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Scribe Send message Joined: 4 Nov 00 Posts: 137 Credit: 35,235 RAC: 0 |
I keep setting the BOINC Systray icon to 'always hide', but after a re-boot it keeps coming back to the ststray. This does not happen to any other icon set to 'always hide'. Any ideas? TIA |
RDC Send message Joined: 17 May 99 Posts: 544 Credit: 1,215,728 RAC: 0 |
> I keep setting the BOINC Systray icon to 'always hide', but after a re-boot it > keeps coming back to the ststray. This does not happen to any other icon set > to 'always hide'. > I tried several times after reading your post. BOINC must be coded to default the setting to "hide when inactive" as it always reset to that after a reboot. There is probably a way to override the default setting in the registry but most likely it will be more aggrivation than it's worth to do. To truly explore, one must keep an open mind... |
Scribe Send message Joined: 4 Nov 00 Posts: 137 Credit: 35,235 RAC: 0 |
So why would they code it like that? It prevents the user from having a choice, like any other normal program! |
Anonymous Send message Joined: 15 Jan 02 Posts: 307 Credit: 24,137 RAC: 0 |
Probably an oversight rather than a conspiracy to remove end user control. . <a href="http://www.brainsmashr.com"><img src="http://www.brainsmashr.com/signature.gif"><img src="http://brainsmashr.com/boinc/counter_big.php?id=305369&project=seti&ctx=white&cva=red&cbo=white&cbg=black&linethickness=2"></a> |
Paul D. Buck Send message Joined: 19 Jul 00 Posts: 3898 Credit: 1,158,042 RAC: 0 |
> So why would they code it like that? It prevents the user from having a > choice, like any other normal program! At the moment they development effort is being applied to trying to get all of the BOINC platforms to be using a common code base, each with a GUI ... Once that is done, then the lingering issues of what needs work and improvement will take over ... |
Scribe Send message Joined: 4 Nov 00 Posts: 137 Credit: 35,235 RAC: 0 |
So are you saying this is known about and will be corrected? |
MattDavis Send message Joined: 11 Nov 99 Posts: 919 Credit: 934,161 RAC: 0 |
Calm down, it's not the end of the world :P ----- |
treznor Send message Joined: 28 Mar 01 Posts: 27 Credit: 23,567 RAC: 0 |
If it makes you feel better, BOINC certainly isn't the only program that does this :-) I currently have 3-4 icons in my systray that I either try to set to "Hide Always" or "Show always" and they end up going back to "Hide when inactive" whenever I reboot the computer (which granted isn't all that often). <img border="0" src="http://www.boincsynergy.com/images/stats/comb-1140.jpg" /><img border="0" src="http://seti.mundayweb.com/stats.php?userID=768" /> |
Geek@Play Send message Joined: 31 Jul 01 Posts: 2467 Credit: 86,146,931 RAC: 0 |
If you install boinc as a service then the icon is gone and Boinc and Seti run fine. Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc.... |
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