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  • January 17, 2009 at 10:08 am #196
    lpy7
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    Getting a bit ahead of the times I know, but just thought I’d test it 🙂

    It works fine, much the same as it does on Vista, but there’s no option for it to be displayed in the Taskbar.

    Cheers.

    January 17, 2009 at 6:06 pm #4665
    Leif
    Keymaster

    Good news, lpy!

    Interestingly, another friend just sent me a screenshot — and he did get the toolbar working! In fact, he says he didn’t do anything special, it just worked.

    See screenshot.

    [attachment=0:1l6kmumy]nick.jpg[/attachment:1l6kmumy]

    Best,
    ///Leif

    January 18, 2009 at 5:35 am #4666
    lpy7
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    Damn. Anything I can try? i tried reinstalling, but no go. Maybe a registry entry I can try? (BTW, using 7 64-bit, if that makes any difference)

    January 18, 2009 at 6:45 am #4667
    sneradio
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    [quote author=”lpy”]Damn. Anything I can try? i tried reinstalling, but no go. Maybe a registry entry I can try? (BTW, using 7 64-bit, if that makes any difference)[/quote]
    I see the green Breakaway icon in the taskbar in your screen shot…

    January 18, 2009 at 7:16 am #4668
    lpy7
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    Nah not that one, I’m referring to the mini taskbar display that works in XP & Vista…

    Vista:

    January 18, 2009 at 8:01 am #4669
    Leif
    Keymaster

    And even better, when it works in Windows 7, it’s actually transparent, unlike in Vista where adding the Breakaway Toolbar makes the entire taskbar opaque (due to the breakaway toolbar not supporting the transparent toolbar interface).. I guess that means I don’t have to do that, then 😀. Thanks, Microsoft!

    Regarding 32 vs 64, I will ask my friend which one he’s running. It’s very possible that he’s using the 32 bit version, and it COULD be that 64-bit explorer doesn’t support 32-bit toolbars — although it would surprise me a bit.

    ///Leif

    January 18, 2009 at 4:22 pm #4670
    Darwin
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    I’m running Vista Ultimate 64-bit and there is no taskbar option for Breakaway there, either. AFAICR, 64-bit versions of Windows (don’t know about XP, actually), don’t allow third party taskbar toolbars. I had trouble with this under Vista 32-bit as well (ClipMate 7 and X1 Professional toolbars didn’t work there, and don’t work under 64-bit, either).

    January 20, 2009 at 12:46 am #4671
    Leif
    Keymaster

    I see a pattern here. 🙁

    Luckily, my toolbar object is only a thin "shim". At some point in the future, I’ll be able to make a 64-bit toolbar, and due to the simplicity of the toolbar itself (all the work is done by the main app), it should be possible to make the main 32-bit process talk to it.

    No promises as to WHEN, though. Things have a tendency of stacking up!

    ///Leif

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