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mayerwin / vs-customize-window-title

Customize Visual Studio Window Title - Visual Studio Extension
https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=mayerwin.RenameVisualStudioWindowTitle
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title in taskbar does not match title bar #39

Closed paukr closed 5 years ago

paukr commented 5 years ago

Hi, I have a strange problem. I'm using this format: [solutionName]\[hgBranchName] resulting in a title like so: Crm\fb-5.3-PRJ-504-1481-api-versioning

The title is displayed in the the title bar and in the task bar.

but after a few seconds after a build it changes to something ugly like this: Crm\fb(fb-5.3-PRJ-504-1481-api-versioning) 5.3PRJ5041481apiversioning

This ugly string appears only in the task bar (or in output of tasklist /v). The title bar in visual studio is displaying the correct string.

When I update the format (add a space) it changes to the correct string again. This is only happening since the last couple of weeks (can't tell for sure if it was the last update of this extension).

I activated debug mode, but there is nothing logged when the ugly title appears. Can I provide other details to track this down?

mayerwin commented 5 years ago

Very strange. The title is only modified in one place, so not sure how we can prevent this. Can you confirm which version of VS and of the extension you're running?

mayerwin commented 5 years ago

When you say you "update the format (add a space)" what do you do exactly?

I wonder if Windows may not be interpreting the title name in the taskbar only, for some reason, due to the presence of some characters.

paukr commented 5 years ago

I found the source of this was VisualHG extension, which adds the branch name (and does the weird stuff to the rest of the title). I guess the latest update of the Customize Visual Stuido Window Title Extension is causing less updates of the title or different timings. Is there any place where I could get older versions to try out?

mayerwin commented 5 years ago

Yes, you can try older versions here: https://github.com/mayerwin/vs-customize-window-title/releases Depending on which VS version you're using. Especially 3.8.1 which was the latest until last month. Just download the vsix file and double click on it to install it. It'll overwrite the currently installed version.

There was a change where the extension now has to be loaded asynchronously not to slow down VS. This means it'll take a bit longer initially for the title to be rewritten. But then the triggers (a timer and event-based) should be the same.

paukr commented 5 years ago

Ok thanks for the support. VisualHG was causing it.