Restoring Minimized Window

[Len Krauss]

Win XP SP1 Home, H-P Notebook PC

A particular older application has an option to open a window (let's call it
Console) that displays on top of the application's main window. Console can
normally be moved, sized, minimized, restored, opened and closed. All had
worked fine until recently when the PC shut down on account of low battery
at a time when Console was minimized.

Console's task button does appear on task bar when opened. Clicking it gives
choices to size, move, minimize -- but there's no remnant of the Console to
work with such as just a piece of its top title bar. In past, it was not
possible to minimize it to the point of making it disappear completely -- a
little piece of the title bar always remained. Now, it can't find it
anywhere on or beneath the main application window.

Tried running the application is various compatability modes. Tried it in
Safe Mode. Un- and re-installed the application. Did a C drive scan & fix.
None of these cleared this problem.

Any thoughts as to a fix would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Len

 

[dev]

Len Krauss said:

Win XP SP1 Home, H-P Notebook PC

A particular older application has an option to open a window (let's call it
Console) that displays on top of the application's main window. Console can
normally be moved, sized, minimized, restored, opened and closed. All had
worked fine until recently when the PC shut down on account of low battery
at a time when Console was minimized.

Console's task button does appear on task bar when opened. Clicking it gives
choices to size, move, minimize -- but there's no remnant of the Console to
work with such as just a piece of its top title bar. In past, it was not
possible to minimize it to the point of making it disappear completely -- a
little piece of the title bar always remained. Now, it can't find it
anywhere on or beneath the main application window.

Tried running the application is various compatability modes. Tried it in
Safe Mode. Un- and re-installed the application. Did a C drive scan & fix.
None of these cleared this problem.

You can try this...
Right-click the minimized window and click RESTORE. If that choice is not
available, then it's already in that mode. Press <alt-spacebar>, then the
M key. Use the arrow keys to move the window onto the screen. When it is
where you want it, press <enter>. If the arrows do nothing, press NUMlock
first.

 

[Len Krauss]

Thanks so very much for responding with that technique! It worked!
Len