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From: VanguardLH on 14 Jun 2010 16:56 Bud H wrote: > Bruce Hagen wrote ... >> >> Bud H wrote ... >> >>> Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium Edition >>> >>> Problem: A program written for Windows XP when started immediately >>> minimizes itself to the taskbar and I can't get it off the taskbar. >> >> It's actually opening off-screen. Right click on the minimized window tab on the Taskbar and select Move. >> Now use the arrow keys to get it in the screen. Close all other windows >> except this one and use the cursor to drag the message to full screen >> size. File | Exit, and Windows will remember the size when you open it >> again. > > When I right click on the program on the taskbar, "Move" is not one of the > options to click. It does mention pin or unpin, and Close as options. Try it the same way you did it under Windows XP. Click on the taskbar button to change focus to that program's window. Then hit Alt+Spacebar to open the app window's control menu (even if you don't see it onscreen). Then hit M to select the Move item in the control menu. Use the arrow keys to move the window around. With app window having focus: Alt+Spacebar, M, arrow keys Did you install any application that manages the size or location of app windows? Have you tried rebooting into Windows safe mode and retesting?
From: Bud H on 15 Jun 2010 14:19
"VanguardLH" <V(a)nguard.LH> wrote in message news:hv64vn$v8e$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Bud H wrote: > >> Bruce Hagen wrote ... >>> >>> Bud H wrote ... >>> >>>> Operating System: Windows 7 64-bit Home Premium Edition >>>> >>>> Problem: A program written for Windows XP when started immediately >>>> minimizes itself to the taskbar and I can't get it off the taskbar. >>> >>> It's actually opening off-screen. Right click on the minimized window >>> tab on the Taskbar and select Move. >>> Now use the arrow keys to get it in the screen. Close all other windows >>> except this one and use the cursor to drag the message to full screen >>> size. File | Exit, and Windows will remember the size when you open it >>> again. >> >> When I right click on the program on the taskbar, "Move" is not one of >> the >> options to click. It does mention pin or unpin, and Close as options. > > Try it the same way you did it under Windows XP. Click on the taskbar > button to change focus to that program's window. Then hit Alt+Spacebar > to open the app window's control menu (even if you don't see it > onscreen). Then hit M to select the Move item in the control menu. > Use the arrow keys to move the window around. > > With app window having focus: Alt+Spacebar, M, arrow keys > > Did you install any application that manages the size or location of app > windows? Have you tried rebooting into Windows safe mode and retesting? I did install Ultramon on this computer, although I closed the Ultramon program and the problem still existed. |