https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377 DisplayFusion RSS: Chrome Taskbar Icon and Profile/Avatar Wed, 15 Apr 2026 20:54:03 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#38 Tue, 06 Aug 2019 17:15:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#38 DisplayFusion Ok, thanks for the heads up! I'll add that info to our notes. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#37 Mon, 05 Aug 2019 16:14:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#37 DisplayFusion Perhaps the information in this response post may assist the DF staff in resolving the taskbar icon issue with apps like (but not limited to) Chrome.
I went and installed a trial version of Actual Multiple Monitors, as I used to use their free version years ago. Their latest version still handles the icons in the taskbar properly as opposed to DF. One interesting thing I noticed is that if I made some particular taskbar-related configuration change to AMM settings and applied it, the icons for Chrome on the taskbar of the "secondary" monitor would revert to the default Chrome icon "until" I activated the chrome session (alt-tab or clicked icon in taskbar). Like DF, there was never an issue with the icons on the "primary" monitor. But perhaps upon window activation (or focus rather), AMM is performing some checking that is forcing the taskbar icon to display as expected on the secondary monitor. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#36 Thu, 31 Jan 2019 18:50:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#36 DisplayFusion Ok, so interestingly, I actually had this happen to me on my main machine today, but I still can't figure out how to reproduce it reliably. After closing all Chrome windows and re-opening, everything is fine and I can't get it to happen again. I'll keep at it and hopefully figure this out! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#35 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 22:35:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#35 DisplayFusion That's an interesting video, however neither of my 2 different Win7 systems behave in that manner... is that some basic Win7 image? If so, try some system that's been pounded on for years. I do have some ancient competitor product that is no longer free, but the free version did not have this issue on either of my systems, but it was so dated it had other issues... ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#34 Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:21:32 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#34 DisplayFusion Try as I might, I just can't get this to happen here

Can you guys check out the attached video and let me know if I'm missing anything in my testing? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#33 Fri, 11 Jan 2019 15:03:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#33 DisplayFusion I've unpinned the sessions from the DF taskbar, closed & relaunched, and while that does restore the icon for the first/primary session, the second profile remains blank with no icon.

I also have a single Chrome session pinned, and use that to launch another instance as an administrator account, with a different username (and obviously a different Chrome profile on that other user). Obviously my situation is a little more complex, so I understand if it's not as easy to resolve! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#32 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 23:33:30 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#32 DisplayFusion Right now I have no Chrome app pinned on my personal system. On my work system, I do have multiple Chrome profiles pinned. I usually launch the additional sessions from the existing chrome app (upper-right), but not always. Doesn't seem to make a difference though with DF. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#31 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 18:56:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#31 DisplayFusion @big_guitar: Do you have both profiles pinned to the Primary taskbar? Or just a regular Chrome pin and then you open the other profile using the menu in Chrome itself? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#30 Thu, 10 Jan 2019 12:14:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#30 DisplayFusion Unpinning and closing sessions only helped my 'first' session... thereafter, launching another profile login (I normally have more than 1 uniquely authenticated running at the same time), simply kept using the 'first' session icon on the secondary screen, and the unique icons only remained on the primary display. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#29 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 16:55:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#29 DisplayFusion If you remove the pinned shortcuts to Chrome from the DisplayFusion taskbar, then close and re-open all Chrome instances, do they get the right icons on the DF taskbar? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#28 Fri, 04 Jan 2019 19:53:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#28 DisplayFusion Hey guys, just a quick update to let you know that I haven't forgotten about this. We've been swamped from the holidays but this is on my list for next week.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#27 Wed, 26 Dec 2018 23:08:52 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#27 DisplayFusion I was able to make both profile icons appear properly on the Windows desktop by managing the profiles and re-selecting an icon, but unfortunately only one still appears successfully on the 2nd monitor (DF Taskbar). The Chrome profile that's run under another user account (and as administrator) is the one that doesn't show properly. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#26 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 20:05:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#26 DisplayFusion In the mean time, I still have the same taskbar issues I always have, on multiple Win 7 Pro 64 systems. Such as my post on March 1, 2018 (powershell icons), and of course, the Chrome icons changing in the taskbar depending on which monitor I move the application to. Nothing has changed for me from that standpoint.. just making sure my past silence hasn't been misinterpreted, thanks. (running Pro 9.4) ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#25 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 19:10:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#25 DisplayFusion That'd be the final version of 9.4. I have my taskbars set to the same mode as yours, and two Chrome profiles, and both icons are showing correctly for me. Could you attach screenshots of the edit window for the pinned items on the DF taskbars? You can right-click them and choose "Edit this Pinned Item" ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#24 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 15:57:11 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#24 DisplayFusion "All taskbars show all windows", and I'm using I think Beta 7?

