Groupy 2.20 Release Feedback Thread

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Groupy 2.20 Release Feedback Thread

With the Groupy 2.20 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.

Obtaining the product

Object Desktop members can get the release from within Object Desktop Manager

Individual purchases (as well as Object Desktop Members) can also be obtained from your account page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

For guest check-out purchase (no account), from this link: http://www.stardock.com/support/productkeyretrieval

Reporting an issue

Please include the following for anything found:

Exact Windows version \ build (winver.exe)
Detailed steps to recreate the issue seen
Screenshots and videos are very helpful. Videos can be uploaded to a cloud drive service (GoogleDrive, DropBox, OneDrive, YouTube), with a shared link included in your post. Images can be copied and pasted directly into a post.
If there are specific apps that the app does not work (well) with, please note what apps and their exact versions. If any app is not common, a link to a trial version would be appreciated.

Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Groupy 2 a better product.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Quoting reputable6827,

reply 25

Did my response above make sense?

Yes, thank you both for breaking this down. We now have the issue logged for internal review.

Internal Ref: ODNT-10112

Best regards,

Adam McGuinness
Stardock Support Specialist

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Great! Thank you! Let me know if I can help in any other way.

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I am not sure what to provide you that would help. I have 5 programs in my Group. When I start my PC, I have to open each one of these programs, then open my saved Groupy shortcut and these programs will be added to my 1 group. 2 of them require that I add their color. I just click to the right of the farthest right tab and it will show that saved tab's color and I click on it and the color is added. My gut feeling is there is something wrong with how Groupy 2 saves group sets. We have to manually copy them as saving them within Groupy 2 isn't working. I do get this message when launching my Groupy 2 shortcut. I have updated my shortcut but the error message continues.

Error when launching.

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sdRohan

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Quoting masterblaster73,

reply 28

I do get this message when launching my Groupy 2 shortcut. I have updated my shortcut but the error message continues.

Error when launching.

That is because the Discord version changed. If you go to this directory:

\AppData\Local\Discord

It has Discord.exe in the version. Since Discord updates seemingly every single day (true story) it makes creating shortcuts to it (or a Groupy file that references where it was prior) nearly impossible.

You wont get that error message if you edit the groupy save file to match the version.

The alternate is to have a group file that looks like this

[Group]
GroupCount=2
GroupLeft=255
GroupTop=305
GroupRight=2561
GroupBottom=1529
GroupMax=0
Locked=0

[GroupyEntry1]
StoreApp=1
OwnerProcess=Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
APPID=Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
NewTabName=
RunElevated=0
NoPatternMatching=1
Target=Microsoft.WindowsNotepad_8wekyb3d8bbwe!App
MatchingClass=Notepad

[GroupyEntry2]
OwnerProcess=C:\Users\seand\AppData\Local\Discord\Update.exe
APPID=com.squirrel.Discord.Discord
NewTabName=
RunElevated=0
NoPatternMatching=0
CommandLine=--processStart Discord.exe
WorkingDirectory=C:\Users\seand\AppData\Local\Discord
Target=C:\Users\seand\AppData\Local\Discord\Update.exe
MatchingClass=Chrome_WidgetWin_1

The issue there is that since groupy is starting, it likely will not group but will open (every time). If you can live with that, having to manually group Discord each time, then you should be good.

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Hi There,

I have noticed this issue recently.

When I launch and any app they are now all loading into the one group, which I did not happen before and is not what I want.

This includes both Microsoft apps and independent ones.

Edition Windows 11 Enterprise
Version 23H2
Installed on ‎25/‎03/‎2025
OS build 22631.5624
Experience Windows Feature Experience Pack 1000.22700.1106.0

Groupy: 2.2

Thanks
Vincent

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