No tray icon on Ubuntu 18.04

[djalilhebal]

Unlike the Windows version, VeraCrypt does not appear on tray not even when closed (as opposite to "exited").
To do any action (mounting/unmounting/etc.), I now have to rerun the program which gives me this annoying warning: "VeraCrypt is already running."

This must be an error because there is no problem with other apps like Telegram as you can see:

VeraCrypt version: 1.23

OS: Ubuntu 18.04 x64

Installed/Activated extensions:

• Ubuntu dock
• Ubuntu appindicators
• User themes
• Add username to top panel
• Places status indicator

Related/same(?) issue: #211

[Unit193]

Howdy,

This happens because VeraCrypt only has a tray icon, and GNOME has dropped support for that (as well as appindicators, but since you use Ubuntu you get those back by default.) If you want the tray icon back, you have several options:

1. Use a DE that supports them, literally any other desktop will do.
2. Use an extension such as TopIcons Plus to add the system tray back.
3. Use a patch such as this, install one of the development headers and recompile VeraCrypt. This converts VeraCrypt to appindicators.

Hope one of these helps!

~Unit 193

[he7d3r]

This also happens on Ubuntu 20.10.

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This issue has been automatically closed because it has not had recent activity. This probably means that it is not reproducible or it has been fixed in a newer version. If it’s an enhancement and hasn’t been taken on for so long, then it seems no one has the time to implement this. Please reopen if you still encounter this issue with the latest stable version. You can also contribute directly by providing a pull request. Thank you!