UI BUG: icon is missing during the search of a missing link

When you click on a non existent file in the recent items, it appears a
dialog box that searches for file and then ask if you want remove the link.
There's a UI bug in that dialog box, because during the search, the icon is
missing and you see a big gray area at the left of text

reproduction steps on Vista SP1:
1. open the start menu -> recent items
2. click on a non existent file
3. while the search is in progress, look that dialog box
.... there's a big area with a missing icon!

"BillD" <> wrote in message
news:81A7D40E-939F-4731-8FB8-...
> When you click on a non existent file in the recent items, it appears a
> dialog box that searches for file and then ask if you want remove the
> link.
> There's a UI bug in that dialog box, because during the search, the icon
> is
> missing and you see a big gray area at the left of text
>
> reproduction steps on Vista SP1:
> 1. open the start menu -> recent items
> 2. click on a non existent file
> 3. while the search is in progress, look that dialog box
> ... there's a big area with a missing icon!



That's not a bug. It's showing you the icon associated with the missing
file. If that's your biggest concern with Vista, count your blessings.

On Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:30:02 -0700, BillD
<> wrote:

>When you click on a non existent file in the recent items, it appears a
>dialog box that searches for file and then ask if you want remove the link.
>There's a UI bug in that dialog box, because during the search, the icon is
>missing and you see a big gray area at the left of text
>
>reproduction steps on Vista SP1:
>1. open the start menu -> recent items
>2. click on a non existent file
>3. while the search is in progress, look that dialog box
>... there's a big area with a missing icon!

What do you expect folks here to do? This isn't an official MS site
for reporting bugs. It's a peer-to-peer site.

"Sinner" <> wrote in message
news:AkHhk.5431$...
>> When you click on a non existent file in the recent items, it appears a
>> dialog box that searches for file and then ask if you want remove the
>> link.
>> There's a UI bug in that dialog box, because during the search, the icon
>> is
>> missing and you see a big gray area at the left of text
>>
>> reproduction steps on Vista SP1:
>> 1. open the start menu -> recent items
>> 2. click on a non existent file
>> 3. while the search is in progress, look that dialog box
>> ... there's a big area with a missing icon!
>
>
>
> That's not a bug. It's showing you the icon associated with the missing
> file. If that's your biggest concern with Vista, count your blessings.


BillD's full time job seems to be finding imaginary bugs.

http://groups.google.co.uk/groups?as...=2008&safe=off

ss.

"Sinner" wrote:

> It's showing you the icon associated with the missing file.
>

picture is not shown, but there's a big empty rectangle at the left of text!

"BillD" wrote:

> When you click on a non existent file in the recent items, it appears a
> dialog box that searches for file and then ask if you want remove the link.
> There's a UI bug in that dialog box, because during the search, the icon is
> missing and you see a big gray area at the left of text
>
> reproduction steps on Vista SP1:
> 1. open the start menu -> recent items
> 2. click on a non existent file
> 3. while the search is in progress, look that dialog box
> ... there's a big area with a missing icon!

I have a good news: this bug has been fixed by Windows Search 4.0 i.e. when
you try to delete a link to a non existent file, the search in progress
dialog box is no longer shown (so the visual bug has been fixed) and you only
see the second dialog box with a request to remove the file. The whole
process is now very fast because Windows no longer try to search for a file
it already know to be insistent.