# GUI TrayIcon crash using Windows task planner

**URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/gui-trayicon-crash-using-windows-task-planner/20312
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [March 10, 2025, 9:32am UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/gui-trayicon-crash-using-windows-task-planner/20312 "2025-03-10T09:32:59Z")
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### Author: ![kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/user_avatar/forum.duplicati.com/kenkendk/32/5305_2.png) [@kenkendk](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/kenkendk)
#### Post date: [March 28, 2025, 12:56pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/gui-trayicon-crash-using-windows-task-planner/20312/12 "2025-03-28T12:56:52Z")

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> [@Deoquaerus](#):
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> Hope this helps, for this is all I can contribute.

I have found at least one possible cause for this.  
The way the image displayed is loaded was not properly closing old images.  
After some time, and on a machine with plenty memory, this could cause over 10000 images to be in an open state, and at that point Windows will refuse to open more.

I am not sure what causes the frequent image reloads, but I have fixed the issue by keeping the same images open instead of re-opening them. This fix is included in [canary 2.1.0.112](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/release-2-1-0-112-canary-2025-03-26/20413)

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