Virtual PC 2007 - running but not accessible

[Guest]

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view, but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Richard G. Harper]

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible, if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

 

[Guest]

thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly decided to
behave this way after a week of use???

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible, if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view, but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Richard Urban]

Close VirtualPC down while it is on the desktop and it will reopen on the
desktop. Memory!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly decided
to
behave this way after a week of use???

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was minimized
to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible, if
it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[MICHAEL]

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:

thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly decided to
behave this way after a week of use???

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible, if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view, but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Guest]

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it disappears again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but they all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time when it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program - neither
helped.

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:

thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly decided to
behave this way after a week of use???

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible, if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view, but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Richard Urban]

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time when it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program - neither
helped.

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:

thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Guest]

Same thing Richard ... double clicking it in the System Tray brings it to the
taskbar, double clicking it on the taskbar removes it from the taskbar.

Right clicking on it in the taskbar, the maximise option isn't available.
The only available options are Close, Minimise, Close, Move.

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time when it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program - neither
helped.

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:
thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Richard Urban]

I would suggest that you uninstall, reboot and then reinstall VirtualPC
2007.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Same thing Richard ... double clicking it in the System Tray brings it to
the
taskbar, double clicking it on the taskbar removes it from the taskbar.

Right clicking on it in the taskbar, the maximise option isn't available.
The only available options are Close, Minimise, Close, Move.

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but
they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time when
it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program -
neither
helped.


:

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:
thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray
that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program
from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back
up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console
invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start
up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier
today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on
the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from
view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled
&
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Guest]

sorry to say, that didn't make a difference either
except I am now getting this warning when I start VPC
"Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network Services driver.
Access to the external network and host will be unavailable to all guests
using the "..... ethernet controller" adaptor. Virtual machines using virtual
netowrking will still be able to acess other virtual machines using virtual
networking"

I would suggest that you uninstall, reboot and then reinstall VirtualPC
2007.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Same thing Richard ... double clicking it in the System Tray brings it to
the
taskbar, double clicking it on the taskbar removes it from the taskbar.

Right clicking on it in the taskbar, the maximise option isn't available.
The only available options are Close, Minimise, Close, Move.

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but
they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time when
it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program -
neither
helped.


:

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:
thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray
that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the program
from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start back
up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console
invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will start
up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier
today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on
the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from
view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled
&
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Richard Urban]

Suggest you post your problem in microsoft.public.virtualpc newsgroup.

There are a few really good fellows there who may be able to assist you.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

sorry to say, that didn't make a difference either
except I am now getting this warning when I start VPC
"Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network Services driver.
Access to the external network and host will be unavailable to all guests
using the "..... ethernet controller" adaptor. Virtual machines using
virtual
netowrking will still be able to acess other virtual machines using
virtual
networking"

I would suggest that you uninstall, reboot and then reinstall VirtualPC
2007.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Same thing Richard ... double clicking it in the System Tray brings it
to
the
taskbar, double clicking it on the taskbar removes it from the taskbar.

Right clicking on it in the taskbar, the maximise option isn't
available.
The only available options are Close, Minimise, Close, Move.


:

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It
just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it
disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but
they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time
when
it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program -
neither
helped.


:

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:
thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray
that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual
PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this
happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the
program
from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it
suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start
back
up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console
invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will
start
up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier
today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear
on
the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from
view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I
uninstalled
&
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Guest]

will do .. and thanks for hanging in there this far with it Richard

Suggest you post your problem in microsoft.public.virtualpc newsgroup.

There are a few really good fellows there who may be able to assist you.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

sorry to say, that didn't make a difference either
except I am now getting this warning when I start VPC
"Virtual PC could not open the Virtual Machine Network Services driver.
Access to the external network and host will be unavailable to all guests
using the "..... ethernet controller" adaptor. Virtual machines using
virtual
netowrking will still be able to acess other virtual machines using
virtual
networking"

I would suggest that you uninstall, reboot and then reinstall VirtualPC
2007.

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

Same thing Richard ... double clicking it in the System Tray brings it
to
the
taskbar, double clicking it on the taskbar removes it from the taskbar.

Right clicking on it in the taskbar, the maximise option isn't
available.
The only available options are Close, Minimise, Close, Move.


:

Double click the icon in the notification area!

--


Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

Quote from George Ankner:
If you knew as much as you think you know,
You would realize that you don't know what you thought you knew!

The problem is that right-clicking doesn't "show" the console. It
just
reappears on the task bar, then if I click on it there, it
disappears
again.
Nothing appears on the desktop.
I can access options by right-clicking the icon in System Tray, but
they
all
seem to refer to the actuall Virtual PC itself, not to the console.
As I mentiioned earlier, I've done a system restore back to a time
when
it
was working OK, plus I've uninstalled & reinstalled the program -
neither
helped.


:

Just right-click the icon and select "Show Virtual PC Console".


-Michael

* jb5qld:
thx Richard, but why can't I restore it again?
since posting, I've discovered there's an icon in the system tray
that
enables me to open my virtual XP, but I used to see the Virtual
PC
program
running in a separate window on the desktop up until this
happened.
I guess it's immaterial, so long as I can still access the
program
from
the
System Tray icon, I'm just at a loss to understand why it
suddenly
decided to
behave this way after a week of use???


:

What you are seeing is entirely normal. Virtual PC will start
back
up
in
whatever state it was last in when you shut it down - if it was
minimized to
the taskbar it will start on the taskbar with the console
invisible,
if it
was running with the control console on the desktop it will
start
up
with
the console visible.

