Program disappeared

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Pam

I like to play Spider solitaire fairly frequently. Yesterday when I went to
turn my computer off and close open programs, it showed on the task bar but
I could not see the program. I had to right click and choose close to get
it to close. Today when trying to open it, I can hear the sound of the cards
being dealt but can't see the program. If I right click and maximize it, I
can see it, but when I click the middle box to change the window size, it
disappears again. I really don't want to play it maximize so would like to
get it back to normal. Any ideas? I do have 2 monitors set up, but it's
not on either one.

Pam
 
Pam said:
I like to play Spider solitaire fairly frequently. Yesterday when I went to
turn my computer off and close open programs, it showed on the task bar but
I could not see the program. I had to right click and choose close to get
it to close. Today when trying to open it, I can hear the sound of the
cards being dealt but can't see the program. If I right click and maximize
it, I can see it, but when I click the middle box to change the window
size, it disappears again. I really don't want to play it maximize so
would like to get it back to normal. Any ideas? I do have 2 monitors set
up, but it's not on either one.

Pam
Click to expand...

Try the following:

Go to Start -> Explore -> select C:\Windows ->Program Files ->System32
Search for the file "Sol"-> (files are sorted in alphabetic order) right
click on the name
and select "Make shortcut" -> to your Desktop. Use this new shortcut as the
default and
discard all previous ones.
 
Pam said:
I like to play Spider solitaire fairly frequently. Yesterday when I went to
turn my computer off and close open programs, it showed on the task bar but
I could not see the program. I had to right click and choose close to get
it to close. Today when trying to open it, I can hear the sound of the cards
being dealt but can't see the program. If I right click and maximize it, I
can see it, but when I click the middle box to change the window size, it
disappears again. I really don't want to play it maximize so would like to
get it back to normal. Any ideas? I do have 2 monitors set up, but it's
not on either one.

Pam
Click to expand...

The program is running off-screen. Here are a couple of ways to get it
back on-screen:

- Right-click the Taskbar, click "Cascade Windows".

- Press Alt/Spacebar, "M", Down Cursor, and move the mouse around.
 
Gandalf Gladstone said:
Try the following:

Go to Start -> Explore -> select C:\Windows ->Program Files ->System32
Search for the file "Sol"-> (files are sorted in alphabetic order) right
click on the name
and select "Make shortcut" -> to your Desktop. Use this new shortcut as
the default and
discard all previous ones.
Click to expand...


I tried that but it didn't help. It is opening somewhere but I can't see
it.

Pam
 
Elmo said:
The program is running off-screen. Here are a couple of ways to get it
back on-screen:

- Right-click the Taskbar, click "Cascade Windows".

- Press Alt/Spacebar, "M", Down Cursor, and move the mouse around.
Click to expand...


The second one worked! Thank you. I don't know how it wound up off-screen
but that got it back. Thanks again.

Pam
 
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