(Windows 10 Enterprise 22H2 64-bit)
I bought Groupy 2 excited about the new features, but was disappointed to find that the only thing that I bought was the colored highlight bars -- and even so they don't always load automatically.
One new issue I found is as follows:
I have a group which hosts my Messaging apps -- Zoom, Whatsapp, MS Teams, and Discord. Discord is actually a Chrome window in "app" mode (no Chrome bar)
The problem is that when I open a different Chrome instance, Discord jumps out of its group and creates a new group with the new window. This happens regardless of whether Chrome has the "background processes" turned on or off. I put Discord back on its group. The next time I open Chrome, it creates a new group with the previous Chrome window, which is not what I want. Note that I do NOT have the "auto grouping" setting on. I even added "automatically exclude chrome from auto grouping" and that doesn't work. Apparently the second Chrome window now took ownership of my "Messages" group.
Another issue I have is that saved groups do not always work. I tried to save the previously mentioned group (Teams + Zoom + Whatsapp + Discord in Chrome), and the shortcut only opens the windows but does not group them. What's the use of this Groupy feature then? I believe this was the case in version 1.5 as well. I'm attaching the group code below.
Code: asp.net
- [Group]
- GroupCount=4
- GroupLeft=1913
- GroupTop=-669
- GroupRight=2827
- GroupBottom=165
- GroupMax=0
- Locked=0
- [GroupyEntry1]
- OwnerProcess=C:\Users\ruizjav\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\Teams.exe
- APPID=com.squirrel.Teams.Teams
- NewTabName=
- RunElevated=0
- SavedColour=16744576
- NoPatternMatching=0
- CommandLine="--system-initiated"
- WorkingDirectory=C:\Users\ruizjav\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current
- Target=C:\Users\ruizjav\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Teams\current\Teams.exe
- MatchingClass=Chrome_WidgetWin_1
- [GroupyEntry2]
- OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Zoom\bin\Zoom.exe
- APPID=GP_$2$1
- NewTabName=
- RunElevated=0
- SavedColour=12615680
- NoPatternMatching=0
- CommandLine="--background=true"
- WorkingDirectory=C:\Program Files\Zoom\bin
- Target=C:\Program Files\Zoom\bin\Zoom.exe
- MatchingClass=ZPPTMainFrmWndClassEx
- [GroupyEntry3]
- StoreApp=1
- OwnerProcess=5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_cv1g1gvanyjgm!App
- APPID=5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_cv1g1gvanyjgm!App
- NewTabName=
- RunElevated=0
- SavedColour=6738725
- NoPatternMatching=1
- Target=5319275A.WhatsAppDesktop_cv1g1gvanyjgm!App
- MatchingClass=ApplicationFrameWindow
- [GroupyEntry4]
- OwnerProcess=C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
- APPID=Chrome._crx_enoanhjjpoefmhhgkjmfkbmjkl
- NewTabName=
- RunElevated=0
- SavedColour=16711763
- NoPatternMatching=0
- CommandLine="--app=https://discord.com/channels/362061797185814531/699723441913200670"
- WorkingDirectory=C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application
- Target=C:\Program Files\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe
- MatchingClass=Chrome_WidgetWin_1
In conclusion, I feel really dissappointed by having paid more money for the "upgrade". I got a software that looks a bit prettier, but has no extra functionality and has more bugs.
