Fix #112729: Blender don`t has icon on taskbar #113321

Guillermo Venegas · 2023-10-06T06:11:31+02:00

Guillermo Venegas commented

2023-10-06 06:11:31 +02:00

Registering PKEY_AppUserModel_ID with same ID will make
all installations of Blender share the same taskbar group
on Windows, and pinning Blender in the taskbar will create
a ImplicitAppShortcut that also will be shared between
all installations with the same ID. However if the shortcut
that the ImplicitAppShortcut points is removed, running other
installation of Blender with the same already registered ID will show
a missing icon in the taskbar.

To prevent that, this APP ID will also include a hash of the
installation folder.

With this changes different Blender installations with the same version
will have different Pinning Groups in the taskbar.

Registering `PKEY_AppUserModel_ID` with same ID will make all installations of Blender share the same taskbar group on Windows, and pinning Blender in the taskbar will create a `ImplicitAppShortcut` that also will be shared between all installations with the same ID. However if the shortcut that the `ImplicitAppShortcut` points is removed, running other installation of Blender with the same already registered ID will show a missing icon in the taskbar. To prevent that, this APP ID will also include a hash of the installation folder. With this changes different Blender installations with the same version will have different Pinning Groups in the taskbar.

Guillermo Venegas added 1 commit 2023-10-06 06:11:41 +02:00

fix a31e4381a1

Guillermo Venegas commented

2023-10-06 06:20:15 +02:00

This video shows that different Blender installations with the same version will have different Pinning Groups in the taskbar.

This video shows that different Blender installations with the same version will have different Pinning Groups in the taskbar. <video src="/attachments/90be2f36-4cf8-460e-84fc-6bbb324d58d0" title="2023-10-05 22-13-10.mp4" controls></video>

2023-10-05 22-13-10.mp4

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Iliya Katushenock added this to the Platforms, Builds Tests & Devices project 2023-10-06 06:20:53 +02:00

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Guillermo Venegas requested review from Ray molenkamp 2023-10-06 19:18:24 +02:00

Ray molenkamp commented

2023-10-07 02:21:30 +02:00

This patch is lacking the changes requires in the file registration to make jumplists work, however moot point...

I should have probably left a comment on that bug, i wasn't expecting anyone but @Harley to work on it and he was fully booked. I tried this same solution as well, but turns out adding the hash was a really bad idea of mine for the following reasons :

1 - You register 10 blenders from different daily builds, they all show up in the open with menu, all with blender 4.0 as title, with no way to tell what is what
2 - You can't unregister them unless you unregister from the exact path they were registered in, odds are people won't remember so you end up with a bunch of registrations you can't get rid off.

The solution is actually much worse than the bug it is trying to solve.

I ended up implementing updating the path to blender in the the .lnk in the user profile, which turned out to be not too bad but due to time restrictions haven't gotten around to posting a pull for it just yet.

This patch is lacking the changes requires in the file registration to make jumplists work, however moot point... I should have probably left a comment on that bug, i wasn't expecting anyone but @Harley to work on it and he was fully booked. I tried this same solution as well, but turns out adding the hash was a really bad idea of mine for the following reasons : 1 - You register 10 blenders from different daily builds, they all show up in the open with menu, all with blender 4.0 as title, with no way to tell what is what 2 - You can't unregister them unless you unregister from the exact path they were registered in, odds are people won't remember so you end up with a bunch of registrations you can't get rid off. The solution is actually much worse than the bug it is trying to solve. I ended up implementing updating the path to blender in the the .lnk in the user profile, which turned out to be not too bad but due to time restrictions haven't gotten around to posting a pull for it just yet.

Ray molenkamp closed this pull request

2023-10-07 02:21:32 +02:00

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Fix #112729: Blender don`t has icon on taskbar #113321

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