[Bug 7403] utorrent gui does not display (systray and window)

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http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7403





--- Comment #23 from Henrik Danielsson <h.danielsson at gmail.com>  2008-03-08 09:34:12 ---
I think I should have added to my previous post that I'm running the exact same
.exe and settings in Vista, without any problems at all, and before that I was
using XP, all with atleast the three/four latest versions of µTorrent. The
links to µTorrent's forum above suggests problems with SSDP and related
services in XP, which I do have active in Vista, and had active in XP without
problems. They also suggest troubles with user switching. I don't have multiple
accounts in Vista, so I can't confirm it there, but in XP I did.

The problem with disappearing windows and icons under Wine also applies to
other programs I'm running, such as Steam. (Don't run any others than those
regulary.)

The programs' systray icon is either random garbage or "stolen" from another
program also running in the systray. The context menues for them seem to work
most of the time though, but not always. The menu for µUtorrent's systray icon
sometimes appear on my left screen's bottom right corner, instead of my right
screen's bottom right corner, but I'm assuming that's unrelated as it was
positioned correctly before I got my other screen (same problems otherwise with
a single screen).

First time I used Steam/µTorrent their systray icons were fine and their
windows minimized/maximized/updated correctly. But soon after they failed to
work properly in the ways described here before. And they do still work in
Vista with the exact same files.


So this might indeed a problem with Wine! I'm not saying it's just Wine' having
issues tho, but it's definately something wrong with it since none of the
problems I'm having have ever appeared for me in Windows.


And even if "Wine is just copying Windows' behavior 'bug-for-bug'", wouldn't it
be futile to do that without knowing why or how? If there's a definite bug in
Windows to point at and say "That is what we're copying correctly." Wine users
could atleast be reassured that's the way it's "supposed to be (until fixed in
Windows)". But now it's just (IMHO) "Works in Windows for everyone but a few,
but not at all in Wine, and is it even actually related reasons for not doing
so?"

IMHO, copying a bug "by accident" and then saying "it's how it's supposed to be
and we've [intentionally] replicated it that way." is taking the easy way out.

Sorry for making the tone of this post a bit harsh, it's not my intention to
upset anyone over this small matter. These issues have just been annoying me so
long now, and with every new version of Wine, µT or Steam I hope there's been
improvement, but nothing. And the post about flagging this as invalid kinda
felt like the last drop... I think we've gathered enough intel in this report
to know that something is going on, and there's a good chance it's in Wine
somewhere.

I'd be glad to help digging through the code (to actually do something other
than whine about things not working), had I not already had too many projects
going on atm. So, unless this issue has been resolved once and for all when I
get more spare time, I promise to personally do my best at it.


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