Bug 439418 - [No Tray Icon] KDE Connect missing from Windows Notification Tray Area
Summary: [No Tray Icon] KDE Connect missing from Windows Notification Tray Area
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 438301
Alias: None
Product: kdeconnect
Classification: Applications
Component: windows-application (other bugs)
Version First Reported In: unspecified
Platform: Other Other
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: brute4s99
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Reported: 2021-07-02 20:42 UTC by gamepad.coder
Modified: 2021-07-02 21:22 UTC (History)
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Description gamepad.coder 2021-07-02 20:42:40 UTC
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SUMMARY
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Functionality works.
But no tray icon.


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OVERVIEW
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No KDE Connect icon in Windows 10 taskbar tray.
(aka: Windows Notification Tray)
(aka: Windows Notification Area)
(This is the area to the left of the taskbar clock.)

However, KDE messages and notifications do appear in the Windows 10 Action Center message/notification list.
(This is the button to the right of the taskbar clock.)

Bug introduced sometime within the past half year.

Using Windows 10, installed kdeconnect-kde-21.04.2-637-windows-msvc2019_64-cl.exe


Other users have reported this too recently (May 2021): 
https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/nfynqq/kde_connect_windows_is_neither_opening_any_window/


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STEPS TO REPRODUCE
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1. Install build kdeconnect-kde-21.04.2-637-windows-msvc2019_64-cl.exe for "All Users" into "Program Files" on Windows 10.
2. Restart PC
3. Allow exception for KDE Connect 
   in automatic Windows Firewall popup (optional)
4. Run KDE Connect

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OBSERVED RESULT
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KDE Connect no longer displays an icon in the tray.
KDE Connect is working properly otherwise, notifications from phone and sending files to and form PC work as intended.

Tray icon is just missing. 

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EXPECTED RESULT
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Tray icon.


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SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS
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Windows 10:

Edition	Windows 10 Pro
Version	20H2
Installed on	‎5/‎21/‎2021
OS build	19042.1052
Experience	Windows Feature Experience Pack 120.2212.2020.0

KDE Connect for Windows: 

#637
https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/kdeconnect-kde_Release_win64/637/


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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
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When I used a build from early 2021, and everything was fine, functionality worked, tray icon was consistently present.

A few months ago I reinstalled Windows 10. I did a first time install of KDE Connect's most recent stable build on July 1st, 2021, and the tray icon is now missing.

My Windows Task Manager does display the following processing running:

kdeconnect-app.exe
kdeconnect-indicator.exe
kdeconnectd.exe

but no KDE Connect tray icon.
Comment 1 brute4s99 2021-07-02 21:22:59 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 438301 ***