Pinned Icon becomes invalid after update

[grappler]

I have brackets pinned to my taskbar on Windows 8 and when I update the icon breaks and I have to readd the icon to the taskbar.

[peterflynn]

Tentatively setting medium priority @bchintx

[le717]

I experienced this when updating from Sprint 35 to 36, Windows 8.1 Core x64. This is odd because (as you know) since Sprint 34 the installer by default installs to %ProgramFiles%\Brackets. Since the path and exe are the same each update, I can't seem to figure out what could be causing this.

[peterflynn]

@grappler @le717 Can you check this?

1. Right-click the 'broken' pinned icon
2. You should see a menu with two entries -- Brackets, and Unpin. Right-click the Brackets entry.
3. Choose Properties
4. What do the "Target" and "Start in" fields say?

[le717]

Sure thing. I'll have to remove 36 and reinstall 35 to test, but that's no problem (alternatively I could test on a Win 7 machine, but I'll stick to 8 right now). It won't be too soon, though. I'm in that ice storm hitting the southern US, so I'm using the GitHub Android app in case we loose power again.

[le717]

@peterflynn Got the screenshots you asked for.

Shortcut with Sprint 35 installed:

Shortcut with Sprint 36 installed over Sprint 35:

[le717]

Furthermore, running Brackets while the broken shortcut is pinned makes the shortcut act like the running icon, and clicking it opens the Brackets window, rather than the expected action of a new icon with the Brackets logo being displayed.

Oh great. I just realized I did not show the rest of the path before I somehow accidentally removed the broken icon. :\ Let me uninstall/reinstalled the Sprints again...

[peterflynn]

@bchintx Is this a case where we'd benefit from getting a log when the upgrade installer is running? If so could you post instructions here?

[peterflynn]

Oops, I think Bryan is out actually, but I think I've got the right steps here. @le717 when you run the sprint 36 installer the next time, can you do it this way?

1. Open command prompt
2. cd to folder containing the installer MSI file
3. Run msiexec /i brackets-sprint-36-WIN.msi /l*v brackets_log.txt
4. When the installer is done, upload the log file as a Gist and paste a link here. (Or if you're worried about privacy, you can email it directly to me -- pflynn at adobe).

[grappler]

@peterflynn Here you go... https://gist.github.com/grappler/1b80f1c80d5d64f04238

[peterflynn]

@le717 Can you do the same logging step? Thanks!

And @grappler can you follow my steps above to see if the path the shortcut changes to is consistent with what @le717 has reported above? Thanks to you as well!

[grappler]

@peterflynn Yes, it is the same as @le717. The problem that I see is that the icon is not anymore in
C:\Users\grapplerulrich\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar which is the location before and after the update.

[peterflynn]

@grappler Could you clarify that a bit? I'm confused about "the icon is not anymore in" vs. "is the location before and after the update." Does what you see match the screenshots above? In other words, the "Target" field points at Brackets.exe beforehand (not the Quick Launch path), but afterward the "Target" field is gone and in its place there's a "Location" field pointing to Quick Launch?

[grappler]

@peterflynn The screenshots match what I see. When I access the Location: C:\Users\grapplerulrich\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\User Pinned\TaskBar the Brackets icon is deleted after the update.

[grappler]

This is a screenshot of the general tab of a working link/shortcut/pinned icon