[vpn-help] Version 2.2.2 does not minimize into systray after successful connect (Windows 7)

Alexis La Goutte alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com
Thu Feb 12 02:45:14 CST 2015


On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:25 PM, Gerd Roethig <gerd.roethig at gmail.com>
wrote:

>  Dear Jim, dear all,
>
> if I remember correctly, under Windows XP, the Access Manager Window also
> minimized to the systray after successfully establishing the VPN
> connection.
>
> That's why I was asking.
>
I don't remenber...
But Shrew use a old release of Qt, may be there is some issue with Windows
7/8...

>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gerd
>
> ------ Originalnachricht ------
> Von: "Jim Harle" <vpn at technicolor.com>
> An: "Gerd Röthig" <gerd.roethig at gmail.com>
> Cc: "alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com" <alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com>; "
> vpn-help at lists.shrew.net" <vpn-help at lists.shrew.net>
> Gesendet: 11.02.2015 19:08:02
> Betreff: RE: [vpn-help] Version 2.2.2 does not minimize into systray after
> successful connect (Windows 7)
>
>
>  Gerd – I believe that is the expected behavior – it is only the
> connection itself that minimizes after success; the Access Manager window
> stays in view until minimized or closed.
>
>
>
> Am I mis-understanding?
>
>
>
> *From:* Gerd Röthig [mailto:gerd.roethig at gmail.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2015 8:13 AM
> *To:* Harle Jim
> *Cc:* alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com; vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> *Subject:* Re: [vpn-help] Version 2.2.2 does not minimize into systray
> after successful connect (Windows 7)
>
>
>
> Dear Jim, dear all,
>
> I cannot tick the 3rd option in VPN connect ("Automatically reconnect to
> server") because for VPN authentication, a hardware token is used which
> generates a one-time passcode on each attempt to connect to the VPN. But
> even with that option ticked, the VPN Access Manager Window does not
> minimize to the systray upon successful connect.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gerd
>
>
>
> 2015-02-10 16:20 GMT+01:00 Jim Harle <vpn at technicolor.com>:
>
>  I have the window style for both Access Manager and VPN Connect to
> “Visible in System Tray only,” and all three options under VPN Connect
> checked.
>
> ·         Launch VPN access manager
>
> ·         Connect to VPN profile <authenticate>
>
> ·         Connection succeeds and minimizes to system tray
>
> ·         VPN Access Manager window stays open in foreground until I
> close it, with no icon in taskbar; if minimized it also goes to system tray
> only
>
>
>
> It has behaved this way for as long as I can remember, but I never did use
> Shrew client on Windows XP.  The rush to Shrew was when Cisco didn’t have a
> 64-bit VPN client during the early days of Windows 7.
>
>
>
> *From:* vpn-help [mailto:vpn-help-bounces at lists.shrew.net] *On Behalf Of *Gerd
> Röthig
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 10, 2015 6:38 AM
> *To:* alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com
> *Cc:* vpn-help at lists.shrew.net
> *Subject:* Re: [vpn-help] Version 2.2.2 does not minimize into systray
> after successful connect (Windows 7)
>
>
>
> Hello Alexis, hello all,
>
> "Window Style" is already set to "Visible in System Tray only". But that
> does not help either.
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Gerd
>
>
>
> 2015-02-10 14:29 GMT+01:00 Alexis La Goutte <alexis.lagoutte at gmail.com>:
>
>  Hi Gerd,
>
> You have may also change the "Window Style" (in Access Manager Preferences)
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Gerd Röthig <gerd.roethig at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>     Hello all,
>
> I have checked "Minimize when connection succeeds" for my VPN connection
> in VPN Access Manager. However, the connection window still appears in the
> taskbar after successful connection. I can remember that under Windows XP,
> there was no taskbar entry once the connection was successful.
>
> Is there a way to establish the same behavior under Windows 7, too? (As
> apparently nobody has noticed that yet, I am assuming that I am missing
> something.)
>
> Thank you very much and kind regards,
>
> Gerd
>
>
>
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