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  • Rhino taskbar issues

    Since updating to V-Ray NEXT, Rhino's behaviour in the taskbar has been crippled.

    If i disable the V-Ray plugin, it behaves like it should, it groups with other open instances in the position it is pinned, the jump list works fine, i can middle click/shift click to open a new instance etc.

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    When V-Ray is enabled, none of those work, each Rhino is like a totally separate program.
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    This happens on both Rhino 5 and 6, running V-Ray 4.00.02

    I hope that this functionality can be restored as it can make it difficult to find all open Rhino files, especially for users that don't have the full window name shown and when there are many programs open.
    It's also a pain to loose the convenience functions like middle click and the jump list.

  • #2
    Is it at Windows 7 or Windows 10?
    www.simulacrum.de ... visualization for designer and architects

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    • #3
      This is on Windows 10 1903, also happens on Win 10 1809.

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      • #4
        This change was intentionally introduced to help users determine more easily where each Asset Editor or VFB window belongs to if multiple projects are opened.
        If you wish, you can revert this behavior using the environment variable VRAY_WINDOW_NO_COMBINE = 1 .

        Kind regards,
        Peter
        Peter Chaushev
        V-Ray for SketchUp | V-Ray for Rhino | Product Specialist
        www.chaos.com

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        • #5
          Hmm, figured that was why, it's a shame you had to break some basic windows functionality to do it, I hope this can be improved. The environment variable override is great to know, thanks for adding that!

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          • #6
            Hi Peter.Chaushev would you mind showing us how to implement the environment override?
            Many thanks.

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            • #7
              Doe's it help? It's only a screenshot of the german version. You find the way per Windows explorer, your PC, right mouse button, properties, advanced system properties, environment options ...
              www.simulacrum.de ... visualization for designer and architects

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              • #8
                Thanks Micha - I've popped the variable in, however I don't know if I'm doing it right as it doesn't seem to be making any difference.

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                • #9
                  Hello, Aaron,
                  While selecting the variable you've created as it appears in your screenshot, please click the "Edit..." button and make the following adjustments:

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                  Kind regards,
                  Peter
                  Peter Chaushev
                  V-Ray for SketchUp | V-Ray for Rhino | Product Specialist
                  www.chaos.com

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                  • #10
                    Thanks Peter, that looks like it's working now. Wasn't sure whether to put it into the User or System Variable, so I've done both.

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