I have been having a rather 'strange' problem with 64bit over the past couple of weeks. It started with 3.6 and continues with 3.7.
I keep shortcuts of my frequently used programs pinned in the task bar (a'la quick launch in XP), when I start them I expect the pinned icon to highlight.
For some explicable reason over the past couple of weeks when I start the calibre 64 bit edition from the taskbar it doesn't always combine the running instance icon with the pinned icon. It will for a while (as in hours) but then it starts creating a separate icon for the running instance.
If I run a Repair on the calibre 64 bit msi from Control Panel->All Control Panel Items->Programs and Features it fixes the problem - for a while, like a few hours or perhaps until next day. I have no idea what triggers the sudden misbehaviour.
Another symptom is this, if I do a restart of calibre 64bit with Ctrl+R, a separate icon is always created. If I then close calibre, and if I'm lucky, when I start from the taskbar icon a separate icon is not created for the running instance, I get a combined icon :blink:
I've been using 32bit calibre since Friday morning (i.e. 3 days). None of the above has happened with that edition of calibre. But since Friday, the 64 bit edition has misbehaved in the manner described, even though I've hardly used it :(
Nor does it happen with other 64 bit programs that use the 'Common Application Id' mechanism (or whatever it's called) that calibre uses. I'm referring to the one that requires a running instance of the program to be pinned from within the task bar itself, rather than using the 'Pin to Taskbar' option from the Start Menu.
I don't know if or how this relates to other 64 bit problems that have been reported of late - it's certainly not the same symptoms, hence the new post, but... one has to wonder.
If anyone knows what the Control Panel->All Control Panel Items->Programs and Features->Repair does that could give me a clue. Whilst its irritating, it's not enough to make me want to do a non-destructive reinstall of Windows.
One thing I haven't tried is to run an old version of calibre - such as 2.85.1. Might try that tomorrow. I'm not running the server, software is installed in 'default' locations, libraries are on a separate internal hard drive in a directory dedicated to all e-bookish data.
@JSWolf - FYI when it happens, it happens in Safe Mode too. And I have run sfc /scannow and my Windows 10 Pro is up to date as of last Wednesday's patches.
Added : I have tried disabling all start up programs, shell extensions, scheduled tasks, and non-critical services such as Indexing, and Backup - the Ctrl+R restart misbehaviour still happens, so I assume the 'random' one will too if I wait long enough.
BR
I keep shortcuts of my frequently used programs pinned in the task bar (a'la quick launch in XP), when I start them I expect the pinned icon to highlight.
For some explicable reason over the past couple of weeks when I start the calibre 64 bit edition from the taskbar it doesn't always combine the running instance icon with the pinned icon. It will for a while (as in hours) but then it starts creating a separate icon for the running instance.
If I run a Repair on the calibre 64 bit msi from Control Panel->All Control Panel Items->Programs and Features it fixes the problem - for a while, like a few hours or perhaps until next day. I have no idea what triggers the sudden misbehaviour.
Another symptom is this, if I do a restart of calibre 64bit with Ctrl+R, a separate icon is always created. If I then close calibre, and if I'm lucky, when I start from the taskbar icon a separate icon is not created for the running instance, I get a combined icon :blink:
I've been using 32bit calibre since Friday morning (i.e. 3 days). None of the above has happened with that edition of calibre. But since Friday, the 64 bit edition has misbehaved in the manner described, even though I've hardly used it :(
Nor does it happen with other 64 bit programs that use the 'Common Application Id' mechanism (or whatever it's called) that calibre uses. I'm referring to the one that requires a running instance of the program to be pinned from within the task bar itself, rather than using the 'Pin to Taskbar' option from the Start Menu.
I don't know if or how this relates to other 64 bit problems that have been reported of late - it's certainly not the same symptoms, hence the new post, but... one has to wonder.
If anyone knows what the Control Panel->All Control Panel Items->Programs and Features->Repair does that could give me a clue. Whilst its irritating, it's not enough to make me want to do a non-destructive reinstall of Windows.
One thing I haven't tried is to run an old version of calibre - such as 2.85.1. Might try that tomorrow. I'm not running the server, software is installed in 'default' locations, libraries are on a separate internal hard drive in a directory dedicated to all e-bookish data.
@JSWolf - FYI when it happens, it happens in Safe Mode too. And I have run sfc /scannow and my Windows 10 Pro is up to date as of last Wednesday's patches.
Added : I have tried disabling all start up programs, shell extensions, scheduled tasks, and non-critical services such as Indexing, and Backup - the Ctrl+R restart misbehaviour still happens, so I assume the 'random' one will too if I wait long enough.
BR
