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    • mathias87
      mathias87 last edited by

      Let's hope there will be an update in the future that fixes this issue.

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      • burnout426
        burnout426 Volunteer @mathias87 last edited by

        @mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

        Yes, Windows 10. One monitor. No other drive besides "C:".

        Okay. Did you change your desktop to a different folder though?

        Either way, can you check the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" key in the registry to see too if you have more than one entry that has a value with "desktop" in it? Can you also check "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"? @wdburgdorf, can you check this key also?

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        • mathias87
          mathias87 @burnout426 last edited by

          @burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

          @mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

          Yes, Windows 10. One monitor. No other drive besides "C:".

          Okay. Did you change your desktop to a different folder though?

          Either way, can you check the "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders" key in the registry to see too if you have more than one entry that has a value with "desktop" in it? Can you also check "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Shell Folders"? @wdburgdorf, can you check this key also?

          Only one entry that has a value with "Desktop" in it. Same for "[...] Shell Folders".

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          • mathias87
            mathias87 last edited by

            Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
            Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

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            • burnout426
              burnout426 Volunteer @mathias87 last edited by burnout426

              @mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

              Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
              Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

              So, you're saying you unpinned the Opera tasbkar icon you had, started Opera with the desktop shortcut that Opera keeps creating, and right-clicked on that taskbar button when Opera started and choose to pin that? Then, you deleted the desktop icon and it doesn't come back now?

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              • mathias87
                mathias87 @burnout426 last edited by

                @burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                @mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
                Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

                So, you're saying you unpinned the Opera tasbkar icon you had, started Opera with the desktop shortcut that Opera keeps creating, and right-clicked on that taskbar button when Opera started and choose to pin that? Then, you deleted the desktop icon and it doesn't come back now?

                Yup, exactly.

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                • burnout426
                  burnout426 Volunteer @mathias87 last edited by

                  @mathias87 Thanks for the clarification. Maybe that'll work for @wdburgdorf too.

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                  • wdburgdorf
                    wdburgdorf @burnout426 last edited by

                    @burnout426

                    Yes, it works indeed! Thank you @mathias87!

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                    • A Former User
                      A Former User @burnout426 last edited by A Former User

                      @burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                      @mathias87 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                      Hmm...I replaced the existing link sticked to my task bar with the link Opera creates every time I start it.
                      Seems like it stopped creating a link now.

                      So, you're saying you unpinned the Opera tasbkar icon you had, started Opera with the desktop shortcut that Opera keeps creating, and right-clicked on that taskbar button when Opera started and choose to pin that? Then, you deleted the desktop icon and it doesn't come back now?

                      thats what i was thinking if only they had copy and pasted the icons properties..

                      wow glad its Solved !..

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                      • burnout426
                        burnout426 Volunteer @wdburgdorf last edited by

                        @wdburgdorf said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                        Yes, it works indeed! Thank you @mathias87!

                        Awesome! Yes, good find @mathias87

                        @nvmjustagirl said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                        if only they had copy and pasted the icons properties

                        Yes. I should have asked that as I still can't figure out how to reproduce this myself so that a bug can be filed to work around it.

                        Opera uses launcher.exe to load the opera.exe in the latest version folder. If you load opera.exe directly (and pin that to the taskbar), Opera will fix the pinned shortcut so that it has the path to launcher.exe instead of opera.exe. If not, when you launch via launcher.exe, you'll get another taskbar button. Anyway, I think something with that in some circumstance (that I'm not exactly sure of) triggers the desktop icon creation.

                        @mathias87 and @wdburgdorf , if the deleted desktop icon is still in the recycling bin, can you go in there, right-click it, choose "cut", paste it into another folder besides the desktop, right-click it and goto "properties"? Would be interested in seeing screenshots of the "shortcut" and "details" tabs. Or, at least, post the name of the shortcut and the target. Thanks.

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                        • mathias87
                          mathias87 @burnout426 last edited by

                          @burnout426 said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                          @wdburgdorf said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                          Yes, it works indeed! Thank you @mathias87!

                          Awesome! Yes, good find @mathias87

                          @nvmjustagirl said in Deleted desktop icon back on every start:

                          if only they had copy and pasted the icons properties

                          Yes. I should have asked that as I still can't figure out how to reproduce this myself so that a bug can be filed to work around it.

                          Opera uses launcher.exe to load the opera.exe in the latest version folder. If you load opera.exe directly (and pin that to the taskbar), Opera will fix the pinned shortcut so that it has the path to launcher.exe instead of opera.exe. If not, when you launch via launcher.exe, you'll get another taskbar button. Anyway, I think something with that in some circumstance (that I'm not exactly sure of) triggers the desktop icon creation.

                          @mathias87 and @wdburgdorf , if the deleted desktop icon is still in the recycling bin, can you go in there, right-click it, choose "cut", paste it into another folder besides the desktop, right-click it and goto "properties"? Would be interested in seeing screenshots of the "shortcut" and "details" tabs. Or, at least, post the name of the shortcut and the target. Thanks.

                          No sorry, I don't have that deleted desktop icon in the recycling bin anymore as I solved this bug now and personally don't understand most of what you're saying in that technical manner.^^

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                          • burnout426
                            burnout426 Volunteer @mathias87 last edited by

                            @mathias87 Okay. No problem.

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