GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 735144
Gimp installer is replacing other program's icons
Last modified: 2014-09-24 22:20:00 UTC
Created attachment 284063 [details] Screenshot When GIMP is installed on my machine some programs (Adobe Reader, one of my own developments, ...) don't show their own icons anymore. This includes shortcuts on the desktop as well as the icon in the taskbar while the programs are running. I uninstalled GIMP to verify this, the icon changed while the programs were running and the changed back when re-installing, again while the programs were running. I did a custom install and removed all file associations but that didn't affect it. It attached a screenshot of two programs showing this for the desktop shortcut and the two running programs.
Created attachment 284123 [details] [review] build: fix library linker order libcommon.a references functions from libarchive, so it must be listed before the same in the linker call. This fixes build with -Wl,--as-needed. https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=735114
Attachment 284123 [details] pushed as fcbfa2a - build: fix library linker order
Comment on attachment 284123 [details] [review] build: fix library linker order Wrong bug
Dominique, you want to attach this to bug 735114.
DOH! Thanks - and sorry for the noise;
Markus, this has not been reported before (and it doesn't happen for me with Adobe Reader, either). Could this be due to some interference of your own application?
I don't see how, but to make sure I uninstalled it. Adobe Reader XI is still using the Gimp icon. And as I described in the original post, the icons of both programs return to normal as soon as I uninstall Gimp (I don't even have to reboot or anything the desktop just refreshes and the original icons are back, same happens the other way around. Just before finishing the installation of the Gimp the icons suddenly change). Regards, Markus
At this moment, are there any changes to the registry that would explain this?
Not that I'm aware of, I was thinking of taking a "snapshot" of the registry before and after installing Gimp to see what it could be...will google for a tool later today and see what I can come up with.
Created attachment 284495 [details] Registry changes during uninstall
Hi Michael, I took two registry snapshots and attached the changed values as a TXT file. I looked it over and couldn't find what could be causing this ... so I figured it must be some setting not directly affected by the Gimp installer. So I tried installing the Gimp to a different folder and the problem is no more. So I searched the registry for settings still pointing to the old location: Old install location: C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\ New install location: C:\Program Files\GIMP\ I don't have a clue what these are for and Google isn't telling me much: -------------------------------------------------------------------- HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UFH\SHC Keys 304,310,312,87 Value "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GIMP 2.lnk C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe" Same here -------------------------------------------------------------------- HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-3061247417-2764527490-1231863184-1140\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\UFH\SHC Key 311 Value "C:\ProgramData\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\GIMP 2.lnk C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\bin\gimp-2.8.exe" These were the only keys/values pointing to the old install location. So I deleted them and installed gimp into the default location again, problem SOLVED! So it seems that either the install system or Window are keeping leftover links in these registry locations. Might be something that an installer/uninstaller needs to clean up on newer versions of Windows. I'm running 2012 R2 by the way. Hope this helps. Regards, Markus
This has never been reported by anyone else, so I still assume that this is specific to your system. Let's close it as NOTGNOME.