Community-edition: Rambox starts hidden and can't be unhidden

Created on 2 Jun 2017 · 7Comments · Source: ramboxapp/community-edition

Steps to reproduce

Disable the System Tray Icon (I want it to show on the Taskbar)
Start Rambox hidden (minimized)
Open Rambox, it works, it makes sounds when you receive messages, but it's unaccessible

Expected behavior

The taskbar icon should unhide Rambox if it's already running, also it should always minimize to taskbar of the system tray option is disabled.

ENVIRONMENT

Rambox: v0.5.9
OS: Windows 10 Home 1703
Arch: x64

bug

Source

kuteninja

Most helpful comment

I just found the config file after uninstalling it and searching on Windows, it's saved on C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Rambox\config.json

Here's the config that causes this issue:

{
    "always_on_top": false,
    "hide_menu_bar": true,
    "window_display_behavior": "show_taskbar",
    "auto_launch": true,
    "window_close_behavior": "keep_in_tray_and_taskbar",
    "start_minimized": true,
    "systemtray_indicator": false,
    "master_password": false,
    "disable_gpu": false,
    "proxy": false,
    "proxyHost": "",
    "proxyPort": null,
    "locale": "en",
    "x": 268,
    "y": 12,
    "width": 1000,
    "height": 800,
    "maximized": true,
    "master_password1": "",
    "master_password2": ""
}

Changing "start_minimized" to false and "systemtray_indicator" to true, fixes the issue

kuteninja on 2 Jun 2017

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All 7 comments

Is there a way to un-hide the window, or to clear my preferences so that I can leave the default setup which works fine?

kuteninja on 2 Jun 2017

I just found the config file after uninstalling it and searching on Windows, it's saved on C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\Rambox\config.json

Here's the config that causes this issue:

{
    "always_on_top": false,
    "hide_menu_bar": true,
    "window_display_behavior": "show_taskbar",
    "auto_launch": true,
    "window_close_behavior": "keep_in_tray_and_taskbar",
    "start_minimized": true,
    "systemtray_indicator": false,
    "master_password": false,
    "disable_gpu": false,
    "proxy": false,
    "proxyHost": "",
    "proxyPort": null,
    "locale": "en",
    "x": 268,
    "y": 12,
    "width": 1000,
    "height": 800,
    "maximized": true,
    "master_password1": "",
    "master_password2": ""
}

Changing "start_minimized" to false and "systemtray_indicator" to true, fixes the issue

kuteninja on 2 Jun 2017

👍3

Hello everyone !
Thanks kuteninja for the fix :) it worked for a while but now the problem is back. I think I fudged up the file zeus knows how. For anyone out there as silly as me: delete config.json, uninstall rambox then reinstall it. This will also fix this issue.

epaumier on 22 Jun 2017

I just changed the way I use the program and now I'm dealing with this issue as well. I'd like to be able to start it minimized to the taskbar without having a tray icon.