fix: watcher correctly uses AppData directory, not program files.

series3_tray.py

@@ -154,50 +154,11 @@ COLORS = {
 }
 
 ICON_SIZE = 64
-ICON_FILE = os.path.join(HERE, "icon.ico")
-
-# Load base icon once at startup; fall back to None if missing.
-# When frozen, bundled data files live in sys._MEIPASS.
-def _load_base_icon():
-    candidates = [ICON_FILE]
-    if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
-        candidates.insert(0, os.path.join(sys._MEIPASS, "icon.ico"))
-    for path in candidates:
-        try:
-            img = Image.open(path)
-            img = img.convert("RGBA").resize((ICON_SIZE, ICON_SIZE), Image.LANCZOS)
-            return img
-        except Exception:
-            continue
-    return None
-
-_BASE_ICON = _load_base_icon()
 
 
 def make_icon(status):
-    """
+    """Draw a plain colored circle for the system tray — clean and readable at 16px."""
-    Use icon.ico as the base and overlay a small status dot in the
-    bottom-right corner. Falls back to a plain colored circle if the
-    ico file is not available.
-    """
     color = COLORS.get(status, COLORS["starting"])
-
-    if _BASE_ICON is not None:
-        img = _BASE_ICON.copy()
-        draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
-        # Dot size and position — bottom-right corner
-        dot_r = ICON_SIZE // 5          # radius ~12px on 64px icon
-        margin = 2
-        x0 = ICON_SIZE - dot_r * 2 - margin
-        y0 = ICON_SIZE - dot_r * 2 - margin
-        x1 = ICON_SIZE - margin
-        y1 = ICON_SIZE - margin
-        # White outline for contrast on dark/light backgrounds
-        draw.ellipse([x0 - 2, y0 - 2, x1 + 2, y1 + 2], fill=(255, 255, 255, 220))
-        draw.ellipse([x0, y0, x1, y1], fill=color + (255,))
-        return img
-
-    # Fallback: plain colored circle
     img = Image.new("RGBA", (ICON_SIZE, ICON_SIZE), (0, 0, 0, 0))
     draw = ImageDraw.Draw(img)
     margin = 6

series3_watcher.py

@@ -319,9 +319,12 @@ def run_watcher(state: Dict[str, Any], stop_event: threading.Event) -> None:
     """
     if getattr(sys, "frozen", False):
         here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.executable))
+        _appdata = os.environ.get("LOCALAPPDATA") or os.environ.get("APPDATA") or here
+        config_dir = os.path.join(_appdata, "Series3Watcher")
     else:
         here = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)) or "."
-    config_path = os.path.join(here, "config.ini")
+        config_dir = here
+    config_path = os.path.join(config_dir, "config.ini")
 
     state["status"] = "starting"
     state["units"] = []