On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 10:44 AM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann > <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> >> >> On 02.08.2012 16:23, imacat wrote: >>> >>> On 01.08.02 07:31pm, Jürgen Schmidt said: >>>> >>>> On 8/2/12 12:58 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 8/2/12 12:46 PM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> On 8/2/12 12:24 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Aug 2, 2012, at 2:15 AM, Jürgen Schmidt wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hi, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> imacat found a problem with the base application icon on windows. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I can verify this issue with the latest version based on r1367911 >>>>>>>> when I >>>>>>>> do a clean fresh installation, no upgrade. If you run an upgrade >>>>>>>> installation you don't see this problem and the icon is ok. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> You have the answer to the question I asked imacat just now. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> BTW - did you notice that the Draw icon was also missing in her >>>>>>> screenshot? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> no, I haven't noticed this, I was focused on the base icon ;-) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> and I know why I haven't noticed it, I have checked it again on my >>>>> Windows machine and the only icon that is missing is that from Base ;-) >>>>> >>>>> I hate such problems... >>>> >>>> >>>> I am still have no real idea what going wrong and I am rebuilding >>>> currently the same version to ensure that it is no build problem (but I >>>> hope it is :-)). >>>> >>>> As I mentioned earlier when you watch the properties, you will see the >>>> correct icon. When you now click on change icon and double click the >>>> icon (which is the only available icon in sbase.exe) and apply the >>>> change everything is ok in the Start Menu. >>>> >>>> Even a restart of windows after the installation won't help. >>>> >>>> I am no expert but I would guess that the icon in the Start Menu is >>>> extracted from the exe where it seems to be ok. >>> >>> >>> Thanks, Jürgen. I think this issue is serious in that: It drew my >>> attention not from the inside of the start menu, but from the recent >>> applications shortcuts of the start menu. See the attached picture. >>> Windows 7 puts the first shortcut of the most recent installed >>> application, at the recent application shortcuts of the start menu. It >>> is very large and obvious when user wants to run anything in Windows 7. >>> >>> A detaled explanation of my case: I first upgraded from 3.4.0 to >>> 3.4.1, and found this problem (alone with Draw). Then I removed the >>> previous version and did a clean install, and this problem still exists >>> (alone with Draw). >>> >>> I layed the icons a bit. It seems that the Base shortcut only have >>> problem when the icon is read from sbase.exe. The shortcut icon of >>> Base.lnk is fine if it is from scalc.exe, sdraw.exe or anything else. >>> The same goes for Draw.lnk: It only has problem when points to >>> sdraw.exe, but not the others (sbase.exe, smath.exe, etc.) Any other >>> shortcuts (even those created by hand) work fine for both sbase.exe and >>> sdraw.exe. >>> >>> So I suppose the problem lies in the shortcut files Base.lnk and >>> Draw.lnk. How do we create these two files? Shall we create them again? >>> >> >> I did the following: >> - Window7 Professional, OOo 3.3 installed. >> --> install AOO 3.4.1, r1367911 >> --> icons are visible >> >> - Window7 Home Premium in VM, clean installation. >> --> install AOO 3.4.1, r1367911 >> --> icons are visible >> >> Thus, I can not reproduce the "missing icon" defect in the above scenarios. >> >> I will perform the following use case: >> - Windows7 Home Premium in VM, clean installation. >> - install AOO 3.4 >> --> install AOO 3.4.1, r1367911 >> >> Stay tuned for the result. >> > > Could it be an issue specifically with the zh-TW build? >
I just tried: Install of AOO 3.4.1, r1367911, zh-TW build on clean install of Windows 8 Professional, 32-bit. (en-US) The icons were fine in this test. -Rob > -Rob > >> Best regards, Oliver.
