hello,I am embedding python vlc in pyqt5 to make a video player.I never noticed whats going on taskbar,suddenly i came to know that when video starts to play it takes entire taskbar thumbnail to show only its video not other items present in the window screen.And after closing the video the taskbar becomes totally blank white, not showing anything .Is there any method to restore it normal. i have posted my every details with images for better understanding .in the stackoverflow look here .But wont get any desired answer. You might ask this, why i am using vlc and this is not a PyQt5 related issue.But the thing is i know vlc is manipulating the taskbar thumbnail to render its video but in PyQt5 there is a class Qt Windows Extras Available and As per doc we can set setIconicLivePreviewPixmap(const QPixmap &) thumbnail. So can we reset/reassert the window taskbar thumnail like before ,after closing the vlc player or even while playing.?I am very curious to do that but dont know how to do?? I am using PyQt 5.15.2 in windows8.1 32 bit Any help will be appreciated.Let me know if u dont understand my problem ,i think the stackoverflow link will be enough to make you clearly understand.

Hi, Why are you replacing showEvent of your videoframe object ? You are likely breaking some stuff doing that.

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how to restore windows taskbar thumbnail in PyQt5 if it was manipulate by vlc

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Thanks for the feedback !

If you would like to have something like that, you should open a feature request on the bug report system. PyQt will likely not provide APIs that are not part of Qt itself.
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