Hi,

I'm trying to work around an OpenShell bug (https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/572) by getting DF to open systray once at startup.
I was thinking it would be easiest to do with a scripted function to run when DF starts but I can't find any straightforward single command for this. Is there a simple function/command that just opens/closes the systray? Or do you have any other suggestion how to achieve this?

thanks in advance!

Hi Owen,

Turns out doing this messes up the start menu even more, so I decided to try starting and killing OS settings on DF startup.
Now I got this method working by waiting for the OS settings window to open and then close it but this feels overcomplicated.
I'm fairly certain that this issue is caused by some registry clash, so there might be a more generic and elegant solution within DF itself.

Could you please look into this?

thanks!

Hi,

Sorry I just realized that my link got kinda lost in the middle of the text:
https://github.com/Open-Shell/Open-Shell-Menu/issues/572

In short, start menu always opens on the primary display instead of the current one despite it's set to open on the display with focus. This can be temporarily "fixed" by reloading something by either opening OS settings or the system tray, but it only lasts until the next PC restart.

Hello,

Thanks, but this does not do the trick. I believe DF overwrites some registry value which causes OS to bug out (DF also does this when I open its settings and then I have to fix it again).
However, I already had a script that works, I've attached this to DF startup:

uint appID = BFS.Application.Start("C:\\Program Files\\Open-Shell\\StartMenu.exe", "-settings");
while (BFS.Application.IsAppRunningByAppID(appID)) {
BFS.General.ThreadWait(100);
}
IntPtr window = BFS.Window.GetWindowByText("Settings for Open-Shell Menu*");
BFS.Window.Close(window);


But alas, this only works until DF settings is opened, then it overwrites the OS settings again. So now I need it to be done after closing DF settings too but I can't find such trigger event.
Can you suggest some easy way to do this?

Also, just in the process of writing this I realized that maybe I've confused you with OS, where I meant OpenShell. So in the light of this, do you still think there's nothing DF can do about this registry clash?

thanks!

Hi,

Attached.
Left is the primary display.
1) Started at a "fixed" state, Start Menu opens on the secondary when invoked there.
2) After simply opening and closing DF settings, Start Menu will always open on the primary display, regardless of where it was invoked.
3) Opening and closing OpenShell settings returns it to the correct state, after that the Start Menu will open where it should.

I can check and change/test registry settings if you have any ideas.

Hello,

Yes it persists indefinitely. Only opening OpenShell settings or systray changes it.

Hi,

Here they are. I think OpenShell doesn't have an option to export the settings in registry key format so I'll have to do some digging if that's what you need but I should be able to get that just let me know (would be easier if you had an idea of which settings in particular).

Great, thanks! I hope you'll be able to fix it soon.

Hi,

Any luck fixing this?

Thanks!

Hello,

Would you please tell me what's causing this?
I'm trying to find a workaround until it's fixed, but opening/closing OpenShell settings doesn't always work (after a few hours of uptime, I have to leave that window open for more than 10 seconds to have the effect and it's very inconvenient and non-scriptable).
I've looked into the registry (compared the full registry dumps taken when the problem is present vs. when it's not) but can't find any probable culprits, so I'm guessing it's some application hook or something else?
Anyway, whatever it is, I'd like to modify my scripted function that runs when a DF window is closed - currently it opens and closes OpenShell settings but this only works reliably at Windows startup or very little uptime.

Thanks!

Hi,

Here you go. Hope it helps.

thanks!

Hi,

Here you go. Hope it helps.

thanks!

Hi,

I don't know what the result of this should be but it still gives me the "Error: Result is invalid. [System.Exception]" response and the html file also contains only this. I've reported this in some other thread but then only the log file was needed so I didn't insist on following up on this issue.

How can this be fixed?

thanks!

Hello,

This worked. Here's the result.

cheers

Hi,

Yes, both are running.

Hi,

If I close Taskbar Magic, the functionality returns after ~10-20s.
But sadly, not using Taskbar Magic is not an option because nothing else is able to actually hide the built-in taskbar on the primary desktop.
But if you can make DF do it, I'll be happy to let it go.

thanks!

Awesome, thanks! Let me know if I can help with repro/testing.

Hi,

I have installed beta 10 but unfortunately, it doesn't solve the problem. I've waited for at least a minute after clicking Apply and even tried rebooting the PC but nothing changed.
Attached a troubleshooting log, hope it helps.

thanks!

Hi,

I'm very happy to inform that now it's working!
Thank you!