Maintain chocolatey package for command-line installation
Chocolatey is a command-line package manager for Windows, similar to apt-get for linux or npm for nodejs.
Someone has provided a package for 7TT there Chocolatey Software | 7+ Taskbar Tweaker 5.8,
which means I can run `choco install 7-taskbar-tweaker` from a Powershell prompt for a quick and silent install.
Unfortunately it's still on 5.8 and hasn't seen an update since oct 2019, which fails to
If the developer of this software saw the value in using a package manager and decided to maintain a chocolatey package himself, this would solve the time gap often seen between a new release and the availability of a choco package for it.
I suppose since you own the release process, you'd be able to make the update automatic.
GDATA AV reports http://rammichael.com/downloads/7tt_setup.exe?version&changelog=... as infected
Probably false positive, nevertheless, GDATA AV reports that a virus was found when loading web content from http://rammichael.com/downloads/7tt_setup.exe?version&changelog=5.11.2. It subsequently blocks the balloon/popup note that would notify you of an update and provide the update button/link - making it impossible to update the program from within. However, there is no alarm when manually downloading and installing the program.
The version number mentioned above is only an example; it's been doing that for the last 5 or so versions.
The mentioned link merely reports the latest version of the tweaker, along with the changelog. It isn't, and can't in any way be a virus, it's just text.
Unfortunately, I have no control over third party antivirus vendors. If you are a customer, please contact their support and report the problem.
Constant crashing + reloading Windows 10 task bar, every time I click anywhere on it - since new Windows update
Since Window 10 updated to include the bullsheet news toolbar thing, the whole task bar is unusable - crashing and reloading EVERY time I click it. If I close 7+ tweaker, everything is fine. This happens on both my laptops.
I've tried disabling the news toolbar (I don't miss it) but it doesn't help.
new version is recognized as security threat by multiple sources v5.11.2
Norton Security (SONAR.ProcHijack g43, g45, g47)
Windows Smart Screen
Google Chrome
They all reported malware today
Unfortunately, false positives are common among newly released 7+ Taskbar Tweaker versions. It's not specific to v5.11.2, virtually every version has this issue. Usually, antivirus vendors remove the false detection a couple of days after it's being reported to them.
This problem is mentioned in the FAQ, and was discussed dozens of times in the blog comments, for example:
https://rammichael.com/7-taskbar-tweaker/comment-page-43#comment-11035
https://rammichael.com/about/comment-page-4#comment-10292
And many others. Searching for "False positive" yields more than 170 comments on my blog.
There's also the blog post of Nir Sofer, Antivirus companies cause a big headache to small developers, which has a great description of the problem.
Cycling doesn't work
Hello,
I'm sorry to bother you. I used to work on Windows 7 until then and cycling between my taskbar items using mouse scroll worked perfectly.
I updated to Windows 10 yesterday and reinstalled taskbar tweaker and noticed that scrolling through the taskbar works pretty randomly :(
It always works if the taskbar is already selected (as the first plan application) but doesn't work if the focus is on another window, when I hoover the taskbar and scroll, the focus remains on the app window and the other items in the taskbar start flashing in orange..
Is there a way to fix it ?
Just for the record, I use Taskbar Tweaker to manage my Dofus windows, change the order by just drop&drag them through the taskbar, AND switch from one to another just by hoovering the taskbar and scrolling with my mouse without any extra click,. I'll be so sad if it cannot work the same way on Windows 10 :(
Thanks for any further help !
[PS] Sorry for my english, it's not my native language.
Latest version 5.11.1 seems to have broken my "Picture" folder - No thumbnails
Tried all the suggestions listed here, didn't resolve. https://www.stellarinfo.com/blog/thumbnail-previews-not-showing/
Still trying to fix.
Update+reinstall error 5.11.1
I had the update notification, so tried it, and it was first blocked by Avast, then gave errors.
So tried a fresh install from the install exe downloaded from the main website. That one was first blocked by windows, then Avast, so had to create exceptions. Finally the installer ran, but couldnt finish the install.
Its getting this error :
"Error opening file for writing etc"
first was to this directiory:
C:\Users\XXXX\AppData\Local\Programs\
then i changed directories but still the same writing error.
Might be a permission issue in the installer?
As of now, I cant install it on my pc, and I couldnt find the older versions to roll back.
win10 20H2 19042.985
Error updating to 5.11
Got a Windows notification that a new version was available, clicked on it, and got a series of messages as shown in the image.
Similar problem when I updated to 5.10.1. That time, I successfully downloaded and updated manually. I'll do that for the new version eventually, but I thought it might be useful if I left my configuration as-is in case it can tell you anything useful.

Add option: Hide the "Task view" button
Similar to existing options

But to hide the "Task view" button for those who don't use it:

This option is provided out of the box by Windows. Right click on the taskbar and choose to hide the button.

volume wheel broken
I am running Windows 10 1909 and with the current version the mouse wheel no longer controls volume, the popup does not appear. Is this just me or has anyone seen this?
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