icon for all .mscz, .mscx is blank page, and taskbar icon is hard to read when install MuseScore via Windows Store
I installed MuseScore 2.2 via Windows Store (and uninstalled the .msi version) and rebooted my computer. When I open my Documents, I see all the .mscz and .mscx files have blank page as icon. Double clicking on them correctly opens MuseScore:
But I was hoping that there would be a nice musescore icon automatically by default on installed. I should note that MusicXML files which I've previously associated with MuseScore still have a nice musescore icon.
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Also the musescore icon when added to taskbar is not ideal. The musescore trademark takes up too little space, and instead there is a big thick blue border taking up all the space, so it is hard to identify that the icon actually represents musescore:
In reply to Also the musescore icon when… by ericfontainejazz
Could you please check whether the upload score feature works?
In reply to Could you please check… by Anatoly-os
It does for me
In reply to Also the musescore icon when… by ericfontainejazz
Eric, do you remember the case for 2.1 app version? Was it the same? I didn't change the icons, but I missed the extension one, indeed. So, I'm updating app.
In reply to Eric, do you remember the… by Anatoly-os
I'm not really sure about the file icons (and @ericfontainejazz won't know at all, as he didn't have the 2.1 store version installed prior to the 2.2 store version: "I installed MuseScore 2.2 via Windows Store (and uninstalled the .msi version)"), but am 100% sure about the taskbar icon. as at first I though that icon had vanished completly after the upgrade
In reply to I'm not really sure about… by Jojo-Schmitz
It is magic. I didn't change the taskbar icons at all. I've forgotten to add the icon for .mscz/.mscx extension files. So, I understand how to fix extensions icon fix and don't understand what is wrong with taskbar icon.
In reply to It is magic. I didn't change… by Anatoly-os
I can't remember how exactly I had installed 2.1, but it sounds like you've figured out a solution for the .mscz/x, so I won't worry about that.
However, back to the issue of the icon for Taskbar, I just noticed that the icon in the start menu also has the problematic blue boarder:
Searching online I don't see anyone else with the issue, so I don't know what is going on there.
In reply to I can't remember how exactly… by ericfontainejazz
The above pic happened when I did a Search in start menu.
However if I just open my start menu and see recent apps, looks like:
The interesting thing is the other apps like "Mail" and "Steam" have blue boundaries in that start menu. But in the taskbar snapshot from earlier, you will notice they don't have blue boundaries. Maybe there is some flag to set whether use transparent background or use blue border???
Funny thing is Kodi (which I've installed via Windows Store) in the Start Menu does not have a blue boundary:
However if you look in the earlier snapshot of my taskbar, the Kodi icon does have a blue boundary. But their blue boundary in the taskbar isn't quite as thick as MuseScore's. It is almost as if the MuseScore icon got the blue boundary effect applied twice when in the taskbar, but only once in the startmenu.
In reply to The above pic happened when… by ericfontainejazz
I've discovered from:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/uwp/design/shell/tiles-and-not…
That they refer to this boundary effect as "Plated". So what we want for MuseScore would be "unplated":
I'm also skimming a msdn help forum whereby someone wanted to make "Unplated" icons...so maybe see if you can glean any info from that:
https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsapps/en-US/dc505f68-d12…
In reply to The above pic happened when… by ericfontainejazz
Thank you for the details! We use very poor icons set with the same small icon and big (transparent?) borders. Anyway, I don't want to change things significantly for this release since I know something about the absolutely new icons set for 2.3 which is fully aligned with the Microsoft store requirements and so on... I will fix the bug with .mscz/,mscx icons and leave others as they are.
Confirmed, both issues.
Had the 2.1 store version before and just did the upgrade via the store.
Feature request section? It is definitely a bug. Microsoft changed the rules for distributed icons, so I had to add ones more. Investigating...
In reply to Feature request section? It… by Anatoly-os
Yes, seems more like a bug to me too. A regression even
In reply to Feature request section? It… by Anatoly-os
I thought if I were to post to "bug" section, then I would get some people saying "no this isn't a bug" because I'm asking for musescore's windows store app to do something it doesn't already do. I didn't know if previous windows store app had the icons/taskbar working correctly. I find a lot of times is no win situation whether post as "bug" or "feature request" because people always debate. Sometimes in these situation, I don't think it matters what it is called.
In reply to I thought if I were to post… by ericfontainejazz
True
I've updated Microsoft Store app, so the icon for mscz/mscx files is here. Taskbar issue won't be solved until 2.3 is released with new icons set.