Rhino 8 is using/showing Rhino 7 icon on taskbar

wm_c · December 22, 2023, 5:26pm

When I open Rhino 8 it is showing rhino 7 icons on the task bar. The correct version of the open Rhino is version 8.

I have version 8 pinned to my taskbar. No reason for the r7 icon to even be showing. r7 is not pinned to my taskbar.

How can I fix this?

Colin_Schweigert · January 2, 2024, 5:42pm

Having the same issue. Did you ever find a solution?

wm_c · January 2, 2024, 5:57pm

Nothing official. Did read in an earlier post regarding this issue that it was a windows OS problem.

I suspect the only way to fix is uninstall r7?

Colin_Schweigert · January 2, 2024, 5:59pm

I’d bet that would work. I was going to keep R7 going since I work with people using it, but I guess I can export my files as R7 still. I’ll try and let ya know

Colin_Schweigert · January 2, 2024, 6:17pm

I uninstalled and it still showed the R7 icon until I restarted, now it doesn’t have an icon at all

wm_c · January 2, 2024, 7:32pm

Thank you, Colin.

wm_c · January 2, 2024, 9:28pm

I uninstalled R7 and opened a file created in R8 (a DWG file) and its showing a “Blank Icon” (no R8 logo).
I was not expecting that. Opened a 3DM file, also no icon.

I reran the associations, applied to R8, just to make sure in windows. No affect on the icons, still blank.

Appears that icons are not working as intended?

wm_c · January 3, 2024, 3:33pm

OK, found the issue, does appear to be windows. If your windows 11 taskbar is set to “combine taskbar buttons and hide labels”, it aso hides all Rhino 8 icons (only shows a single blank white icon).

EDIT/UPDATE.
3dsMax (autodesk) does NOT have this icon issue, only Rhino does on my system.

Rhino 8 SR2 2023-12-12 (Rhino 8, 8.2.23346.13001, Git hash:master @ dbefe46c12cda06610a9ab683a211aa3d16f0030)
License type: Commercial, build 2023-12-12
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 11 (10.0.22621 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 64Gb)
.NET 7.0.14

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display: Intel(R) UHD Graphics (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 7-11-2023 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
- Secondary monitor attached to adapter port #1
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU (NVidia) Memory: 12GB, Driver date: 10-18-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.70
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Video pass-through to primary display device

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 10-18-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3770
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 12282 MB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\WClisham\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\IntelDenoiser\0.6.7\IntelDenoiser.Windows.rhp “IntelDenoiser.Windows” 1.0.0.0
C:\Users\WClisham\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\SubstanceImporter\2.0.5\Substance.Win.rhp “SubstanceImporter” 2.0.5.0
C:\Users\WClisham\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\NVIDIADenoiser\0.4.3\NVIDIADenoiser.Windows.rhp “NVIDIADenoiser.Windows” 0.4.3.0
C:\Users\WClisham\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\8.0\LayerSort\2023.10.12\LayerSort.rhp “LayerSort”

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.2.23346.13001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

Gijs · January 11, 2024, 2:21pm

hmm, that’s not what I am seeing here. I have that checked, yet all my instances pop up as separate program icons. Can you post an image what you are seeing?

wm_c · January 11, 2024, 3:16pm

This is what I’m seeing when a rhino file is open on my taskbar (see red arrow)

Gijs · January 11, 2024, 3:45pm

@wm_c I think that’s a Windows issue, I’d search for something like ‘restore or rebuild taskbar icons in Windows 11’

wm_c · January 11, 2024, 6:02pm

Thank you Gijs, I deleted and rebuilt the icon cache as suggested. No change in my Rhino icons.
Not having problems with any icons other than Rhino. My system including the OS is only about 4 months old or so. I had zero issues with the Rhino icons until I installed r8.

Somehow my incorrect r8 icons are linked to r7 (r7 is no longer on my system).

Gijs · January 11, 2024, 8:03pm

Hi @wm_c what I would try next in that case is to perform a Rhino repair

wm_c · January 11, 2024, 9:01pm

Repaired and restarted, no luck.

Maybe this will help?.. r8 Seems to be linked to r7.

Gijs · January 11, 2024, 10:20pm

@wm_c strange. See if you can delete any rhino 7 shortcuts and drag Rhino.exe from the Rhino 8 program folder to your taskbar to create the shortcut manually. Does that help?

jeremy5 · January 12, 2024, 12:31am

Try this:
Use the Windows 11 Search tool to search for file assoc

Then click on Choose a default app for each type of file

A settings panel will open:

Click on the entry for the .3dm file type. [Note: my illustration shows a non-Rhino program - ignore that, I use a utility which opens the version of Rhino that matches the version of the .3dm file.]

A panel will pop up with a choice of applications to associate with the .3dm file:

Choose Rhino 8 and click on Set default

If you don’t see Rhino 8 in the list, scroll down to the very bottom and use the Choose an app on your PC option to navigate to the Rhino 8 exe and select it directly.

