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19. April 2010, 02:44:29

Hibou57

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Wrong mail icon after installation or update on Windows XP

Hello,

I've noticed this multiple times before, although I did not talked about it before.

The mail icons which is displayed in the start menu of Windows XP, is a blank icon after Opera is updated (since the two or three last updates). I've checked the error is in the registry, in the key :

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\Opera\DefaultIcon


After an update, it is given the value

"C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe",5


While this should be

"C:\Program Files\Opera\Opera.exe",3


Indeed, there is no 5th icon in the Opera executable for Windows, thus, this display an ugly empty icon.

Replacing 5 by 3, solves the trick and makes the good icon to be displayed.

Note : this key also exists in HKEY_CURRENT_USER. More details here : How to Register an Internet Browser or E-mail Client With the Windows Start Menu (msdn.microsoft.com)[/I]
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19. April 2010, 03:48:14

burnout426

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This started happening when Opera got a new logo design (as the icons in the exe were changed).

The problem is known and is fixed internally.

19. April 2010, 07:24:07

Hibou57

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Originally posted by burnout426:

This started happening when Opera got a new logo design (as the icons in the exe were changed).

The problem is known and is fixed internally.


This is fixed since which version or revision ?
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19. April 2010, 21:30:48

burnout426

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Originally posted by Hibou57:

This is fixed since which version or revision ?



I don't know. Internally = Unreleased

21. April 2010, 08:33:11

burnout426

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If you use the latest 10.52 snapshot and use the MSI installer (as opposed to the classic), it'll work.

30. April 2010, 09:43:17

Hibou57

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It's fixed, indeed, Opera 9.53 (today's update) does not have this trick.
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