the way I've done this when I changed the number of monitors or something else that "lost" a window (reducing the number of monitors you are viewing is a common way this issue occurs to many)....was this:
1. Go to the SAVE directory in the DX4WIN directory 2. Open the config.txt file (I still have this text file in my copy, and I'm running the latest version. Granted, PERHAPS....if you JUST got/bought the software recently....maybe NOW it no longer comes with this file? I don't know the answer to that. But my copy still has it....and I update every time there is an update. But of course, when I update....I do NOT delete any files....I just run the updates. So perhaps this file....and others...might be there from the past?). It will open in an app like Notepad in Windows. 3. In that file, scroll down....until you see a bunch of groups for Window settings....they'll look like this - [W-BANDMAP] HEIGHT=400 LEFT=127 TOP=283 WIDTH=533 [W-CALEN] *for instance, this is for the position of the Calendar window* HEIGHT=400 LEFT=272 TOP=245 WIDTH=533 [W-CALL] ACTIVE=1 HEIGHT=269 LEFT=1042 TOP=598 WIDTH=336 [W-CNTY] HEIGHT=66 LEFT=139 TOP=105 WIDTH=536 [W-CTY] ACTIVE=1 HEIGHT=51 LEFT=1041 TOP=515 WIDTH=336 [W-CW] HEIGHT=400 LEFT=20 TOP=102 WIDTH=533 [W-EXT] HEIGHT=413 LEFT=534 TOP=374 WIDTH=563 [W-FLDDX] HEIGHT=51 LEFT=20 TOP=98 WIDTH=336 And there will be quite a few more. These are the settings for the position/characteristics of the individual Windows in DX4WIN. Find the Window you need to move back on screen. For instance, [W-PACK] HEIGHT=234 LEFT=-1922 POSITION=59 TOP=398 WIDTH=1036 Is the positioning info for the PACKET window. And.... [W-SPOT] HEIGHT=234 LEFT=-880 TOP=396 WIDTH=870 Is the positioning info for the Spot window. Anyway, find the window you are missing in the list of Windows (and their respective data)....and in the data for that window, change the information for LEFT and TOP to ZERO. Then save the file....and restart DX4WIN. The missing windows (assuming you changed those values as noted to 0)....should now appear again. So in the above examples....to make the SPOT window reappear (if it were missing)....you would change it from (in my example....the data/numbers are for where it appears on MY screen....obviously, your numbers/positions will no doubt be different...based on exactly WHERE you have positioned this particular window on your screen in the past).....from..... [W-SPOT] HEIGHT=234 LEFT=-880 TOP=396 WIDTH=870 ......to...... [W-SPOT] HEIGHT=234 LEFT=-0 TOP=0 WIDTH=870 Of course, as Brian noted....you could always delete your SAVE\CONFIG.DAT file (or rename it). *But then you will have to reconfigure all your settings*. My method, you don't have to reconfigure anything.....other than perhaps moving the window when it now reappears....to where you want it again. Again, if you've been a DX4WIN user for a year or more....and you have not deleted any files, you should have this config.txt file in your SAVE directory. Not sure if/when they quit including that .txt file....since mine is still there............ Hope this additional info perhaps helps. K4TK Tim Moore PMP On Sat, Jan 31, 2026 at 8:36 AM Dick NY1E <[email protected]> wrote: > I looked at the archives but didn't seem to be searchable. I have a window > off screen and know theres a place to manually tell it where to appear but > forgot where! anyone know what I'm talking about?Thanks, Dick NY1E > ______________________________________________________________ > DX4WIN mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
