mmieher Active Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 14, 2022 #1 I finally switched my desktop to Windows 10. I resisted for years because I knew it would f up my life. It did. One of the many things is that the B4A icon in the task bar does not have the "B4A" logo when I am in IDE or Designer. It looks like a Notepad icon. Any ideas? Marc
I finally switched my desktop to Windows 10. I resisted for years because I knew it would f up my life. It did. One of the many things is that the B4A icon in the task bar does not have the "B4A" logo when I am in IDE or Designer. It looks like a Notepad icon. Any ideas? Marc
JohnC Expert Licensed User Longtime User Feb 14, 2022 #2 I am also hesitant to upgrade. I'm thinking of cloning my hard drive and upgrade the clone to see what "surprises" I run into, this way I can always go back to the original drive if I find any deal-breakers.
I am also hesitant to upgrade. I'm thinking of cloning my hard drive and upgrade the clone to see what "surprises" I run into, this way I can always go back to the original drive if I find any deal-breakers.
mmieher Active Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 14, 2022 #3 Do it. Easy. Download Macrium free edition. Make an image of your drive (in place works great). After upgrade, with Macrium installed, right-click on the img file, explore, and your old drive is "mounted" with the drive letter of your choice.
Do it. Easy. Download Macrium free edition. Make an image of your drive (in place works great). After upgrade, with Macrium installed, right-click on the img file, explore, and your old drive is "mounted" with the drive letter of your choice.
rabbitBUSH Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 16, 2022 #4 mmieher said: Any ideas? Click to expand... the problem with W10 i found is that it takes over the preferred/default program settings etc etc. so, if your preferred image viewer was - say - irfanview - W10 will change that to its own viewer, similarly - if you want irfanview to automatically open image files and you select the image file extensions in the irfanview preferences dialogue - it will accept those - but - it will also tell you that you have to go to the relevant W10 setup (control panel) dialogue to set those prefs in W10. i have even experienced that W10 will change those settings back to their own prefs at some stage (not sure what the conditions are). ie. those W10 prefs are not always as sticky as they should be - apparently. you have to look for the default program settings dialogue in the Control Panel. oh - and in case you haven't noticed = each iteration of windows seems to bury the settings deeper and deeper into the control panel structure - i guess so that MS can control your machine and your preferences. that's just plain irritating! Start -> Settings from the popup gear icon on the left second up nornally -> (should look like below - select the one underlined in green (I think, but you'll be roughly there)
mmieher said: Any ideas? Click to expand... the problem with W10 i found is that it takes over the preferred/default program settings etc etc. so, if your preferred image viewer was - say - irfanview - W10 will change that to its own viewer, similarly - if you want irfanview to automatically open image files and you select the image file extensions in the irfanview preferences dialogue - it will accept those - but - it will also tell you that you have to go to the relevant W10 setup (control panel) dialogue to set those prefs in W10. i have even experienced that W10 will change those settings back to their own prefs at some stage (not sure what the conditions are). ie. those W10 prefs are not always as sticky as they should be - apparently. you have to look for the default program settings dialogue in the Control Panel. oh - and in case you haven't noticed = each iteration of windows seems to bury the settings deeper and deeper into the control panel structure - i guess so that MS can control your machine and your preferences. that's just plain irritating! Start -> Settings from the popup gear icon on the left second up nornally -> (should look like below - select the one underlined in green (I think, but you'll be roughly there)
JohnC Expert Licensed User Longtime User Feb 16, 2022 #5 I have worked on some of my client's windows 10 PCs and the start menu and how to navigate to things drove me crazy! So I have installed these apps to make things more familiar: windows 7 Classic Start Menu classicstartmenu.com Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements
I have worked on some of my client's windows 10 PCs and the start menu and how to navigate to things drove me crazy! So I have installed these apps to make things more familiar: windows 7 Classic Start Menu classicstartmenu.com Classic Shell - Start menu and other Windows enhancements
rabbitBUSH Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 16, 2022 #6 Ive come to the conclusion long ago that the problem here is MS - for which there is a simple cure - but actually a very difficult solution.
Ive come to the conclusion long ago that the problem here is MS - for which there is a simple cure - but actually a very difficult solution.
mmieher Active Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 16, 2022 #7 Thank you for taking so much time. I went where you directed. B4a and B4j (have not installed B4i on new computer yet) look fine in the Settings. Not so on the taskbar. There are a zillion file types. Not sure if I should be looking for something else? PS -- I did try to associate .b4xlib with B4a ("this is probably a mistake") but Windows Settings does not seem to know what B4a is?
Thank you for taking so much time. I went where you directed. B4a and B4j (have not installed B4i on new computer yet) look fine in the Settings. Not so on the taskbar. There are a zillion file types. Not sure if I should be looking for something else? PS -- I did try to associate .b4xlib with B4a ("this is probably a mistake") but Windows Settings does not seem to know what B4a is?
rabbitBUSH Well-Known Member Licensed User Longtime User Feb 16, 2022 #8 mmieher said: Windows Settings does not seem to know what B4a is? Click to expand... it doesn't know about many things ? I tend to look for an appropriate alternative - but I think that one might be able to select an icon from one's own collection. Not sure that I have tried this though.. Not sure either how the taskbar relates to the default icon setting. mmieher said: Thank you for taking so much time. Click to expand... you're welcome - j/hope it was helpful,
mmieher said: Windows Settings does not seem to know what B4a is? Click to expand... it doesn't know about many things ? I tend to look for an appropriate alternative - but I think that one might be able to select an icon from one's own collection. Not sure that I have tried this though.. Not sure either how the taskbar relates to the default icon setting. mmieher said: Thank you for taking so much time. Click to expand... you're welcome - j/hope it was helpful,