HTH
Jeremy

davidjgall · January 12, 2024, 4:26am

Save your efforts to fix it. It’s not a Windows problem. It’s a Rhino/Windows problem going back several major versions of Rhino, and it just got worse with the release of Rhino 8. I reported it here and was told it’s a known issue but somebody, somewhere seems to be working on it. I’ve received both Windows (10) and Rhino updates (both Rhino 7 & Rhino 8) in the past two weeks and the behavior is now different than it was two weeks ago, but not better: now Rhino 6 also populates to the Rhino 7 pinned taskbar button! It’s a mess…

wm_c · January 12, 2024, 2:49pm

Thanks Gijs, I searched Rhino 7 from apps, it showed me an icon for R7 that was “missing” and asked if I wanted to delete it, I answered yes and now have Rhino 8 icons on my taskbar.

There were no rhino 7 icons on my desktop, only the rhino 8 I had created yesterday from the exe file.

Thank you!
Walt

wm_c · January 12, 2024, 2:51pm

Thank you Jeremy. I was certain that was my problem a couple of days ago. Checked all of the associations I could find at the time.

Even rebuilt the icon cache, to no avail.

I appreciate all of the work you went to in search of an answer!

anon · January 12, 2024, 5:22pm

I have the inverse issue: my Rhino 7 is shown under Rhino 8’s taskbar icon.

System Info - Rhino 7

Rhino 7 SR35 2023-12-12 (Rhino 7, 7.35.23346.11001, Git hash:master @ 6916542aa86609e2c43094fedcff51a3bd3c5723)
License type: Commercial, build 2023-12-12
License details: Cloud Zoo

Windows 10 (10.0.17134 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16Gb)

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with Max-Q Design (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 12-1-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.99
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics P630 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 2-18-2021 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 3 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device. Laptop lid is probably closed

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 12-1-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3799
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 4 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino
C:\Users\Armen\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0\ColorPicker\6.0.0\ColorPicker.rhp “ColorPicker”

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoRender.rhp “Legacy Rhino Render”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\rdk_ui.rhp “Renderer Development Kit UI”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\IronPython\RhinoDLR_Python.rhp “IronPython” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Grasshopper\GrasshopperPlugin.rhp “Grasshopper” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 7.35.23346.11001
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 7\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Users\Armen\AppData\Roaming\McNeel\Rhinoceros\packages\7.0\SectionTools\2021.4.30.511\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

System Info - Rhino 8

Rhino 8 SR4 2024-1-9 (Rhino 8, 8.4.24009.13521, Git hash:master @ 92a8f2048b418ceab8c8de06a88b7939594e09f2)
License type: Evaluation, build 2024-01-09
License details: Cloud Zoo
Expires on: 2024-03-04

Windows 10 (10.0.17134 SR0.0) or greater (Physical RAM: 16GB)
.NET 7.0.0

Computer platform: LAPTOP - Plugged in [100% battery remaining]

Non-hybrid graphics configuration.
Primary display and OpenGL: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with Max-Q Design (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 12-1-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.99
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port
Primary OpenGL: NVIDIA Quadro P2000 with Max-Q Design (NVidia) Memory: 4GB, Driver date: 12-1-2023 (M-D-Y). OpenGL Ver: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 537.99
> Integrated accelerated graphics device with 4 adapter port(s)
- Windows Main Display is laptop’s integrated screen or built-in port

Secondary graphics devices.
Intel(R) UHD Graphics P630 (Intel) Memory: 1GB, Driver date: 2-18-2021 (M-D-Y).
> Integrated graphics device with 3 adapter port(s)
- There are no monitors attached to this device. Laptop lid is probably closed

OpenGL Settings
Safe mode: Off
Use accelerated hardware modes: On
Redraw scene when viewports are exposed: On
Graphics level being used: OpenGL 4.6 (primary GPU’s maximum)

Anti-alias mode: 4x
Mip Map Filtering: Linear
Anisotropic Filtering Mode: High

Vendor Name: NVIDIA Corporation
Render version: 4.6
Shading Language: 4.60 NVIDIA
Driver Date: 12-1-2023
Driver Version: 31.0.15.3799
Maximum Texture size: 32768 x 32768
Z-Buffer depth: 24 bits
Maximum Viewport size: 32768 x 32768
Total Video Memory: 4 GB

Rhino plugins that do not ship with Rhino

Rhino plugins that ship with Rhino
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Commands.rhp “Commands” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\WebBrowser.rhp “WebBrowser”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk.rhp “Renderer Development Kit”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoScript.rhp “RhinoScript”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\IdleProcessor.rhp “IdleProcessor”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoRenderCycles.rhp “Rhino Render” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\rdk_etoui.rhp “RDK_EtoUI” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\NamedSnapshots.rhp “Snapshots”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\MeshCommands.rhp “MeshCommands” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCycles.rhp “RhinoCycles” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\RhinoCode\RhinoCodePlugin.rhp “RhinoCodePlugin” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Toolbars\Toolbars.rhp “Toolbars” 8.4.24009.13521
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\3dxrhino.rhp “3Dconnexion 3D Mouse”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\Displacement.rhp “Displacement”
C:\Program Files\Rhino 8\Plug-ins\SectionTools.rhp “SectionTools”

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