Thanks, Stuart, now I remember Workspaces--and even a fairly recent discussion about the .fws and .cfws files--but couldn't put them together. I will set this up and hope I don't have to use it often. :-)
Typically, running Windows under Parallels is no different, it's just more challenging for us Mac folks to figure out where stuff is (and why it doesn't work like a Mac). --Karen At 12:00 PM -0500 4/24/12, Stuart Rogers wrote: >Karen, > >FM keeps track of your open palettes etc. in Workspace files with the >extension .fws or .cfws. It sounds like something got fried in >whichever .cfws file you last used. > >The best way to restore your palettes is to set up the interface the way >you like it and then save it as a custom workspace. Then when things go >haywire (or you've just managed to move everything around for various >reasons), you can choose Reset from the workspace menu and everything >will be restored. (Assuming the .cfws file is OK.) > >(The .fws and .cfws files are in the WorkSpaces folder within fminit; >you may find more than one instance of the fminit folder; I'm not sure >how Parallels, Macs, etc. work this out.) > >HTH, > >-- >Stuart Rogers >On 23/04/2012 3:04 PM, Karen Robbins wrote: > > Hello Framers, >> >> I use Frame 9 (9.0p255) in Windows 7 via Parallels 6 on a Mac. I keep >> many palettes on-screen in one or two floating blocks. >> >> This morning I opened an existing Frame document and all palettes were >> missing. Multiple attempts at opening a palette with a menu item (such >> as Format>Character>Designer) or key combo (such as CTRL+D) also failed. > > >> After several tries and restarts (both Windows and Frame), clicking >> through the menus did begin to reveal some of the palettes. I am not > > sure if all are directly accessible from menus. >> >> What might cause this to happen? Is the best way (only way?) to restore >> disappearing palettes simply to call all of them from menus again? >> >> thanks, > > Karen
