Application icon is missing in the taskbar during program start, if another application is active

Question

Hi,

I've written a WPF application which has a custom (not the standard) icon. A Splashscreen is implemented too.

The icon is correctly displayed if I start the application and wait until it is loaded.

But, if I start my application and switch to another application (e.g. Outlook) before the my splash screen is shown, the icon is not displayed in the windows task bar.

The icon appears directly if I switch via alt+tab to my application.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

I have a similar problem on some OS but not all. When I switch program, the icon I have in my taskbar is changed to the default application onw (the "empty window"). It seems to be a problem with WPF itself, not anything with your program per say.