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New message notification won't go away

#1 Post by dandreye » Thu Dec 29, 2016 1:52 pm

Hi All,

Several weeks ago I noticed a new message notification show up in the form of (1) in all my Chrome tabs pointing at the forum:
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Since then I checked everything I could possibly think of, such as PM, all threads I've ever posted to, all threads I'm subscribed to, logging out and back in, logging in using a different browser, clearing cookies but it still won't go away. How do I find out what's keeping it on and clear it?

Whenever there's a new message in any of the threads I'm subscribed to or a PM in my inbox, the number in brackets increments accordingly, and goes back to 1 once I read it.


Many thanks in advance!
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Re: New message notification won't go away

#2 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Dec 29, 2016 3:19 pm

Try and close all TPF tabs, then open just one, still showing (1)?
Another proof of the memory-hungry (in)capabilities of the Chrome browser.
Try another browser, such as PaleMoon.
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Re: New message notification won't go away

#3 Post by dandreye » Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:33 pm

RBS:

> Try and close all TPF tabs, then open just one, still showing (1)?
> Another proof of the memory-hungry (in)capabilities of the Chrome browser.

Just tried - no difference. Tried Chrome at a different laptop - still no difference.

> Try another browser, such as PaleMoon.

Just tried both IE11 and Chrome on a yet another laptop - still no difference... could it not be something at the server side?
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Re: New message notification won't go away

#4 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:33 pm

Have you READ your PM?

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Re: New message notification won't go away

#5 Post by dandreye » Thu Dec 29, 2016 5:51 pm

Hmm I thought "Private messages [0]" implies that I have... there are none in my Inbox at all anyway: I had previously moved them all into Saved folder. Just checked it and none of the 85 messages in it are marked unread (yellow).
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Re: New message notification won't go away

#6 Post by rkawakami » Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:33 pm

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Re: New message notification won't go away

#7 Post by dandreye » Fri Dec 30, 2016 4:09 am

That helped: thanks Ray!
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