[SOLVED] Double-clicking Desktop icon does nothing

[digmorcrusher]

This may be off topic but installed new version, desktop icon still does not work, when you click on it nothing happens.

[pbust]

If MBAE is already running in the background, as it is designed to do, double-clicking on the Desktop icon will try to run a second instance of MBAE and it will immediately exit as there is an instance of mbae.exe already running in the background. So basically this is by design.

[digmorcrusher]

Ok, so just wondering then what is the use of even having an desktop icon if all it does is run MBAE? That means the only way to open the program is by using the taskbar icon right? I just find it sort of strange,  a desktop icon is the usual way to open any program. And to complicate matters my taskbar icon does not appear about 1/3 of the time so in these cases the only way to open the program would be to go directly into the MBAE folder.

[pbust]

I think you are correct. We might take this option away in future installers. Thanks for your feedback!

[digmorcrusher]

That would be great. Just have the desktop icon open the application.

[digmorcrusher]

Otherwise it is not what people are used to and is confusing.

[Rohugh]

What about those who don't have desktop icons?   All three of my security icons are in the system tray - Bitdefender,  MBAM and MBAE so I am used to opening them from there.

[pbust]

Since MBAE runs at startup it is not necessary to open it from a Desktop icon as it would simply try to run another instance of itself as mentioned above. Like @digmorcrusher said the Desktop icon in the case of MBAE is unnecessary and we will probably get rid of it in future installers.

[pbust]

For the upcoming 0.10 beta we've solved this by allowing the Desktop shortcut icon to open the running MBAE.

[pbust]

This is solved with the 0.10 versions;

https://forums.malwarebytes.org/index.php?showtopic=141741&page=4