Open Bug 806309 Opened 12 years ago Updated 10 months ago

Port bug 768378 - Updates create a new Windows 7 taskbar icon instead of using the already pinned one

Categories

(Thunderbird :: Upstream Synchronization, defect)

Product:
Thunderbird
Component:
Upstream Synchronization
Platform:
x86_64
Windows 7
Type:
defect

Tracking

(thunderbird17-, thunderbird18+, thunderbird19+)

Tracking Flags:
Tracking Status
thunderbird17 - ---
thunderbird18 + ---
thunderbird19 + ---

People

(Reporter: standard8, Unassigned)

References

Details

+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #768378 +++

Afer updating Aurora using the built-in updater, a new Windows 7 taskbar icon is shown (with the same icon), instead of using the icon I already pinned. This happens for every update, not just upgrading from one branch to another.

This also happens on Thunderbird Beta builds.
Depends on: 806977
Bug 734628 must be ported together with 768378.
Depends on: 734628
The core bugs are landing for 18, so we'll look at doing the same.
tracking-thunderbird17: ? → -
tracking-thunderbird18: ? → +
Component: Installer → Upstream Synchronization

Newer bug 1197577 is very similar, but was incomplete.
I have seen this, too.

(In reply to Thomas D. (:thomas8) from bug 1197577 comment #6)

I have been affected by this bug for a long time, and it has been extremely annoying.
Unfortunately it'll be impossible to reconstruct the exact circumstances.
I may have changed the application path or command line switches on the pinned shortcut over time.
But the net result was a pinned link without switches nor profile switches (application path was C:\Program Files\Thunderbird Daily\thunderbird.exe, I guess that's a non-default path, and it does have its own auto-associated profile).
Every time when clicking the pinned shortcut, it would open a new icon at the end of the taskbar instead of highlighting the already pinned icon.

I succeeded to fix it for now by pinning the secondary icon instead, which now works correctly.

See Also: → 1197577
Severity: normal → S3

I'm not 100% sure if this is the same as my issue. Every few days (when thunderbird updates?) my pinned taskbar shortcut dies. (It's replaced by a useless white page icon). Pinning thunderbird again removes this icon, and then pinning it yet again finally restores the functional pinned icon (for a few more days.)

Upstream bug 768378 has been fixed.

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