Bug: Honeyview Causes Windows 10 Search AppIconCache to Corrupt.

[Zhiyuan Lin]

Hi Honeyview developer, I am a Honeyview user and I like the software. I have found a issues that might happen when Honeyview is set as the default "Photo viewer" for Windows 10.

Facts: Windows 10 Search store scaled application icons under the path:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache

And instead of using a built-in image processor to scale those images, it try to use the registered default image viewer.

However it seems the Honeyview does not have access for icon files of those UWP applications, which cause all search icons for UWP applications to corrupt.

However, it won't happen as soon as you set Honeyview as default, to reproduce, you will need to do one of these:

1. Delete all files under: %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\Microsoft.Windows.Search_cw5n1h2txyewy\LocalState\AppIconCache

2. Change the Windows scaling ratio, which causes the AppIconCache to regenerate

3. Install certain Windows update which clears the AppIconCache

I wonder if this bug can be fixed by Honeyview, it is mostly due to the poor design choice made by Microsoft. But I hope you can fix it if possible, because it will take years for Microsoft to fix it.

Thank you!

[seyo IM]

Hello, this is Bandisoft.

First of all, we are sorry for our late response to your inquiry.

We have read your description carefully, but unfortunately, we have failed to replicate the described issue that icons are not displayed properly under certain circumstances. You may provide us with a screenshot or video showing the very moment that the issue is occurring, to help us replicate the issue and solve it.

Sorry again for the inconvenience. And thank you for your interest in Honeyview.

2021년 2월 28일 일요일 오후 4시 54분 17초 UTC+9에 Zhiyuan Lin님이 작성: