Alert Bug

[Darryl Datael James]

I run with a vertical taskbar (on the left hand side of
my screen) and when it alerted me that something had
happened the alert window shot up the right hand side of
the screen, disappeared off the top, then a couple of
seconds later flew back down again. I'm assuming it's
looking for the top of the taskbar and obviously isn't
finding it?

Thanks,
Darryl J

 

[Sandi Hardmeier]

Hi Darryl,

A well known bug, which I was hoping was fixed; have you installed the
latest build of MAS?

 

[Vertical Taskbar User]

-----Original Message-----
I run with a vertical taskbar (on the left hand side of
my screen) and when it alerted me that something had
happened the alert window shot up the right hand side of
the screen, disappeared off the top, then a couple of
seconds later flew back down again. I'm assuming it's
looking for the top of the taskbar and obviously isn't
finding it?

Thanks,
Darryl J
.

I have the exact same problem. Vertical task bar on the
left. I hadn't considered the taskbar being part of the
problem. I hope this can be fixed as I want to keep my
taskbar on the left.

 

[Lawrence]

I have the same problem (taskbar on the right), and I
have installed the latest version.

 

[Darryl \Datael\ James]

Likewise, and yes, I have the most up to date version.

I figured this would be the reason for the problem since it's non-standard
(even though it's -far- cooler!) and it works with the taskbar horizontal...

 

[Bill Sanderson]

This one isn't fixed.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

There is one workaround that another beta user, Boris, came up with:

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I have found a bizarre workaround using the nifty task
switcher that one can get with the power toys. The task
switcher will show the contents of the dislog when you use
the alt-tab. Read what it says and make your decision.
In dialogs with the ALLOW and DENY buttons: you will tab
once, after alt-tabbing to switch the focus, to select
DENY and tab twice to select ALLOW.
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The alt-tab task switcher is available here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/default.mspx

My recollection, though, is that this power toy is associated with another
bug--perhaps visibility of a control window which shouldn't be--not sure.