38.0 Bright red background on taskbar icon

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

I have several icons pinned to the taskbar, including Opera. All the others are well-behaved, just showing an underline when active. But Opera not only has the underline but a bright red rectangle. I've tried different icons with no change. How to kill the fluorescence?

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Do you have a screenshot?

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

http://imgur.com/kK5aRPg

[leocg]

leocg Moderator Volunteer last edited by

Hmm, try cleaning up the downloads list.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Oh. Kay. I normally keep my download directory pretty clean but didn't realize the downloads list is independent of that. Now the red flare is gone but still a black square around the icon. I can live with that if I have to. Thanks for the help.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Oops. I had replaced the C:\Progs\Opera\launcher.exe icon with a downloaded one. Reinstated and all is well.

[sgunhouse]

sgunhouse Moderator Volunteer last edited by

The red background is for an error downloading a file, if a download is in progress you see a partial green background with the amount covered indicating progress. Once the download completes successfully the background disappears.

[A Former User]

A Former User last edited by

Oh. I think an example of micro-design. I don't normally look at the taskbar while downloading -- most downloads take only a few seconds and the popup at the upper right tells me the progress. However, some folks probably love the feature.