Installing the latest electron build in windows overwrites the tray icon display preferences

[lampholder]

And the tray icon is hidden by default.

This is a feature request to make the new install use the same tray icon display preferences as the install it's replacing.

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[t3chguy]

Pretty sure this is an issue with Squirrel.Windows update mechanics and not something we can do anything about :(

[lampholder]

Yeah, I figured that was likely :(

[t3chguy]

its possible that signing may fix this, if Windows can tie application accross installs using its signature but thats $$$
(complete guess, no idea really, best opening upstream)

[mtausig]

Probably related: Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows#863

[dtheodor]

Can't you fix this, isn't this hugely annoying for you or any other Windows user?

[tbertels]

This is fixed upstream in Squirrel.Windows (Squirrel/Squirrel.Windows#1835).
But Squirrel.Windows didn't get any new release since 2020. And version 1.9.0, still used by electron-builder-squirrel-windows, itself used by Element, is from 2018.

https://github.com/clowd/Clowd.Squirrel looks nice as a replacement for Squirrel.Windows, but it should get electron support first.

[tbertels]

From electron/electron#39032 (comment):

This can be "fixed" by providing a unique guid to the new Tray constructor. This guid should be unique to your app and never change. It is associated with your apps signature so changing your apps name or signature will invalidate the guid and you'll have to ship an update with a new guid. Be careful when testing this feature as each guid you use on an unsigned app will be "burned" by windows.

Ref: https://www.electronjs.org/docs/latest/api/tray#new-trayimage-guid