topic Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor in Desktop (Windows)

Spotify's taskbar icon on the wrong monitor every single time (dual monitors)

ikjadoon — Fri, 07 Jun 2019 03:22:57 GMT

We had a five page thread; Spotify closed it because "nobody responded in a long time". That's because, Spotify, ya never fixed it.

How to reproduce (you need two monitors):

1. Open Spotify and close it on the second monitor.

2. Open Spotify again. The icon will be on the primary monitor, but the window will be on the secondary monitor.

Windows 10 Pro x64, version 1803 (April 2018 update).

Spotify version 1.0.99.250.g936eab8d (Windows Store version).

See this 45 second video for the full walkthrough (see a normal application vs Spotify). Put the icon on the correct taskbar, Spotify.

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Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

hytsq — Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:55:30 GMT

Hey,

Ever since the design update a few days ago (titlebar removal) Spotify's icon appears on the main monitor's taskbar despite the window opening on my second monitor.

This was not the case before the titlebar removing update.

If I drag the window to main monitor and then back, the icon carries over properly.

Using Spotify Desktop (1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc) on Windows 10 (1709).

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

Shak13 — Sun, 11 Mar 2018 19:11:03 GMT

Same issue myself, only recently started happening.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

TrashcanMan — Wed, 21 Mar 2018 23:25:10 GMT

Same thing here...just have to move it to the main monitor and back and the icon fixes itself, but still annoying.

Windows 10 1709 and Spotify 1.0.75.483.g7ff4a0dc

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

CarlExample — Fri, 23 Mar 2018 05:53:25 GMT

Same issue! Please fix Spotify!

Spotify showing on wrong monitor's task bar in Win10

Zacharuni — Tue, 03 Apr 2018 17:29:49 GMT

Working across five monitors, and all programs are able to properly display in the task bar on the monitor it belongs to except for Spotify.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

brum_74 — Wed, 04 Apr 2018 01:11:27 GMT

Same issue here.

Windows 10 1709

Spotify 1.0.77.338.g758ebd78

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ashtonm1 — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 04:26:46 GMT

Same issue here as well on my normal computer and my work computer.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ashtonm1 — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 04:31:05 GMT

I actually found a fix. I disabled hardware acceleration and the problem no longer occurs. Hopefully it works for you guys!

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

brum_74 — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 01:40:23 GMT

Disabling hardware acceleration didn't fix it for me. It appears fixed after disabling and click the restart link but after a full exit of Spotify after that and reopen the problem appears again.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ikjadoon — Sun, 06 May 2018 02:20:05 GMT

Issue still exists on Win 1803.

I'm almost sure all of us are using the Windows Store version, right?

It happened on 1709 and now 1803, too. Spotify UWP team, yo--what's up? 😞

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

TrashcanMan — Sun, 06 May 2018 15:29:21 GMT

Not me, I'm using the Desktop Version. Microsoft will have to pry my
Desktop Apps from my cold dead hands before I'll use a windows store
version of something.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ikjadoon — Mon, 07 May 2018 02:20:31 GMT

Ah, **bleep**, you're right. Same here:

https://imgur.com/a/4hI7hWC

Alas. I chatted with Spotify Support and after 45 minutes of unsuccessful troubleshooting, they decided to move it to the "Escalations Team", who supposedly are to email me in the coming days.

I'll update if anything happens. Otherwise, I think we're just going to wait it out until Spotify dogfoods its applications enough to acknowledge this bug.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ikjadoon — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:25:57 GMT

An update from the "Escalations Team":

So...fingers crossed this lands in the next update.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ashtonm1 — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:29:21 GMT

Shrug. All that means is that they verified the bug and it's now been
actually entered as a bug for development to look at. Hopefully they have a
good product manager that will prioritize it in the next sprint so we get
the fix semi soon.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

ikjadoon — Wed, 09 May 2018 18:32:41 GMT

Sure--I'll take whatever progress and communication we can get, though. It's been going on weeks now...

Let's see if it's a "quick fix" or "it's been six years--why does this bug still exist?" situations.

Dual Monitor Spotify icon on wrong Monitor

DJN — Sun, 27 May 2018 00:55:10 GMT

Hello all,

I have noticed that when I have spotify open and move the window to my secondary monitor, the icon in the taskbar stays on the primary monitor's tasbar. This is not what I have set my taskbar to.

Windows 10 Version 1803

Spotify 1.0.80.474.gef6b503e

Anybody know a fix? Thanks!

Red line divides monitors in attached picture.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

FelipeGlauber — Mon, 28 May 2018 12:13:51 GMT

Same issue here

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

thenewjavaman — Wed, 30 May 2018 15:47:27 GMT

Same here. I'd also just like to make it clear that (I think we all, tell me if not) chose the Windows taskbar setting to only show the icons for windows on the monitor that they are active.

Re: Taskbar icon on wrong monitor

thenewjavaman — Wed, 30 May 2018 15:54:25 GMT

(Hardware acceleration -> off) This worked for me, but I hope that Spotify provides an actual fix. Thanks anyway!