Name: DisplayFusion Pro 9.4
• Name Data: DisplayFusion
• Build Date: Dec 17, 2018 18:50 ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#23 Thu, 20 Dec 2018 13:37:38 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#23 DisplayFusion That's strange indeed! What's your taskbar mode set to? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#22 Wed, 19 Dec 2018 20:32:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#22 DisplayFusion Somehow I missed the email notification *months* ago on this, so my apologies if I'm necro-ing the thread...

Anyway, I'm running Windows 10 Pro, 1803 (17134.407). What's really strange is that right now, for example, is that on my primary monitor using the WIndows taskbar, the second Chrome window has its tab icon showing correctly, but the first does not.

On the *second* monitor, using the DisplayFusion taskbar, the first Chrome window has its tab icon showing correctly, but the second does not. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#21 Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:43:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#21 DisplayFusion @DST: I'm going to have another go at trying to reproduce this issue here. Which version of Windows are you running? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#20 Wed, 08 Aug 2018 15:31:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#20 DisplayFusion Glad to hear this, I'm experiencing the same issue (multi-monitor taskbar not showing the Chrome profile icons even with Chrome sessions/windows pinned, launched via desktop icons, etc.)

Please let me know if there's anything I can provide to help troubleshoot, and while it's totally a minor issue, it's definitely appreciated if this can be resolved! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#19 Wed, 14 Mar 2018 19:12:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#19 DisplayFusion Ok, I'm going to check in with our devs next week and get more info on the locations and order that DF uses for choosing the taskbar button icon. I'll keep you posted as soon as I have more news.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#18 Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:49:31 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#18 DisplayFusion I guess the issue isn't limited to Chrome... for my Exchange powershell session has a particular icon that is not carried over to the second monitor... which sports the generic powershell icon when the powershell window is moved to the secondary display... ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#17 Wed, 28 Feb 2018 21:15:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#17 DisplayFusion So interestingly, my work computer did not have this issue... but I had another Chrome issue, had to uninstall and re-install Chrome... now afterwards, my work computer does have the same issue... the secondary monitor no longer carries the user-specific profile icon in the taskbar... it's just a generic chrome icon.. the primary monitor is fine as it is with my home system. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#16 Fri, 21 Jul 2017 11:29:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#16 DisplayFusion I performed your test, and the only difference is that the secondary monitor now displays all icons in the taskbar with the default Chrome icon only, whereas the primary monitor will display the avatar associated with the profile on top of the chrome icon in the taskbar. (That is, the primary monitor performs as expected, but the secondary does not). ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#15 Wed, 19 Jul 2017 15:02:27 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#15 DisplayFusion Interesting! It could be related to the desktop icons. If you move the desktop icons to another folder on the system, then exit all Chrome instances and restart DisplayFusion, does that make any difference at all? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#14 Fri, 14 Jul 2017 00:15:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/chrome-taskbar-icon-and-profileavatar/?ID=f237f066-d5e8-4cb4-b13c-ceb3dbc10377#14 DisplayFusion I'm not sure how the inspector is supposed to work, it seems to take quite a long time before details change, and what kind of hovering will trigger a change...anyway...for the chrome sessions that have issues, the windows icons and process files icons are all just generic Chrome... the only icon that is different is AppID [PinnedIcon], which shows the soccer ball regardless of which monitor the window is active on [for the profile example that doesn't display properly on 2nd monitor]. And, that icon is not the one displayed on the primary monitor.. the appropriate icon should be the Ninja, which is displayed on the primary monitor properly... it should never be the soccer ball for this session, although I do have another profile (not default) that uses the soccer ball. It's odd because actually, the AppID under Inspector suggests I'm using the LNK file from the profile with the soccer ball. Perhaps I should delete the desktop LNK file that it references to see what happens... However, I normally launch the non-default profiles from within the default Chrome session by clicking in the upper-right profile name, and selecting the alternate profile. And the default profile Chrome sessions does not even refer to any LNK under AppID, it simply refers to the default profile directory... it's quite odd since I don't launch Chrome using the LNK file in question. But even for the sessions where "Inspector" believes the AppID is the soccer LNK, the primary monitor displays the proper Ninja icon. ]]>