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Updated: April 20, 2020
Here's the oddest little problem you may face - or read about - in a while. On one of my Windows machines, I noticed a strange phenomenon. Every time I'd launch Google Chrome (latest version when written), close the browser, or - best yet - sign in or out of a Gmail account, all my desktop icons would refresh.
Looking around, I did find a Chromium bug report from 2015, which also mentioned a workaround. Needless to say, the specific workaround is no longer available, as the user icon is no longer present in the Chrome window border, and flags occasionally come and go, as they represent experimental browser features. But this was a good starting point, so I went about testing and tweaking, until I found the right solution. After me.
Solution
The fix to this most likely transient bug is as follows: Open the browser settings. Go into the Privacy and security section. Then, untoggle the line that reads Allow Chrome sign-in. The browser functionality remains unchanged. The only difference is that you won't be signed into the browser, whatever that actually means. The good thing is, no more icon refresh!
What I find interesting is the difference in the behavior. On Linux, when you have this feature toggled, you will actively see that you're 'signed into' Chrome. But on Windows, on this particular machine, even with the option turned on, I would not see the visual cue of the sign-in process, nor that was I actually signed in.
The difference between the two usecases probably has to do with the age and specific settings of the user profile, I guess, which could account for the different behavior. Perhaps on systems that have had Chrome installed for a very long time, there might be some underlying buglet where this option results in the desktop icon refresh side effect (similar to the old report) but without the user actually being signed into the browser. But essentially, we're done.
Conclusion
I hate problems like this. Because solutions often sound like witchcraft. And if you try to find anything common in the various bug reports and threads, it's absolute chaos. I'm not 100% sure why the user sign-in option would matter, but it might because when you do sign in, the browser is supposed to give a visual clue that you've done so, probably by displaying your user icon or avatar of some kind. Hence possibly the refresh.
Again, without actually troubleshooting the browser's functions step by step, it's difficult to provide an exact result, but I feel quite confident my guess here is reasonably accurate. Anyway, if you have seen something like this, try the toggle option, see what gives. So long.
Cheers.
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- I wasn’t sure if this should have been a post some other forum, but it seemed appropriate.I have installed Chrome x64 3 times, and cannot get any icon in the tile on the start menu.Atonement soundtrack torrent download. Or, the one time it did work, it was the Chrome icon on a gray background instead of transparent — except of course for the icon itself.Is there some trick I am missing?
- Download osx high sierra installer. Not sure from your post which version of Windows you’re running, but maybe something (version-adjusted as necessary) like this?On Win7 box I’m currently using:
Start menu > All Programs > right-click on offending program > Properties > Change Icon button > Select icon from list > OKHope this helps.- Ok. Not sure which version of Win10 OP is running, but for version adjustment for Win10 box maybe try something like this?Start > right-click on offending program > More > Open file location > right-click on offending program > Properties > Change Icon button > Select icon from list > OKHope this helps.
- I have seen this occur, but only in a highly locked-down corporate environment. It seems to be related to the application update process (and mainly impacts Chrome and MS Office).I don’t have a permanent fix to stop it reoccurring, but a simple temporary fix is to right-click on the tile and change its size (the icon reappears) and then change the size back.See if that works for you!Cheers HS
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