icon missing" issue happened to me)

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

That's the Registry path where the Icon information are stored. By manually deleting "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream" and then restarting explorer.exe you can solve the problem, too. I just checked the "reset_explorer_tray.bat" - it is doing the same what described.

[codeXXjs]

what shitted OS u using which did not display tray?
i tested all versions on vanilla Windows builds and never tray icon did not displayed.
try reset tray icon cache by run this and recheck:
reset_explorer_tray.zip

reset_explorer_tray fixed it. what was the cause? if you don't mind explain in more detail?

The cause is Windows.

Windows stores Icon information in the Registry. But if you change the path of an existing icon, then it will get confused, for whatever reason. And changing pathes often can happen with portable versions of a software.

Example:

You are using Simplewall 3.7.7 portable and the folder SW is in, is called, lets say, "sw377"

Now you update it and it turns to v3.7.8. And if you rename the folder name, i.e. "sw378", then Windows will stop displaying the icon in the taskbar menu, because the icon is still the same, but the path changed. For some reason, it doesn't refresh its icon memory. So, in other words, Windows burned it into its memory, that the icon for simplewall is connected to the folder "sw377". But the moment you change names and stuff, the Icon won't be displayed anymore unless you delete some registry files. - (at least, that's how this "icon missing" issue happened to me)

Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Classes\Local Settings\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\TrayNotify

That's the Registry path where the Icon information are stored. By manually deleting "IconStreams" and "PastIconsStream" and then restarting explorer.exe you can solve the problem, too. I just checked the "reset_explorer_tray.bat" - it is doing the same what described.

Thanks for the elaborate respond. I also faced the same issue and now I know why