ConnieN 2 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 My desktop icon is not working to open Evernote after the last update. How can I get my shortcut icon back and working on my Dell laptop? Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 28, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted January 28, 2019 Depending upon your version of Windows, go to Programs, look for Evernote, select More and go to file location. Then send to desktop as a shortcut. Windows stuff. Link to comment
ConnieN 2 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 I went to my Control Panel and found Programs and Features, Evernote v.6.17.6 is listed there, installed 1/27/2019. I don't see an option to select More to go to file location. My option on this page is to uninstall it. Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted January 28, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted January 28, 2019 Wrong place. Try this. Type Evernote into the search bar next to the Windows logo. Right click on Evernote and select Open File Location. Right click on the Evernote there and click on Send to and select Desktop (create shortcut). Also, when EN is running you can right click on the icon in the task bar and select Pin to task bar. Then you don't need a desktop icon. Link to comment
ConnieN 2 Posted January 28, 2019 Author Share Posted January 28, 2019 I followed your instructions and it created another shortcut icon, which doesn't work either. The icon has an upward pointing blue arrow on the lower left, and 2 blue arrows pointing at each other on the top right. Nothing happens when I click the icon Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,664 Posted January 28, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted January 28, 2019 Hmmn. Can you start Evernote from your Start menu? Which version of Windows do you have? Link to comment
dconnet 529 Posted January 28, 2019 Share Posted January 28, 2019 1 hour ago, ConnieN said: Nothing happens when I click the icon Use Task Manager and see if the Evernote process is "stuck". Kill any Evernote/EvernoteTray/EvernoteSubprocess instances (or reboot Windows). The shortcut should work after that. (Sometimes EN gets stuck while closing - but the window has gone away so it looks like it's gone. But it's still enough alive that the mutex prevents another instance from starting.) Link to comment
ConnieN 2 Posted January 29, 2019 Author Share Posted January 29, 2019 I got onto to the chat support this afternoon, the agent told me they'd released a Beta version by mistake, we uninstalled the updated version and he gave me a link to reinstall an earlier version. I'm back up and running again. I got the same message asking me if I wanted to upgrade and when I looked at the version # it was the Beta version again so I passed on it. Link to comment
KathyinNC 0 Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 I'm having the same problem on my dell desktop...Windows 10. I tried all the suggestions to no avail! Link to comment
EmeraldBixby 0 Posted October 6, 2019 Share Posted October 6, 2019 Bump, because this is super annoying. Evernote's pin in my Start Menu and/or on taskbar just looks like a blank ugly default icon and stands out from all my other apps. I've loved Evernote for a while and customer service have always been good to me, but man the glitches get irritating after a while, especially since we get so many updates that rarely seem necessary on the surface but end up causing weird annoyances. Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,664 Posted October 7, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted October 7, 2019 20 hours ago, EmeraldBixby said: Evernote's pin in my Start Menu and/or on taskbar just looks like a blank ugly default icon and stands out from all my other apps Hi. Has this been the case for a while, or did it appear recently after one of those updates? Best usual fix is to backup the database folder, uninstall Evernote, restart and reinstall. Meantime Evernote can easily be started from the Start menu, and if you want to replace that icon, try right-clicking the icon and 'remove from start menu', then find the program file in your list of apps and right-click it and 'add to start menu' to replace the shortcut. Link to comment
Level 5* jefito 5,589 Posted October 7, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted October 7, 2019 20 hours ago, EmeraldBixby said: Bump, because this is super annoying. Evernote's pin in my Start Menu and/or on taskbar just looks like a blank ugly default icon and stands out from all my other apps. Hey, don't be icon-shaming Evernote!! Besides: Link to comment
dcon 166 Posted October 8, 2019 Share Posted October 8, 2019 19 hours ago, gazumped said: Hi. Has this been the case for a while, or did it appear recently after one of those updates? Best usual fix is to backup the database folder, uninstall Evernote, restart and reinstall. Meantime Evernote can easily be started from the Start menu, and if you want to replace that icon, try right-clicking the icon and 'remove from start menu', then find the program file in your list of apps and right-click it and 'add to start menu' to replace the shortcut. Actually, the fix is easier. Just unpin the blank icon. And re-pin. Officially, Microsoft does not allow access to changing user choices (pinning is one), so the installer doesn't try to do nefarious things like other installers (Firefox!) do. Since the underlying exe has changed, MS no longer considers the previous pin a valid shortcut. 1 Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,664 Posted October 8, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted October 8, 2019 2 hours ago, dcon said: Actually, the fix is easier... Darn. Never occurred to me that the 'switch it off / switch it back on' thing applied to icons and links too... 😉 Link to comment
Level 5* CalS 5,280 Posted October 8, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted October 8, 2019 22 minutes ago, gazumped said: Darn. Never occurred to me that the 'switch it off / switch it back on' thing applied to icons and links too... 😉 It's been that way since the blue screen of death days... The below bring back memories? 1 Link to comment
Level 5* gazumped 11,664 Posted October 8, 2019 Level 5* Share Posted October 8, 2019 AAArrrgh!!! 😲 Don't DO that! I still get flashbacks... 2 Link to comment
JeffinJohnson 0 Posted April 2, 2020 Share Posted April 2, 2020 On 1/29/2019 at 6:20 AM, CalS said: Depending upon your version of Windows, go to Programs, look for Evernote, select More and go to file location. Then send to desktop as a shortcut. Windows stuff. I had the same problem for a long time and the above instruction worked for me now. Link to comment
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