Title bars of Visual Studio have issues grouping (and last week also did not show proper title)

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I have issues grouping my Visual Studio instances - hovering one over another does not work as it does for other apps. Also, last week my title bars for Visual Studio were not showing their usual content but just dashes, though it seems to be working okay at the moment in tha respect. I tried logging a support ticket but received a reply that I should post in the forum, so while this seems like a bug I'm posting here per that instruction. Thanks for any assistance you can provide!

groupy
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

I have forwarded your report to the Stardock support team for their review and recommendations.

Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates.

We really do appreciate your feedback, thanks.

 

AzDude
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need more information.

1) Windows version. Please use Winver.exe for full version numbers.

2) Groupy version.

3) Visual Studios version.

Thanks

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Multiplicity - Control multiple PCs using one keyboard and mouse
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

Could you also post a video of this issue?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Windows 10 Pro, version 1903 (OS Build 18362.720)

Not sure how to see the Groupy version, but the created date, on which I downloaded it from your site, is 2/13/2020.

Visual Studio Professional 2017, Version 15.9.13

 

Here is a screenshot of 2 instances of Visual Studio, both with title bars blanked out. A video is tricky for me to provide - hoping you may be able to manage without that? Here is a description - I am clicking on the bar at the top of one of the Visual Studio windows (to the right of where you see the line of ------------dashes where a title should be), and dragging it over that same bar in the other instance of Visual Studio, and nothing happens, no grouping. That's what the video would show.

 

Also, I think part of this may be related to how I open Visual Studio - I have it pinned to the taskbar, and I open it by right clicking the icon in the taskbar. Usually, I then choose a recently opened solution - when I do that, I get the separate windows I screenshotted below. If I instead choose "Visual Studio 2017" in that context menu, so that VS opens WITHOUT a solution open, then the opened window seems to automatically group with one of the versions of VS that I already have open, and when it is grouped, then, while the title still shows as ----- in the usual title bar, the Groupy title bar does appear above that, with the correct name of the open solution displayed there. Here is a screenshot of what it looks like if I open windows by using the Visual Studio 2017 link instead of the recently-opened-solution-specific links:

 

Thanks!

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

Also, not sure if I can tag on another issue to an existing support request, but sometimes when I stop debugging and I have multiple visual studio windows grouped together by Groupy, the entire VS window EXCEPT the Groupy title bar disappears, so all I see is that one bar running across my screen.