Solved Separate Icons for each apps

[freuzo]

Hello everyone,

I have a few access apps for my users, but all those apps open in just one icon in the taskbar.
Is there a way to have one separate icon for each one of my applications ?

Thanks.

 

[arnelgp]

google Grouping on the Taskbar.

 

[freuzo]

I did but if I disable the Grouping it will affect ALL apps on the Taskbar. Unless am I missing something?

 

[Pat Hartman]

You can assign an icon to each Access app.

 

[Eugene-LS]

Is there a way to have one separate icon for each one of my applications ?

Try this way:
Сreate a shortcut (on the desktop) with a command like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "D:\MSAProjects\YourFolderName\YourAppName_v001.accdb" /NoStartup

Then set desired icon to this shortcut.

 

[isladogs]

@Eugene-LS
Just wondering why you added the /NoStartup switch in this context

 

[Eugene-LS]

Just wondering why you added the /NoStartup switch in this context

This option starts Microsoft Access without displaying the startup dialog box.
You are right - it is acceptable without this option.

 

[Pat Hartman]

Yes, you can create a shortcut and you can assign an icon to a shortcut BUT as I pointed out with pictures, you can also assign the icon to the app directly. But thanks for the alternate method just in case someone wasn't aware that shortcuts could take icons.

 

[isladogs]

Despite its name, /NoStartup does NOT hide the Access splash screen
It is a legacy command line switch dating back to A2003 when it was used to hide the task pane
It does nothing in more recent versions of Access.
See my article

Access Command Line Switches

This article lists the command-line switch options available for Microsoft Access.

www.isladogs.co.uk

if you do want to hide the splash screen for any reason, there is another approach that does work

Hide Access Splash Screen

This article explains how to remove the splash screen that normally appears when you open any Access application

www.isladogs.co.uk

 

[Eugene-LS]

Despite its name, /NoStartup does NOT hide the Access splash screen

Thank you very much for the information.
It is very important!

 

[isladogs]

I was just adding background info to my post when you replied. You may not have seen the edited response

 

[freuzo]

You can assign an icon to each Access app.
View attachment 103986

I already knew that (with the icons in the same folder and all) but even with that my icons are only displayed when they want (not very often).

But I just added this suggestion...

Try this way:
Сreate a shortcut (on the desktop) with a command like:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "D:\MSAProjects\YourFolderName\YourAppName_v001.accdb" /NoStartup

Then set desired icon to this shortcut.

.... and boom !!!!!

Each has its icon and those icons ALWAYS show up.

This is just great, guys.

Thank you very much everyone.

 

[Gasman]

Seems easier and tidier to me, if it is set in the app and be done with it?

 

[isladogs]

Seems easier and tidier to me, if it is set in the app and be done with it?

I agree . . . when it works
However, I agree with the OP, in some cases it fails and I've never been able to work out why

 

[freuzo]

I agree . . . when it works
However, I agree with the OP, in some cases it fails and I've never been able to work out why

Exactly. But now I guess we all have a way to go around that issue.

Now, while building my installer, I hope to find a way in vbscript to get that MSACCESS.EXE location on the user pc.

 

[Pat Hartman]

And I've never had a problem with specifying the icon in Access so there we go.

 

[isladogs]

I experimented before my last reply loading 4 databases with app icons. The first 3 showed the app icon in the taskbar and the 4th didn't.
I changed the order and even the icon used and one still displayed the Access icon each time

Normally I will only have one or at most 2 Access apps open at once. Even then the individual taskbar icon doesn't always work for me

 

[freuzo]

Have you also tried it with the extended shortcut ?

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "D:\MSAProjects\YourFolderName\YourAppName_v001.accdb"

 

[isladogs]

Have you also tried it with the extended shortcut ?

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\root\Office16\MSACCESS.EXE" "D:\MSAProjects\YourFolderName\YourAppName_v001.accdb"

Hi. Not sure if that's addressed at me...
Yes - that's the method I normally use when I want to do this reliably (without the /NoStartUp switch!)

 

[freuzo]

Hi. Not sure if that's addressed at me...

Yes it was.