--
Richard G. Harper [MVP Shell/User] (e-mail address removed)
* NEW! Catch my blog ... http://msmvps.com/blogs/rgharper/
* PLEASE post all messages and replies in the newsgroups
* The Website - http://rgharper.mvps.org/
* HELP us help YOU ... http://www.dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier
today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear
on
the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from
view,
but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I
uninstalled
&
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

 

[Bill Leary]

I have been using Virtual PC for over a week up until earlier today.
Suddenly when I attempt to open it, it I see it briefly appear on the
screen
& it is immediately minimised to the taskbar.
If I click on it in the taskbar, it disappears completely from view, but
Task Manager shows it as still running.
I did a System Restore, which made no difference, so I uninstalled &
reinstalled it, but the same thing is still happening.
Can anybody help me please?

I've read the rest of the message trail after this one.

I had the same problem with all the same details as you've indicated above
and in your replies to others.

Do this, make sure VPC isn't running first :

1. Open a command line session.
2. Type in notepad %appdata%\Microsoft\Virtual PC\Options.xml
3. Find the line <visible type="boolean">false</visible>
4. Change "false" to "true"
5. Save and exit
6. Try VPC again.

This worked for me when every other suggestion (all the ones you've gotten
in this thread) didn't.

- Bill

 

[Guest]

Bill, I felt sure this was going to be the solution, but sadly it hasn't
fixed it
I've re-opened the Options.xml document to check that it has saved as true
and as you can see here, it has:

<window>
<console>
<height type="integer">256</height>
<left_position type="integer">4294935296</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">4294935296</top_position>
<visible type="boolean">true</visible>
<width type="integer">367</width>
</console>
but thanks for your contribution Bill, much appreciated

 

[Jane C]

Here's mine:

- <window>
- <console>
<height type="integer">256</height>
<left_position type="integer">102</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">5</top_position>
<visible type="boolean">true</visible>
<width type="integer">367</width>
</console>

As you can see, your left and top positions have gone wonky, both being set
to 4294935296 for some weird reason.

 

[Guest]

aaaaggghhhh!!! still doesn't work Jane!!!
Here's a full copy of my options.xml ... can you see anything else amiss?
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-16"?>
<!-- Microsoft Virtual Machine Options and Settings -->
<preferences>
<version type="string">2.0</version>
<properties>
<modifier>
<build type="string">6.0.156.0</build>
<name type="string">Microsoft Virtual PC 2007</name>
</modifier>
</properties>
<virtual_gateway id="0">
<id type="integer">0</id>
<type type="integer">0</type>
</virtual_gateway>
<virtual_gateway id="1">
<adapter
type="string">\DosDevices\VPCNetS2_{E2C9367A-8D81-41F6-A601-39999083076C}

</adapter>
<id type="integer">16</id>
<name type="string">Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller</name>
<type type="integer">2</type>
</virtual_gateway>
<virtual_gateway>
<next>
<virtual_gateway_id type="integer">17</virtual_gateway_id>
</next>
</virtual_gateway>
<virtual_network id="0">
<gateway type="integer">0</gateway>
<id type="bytes">8F0AB9B9FEB711DB83229AEA6598211A</id>
<name type="string">Local only</name>
<notes type="string">This is the local only virtual network. Virtual
machines connected to this

virtual network can only communicate with other virtual machines on this
network.</notes>
</virtual_network>
<virtual_network id="1">
<gateway type="integer">16</gateway>
<id type="bytes">8F0AB9BAFEB711DB83229AEA6598211A</id>
<name type="string">Marvell Yukon 88E8056 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet
Controller</name>
<notes type="string">This is an external virtual network. Virtual NICs
attached to this virtual

network can access external networks through the "Marvell Yukon 88E8056
PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller" host

network adapter.</notes>
</virtual_network>
<settings>
<virtual_pc>
<enable_hw_assist type="boolean">true</enable_hw_assist>
</virtual_pc>
</settings>
<window>
<console>
<height type="integer">256</height>
<left_position type="integer">102</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">5</top_position>
<visible type="boolean">true</visible>
<width type="integer">367</width>
</console>
<new_pc>
<left_position type="integer">389</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">319</top_position>
</new_pc>
<virtual_disk_wizard>
<left_position type="integer">389</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">319</top_position>
</virtual_disk_wizard>
</window>
<alerts>
<communications>
<AETEMCAS type="boolean">true</AETEMCAS>
<NTFYUnOS type="boolean">true</NTFYUnOS>
<NTFYSDOD type="boolean">true</NTFYSDOD>
</communications>
<notifications>
<no_boot_disk type="boolean">true</no_boot_disk>
</notifications>
</alerts>
<video>
<resolution>
<adjust_host type="boolean">false</adjust_host>
</resolution>
</video>
<configuration>
<language>
<override>
<filename type="string">English.dict</filename>
<id type="integer">128</id>
</override>
</language>
</configuration>
</preferences>

 

[Jane C]

I can't see anything wrong there. Have you rebooted your host pc?

 

[Bill Leary]

Bill, I felt sure this was going to be the solution, but sadly it hasn't
fixed it
I've re-opened the Options.xml document to check that it has saved as true
and as you can see here, it has:

<window>
<console>
<height type="integer">256</height>
<left_position type="integer">4294935296</left_position>
<top_position type="integer">4294935296</top_position>
<visible type="boolean">true</visible>
<width type="integer">367</width>
</console>
but thanks for your contribution Bill, much appreciated

I was about to note that the positioning arguments (4294935296) were insane
and off the screen, and they are, but I note "Jane C" pointed that out, you
tried it, and it still didn't work.

Amazing.

- Bill

 

[Guest]

absolutely ... several times ... and the Vista computer as well.

 

[Guest]

I guess I'm just lucky
but the even more amazing thing to me is that it's resisted
uninstalling/reinstalling and system restore.
would there be any registry edits controlling it? or does the .xml file do
all of it?