Thanks for those kind words Cathy.

Brian Kelly

On 28-Dec-17 8:03 PM, Cathy Pinner wrote:
Brian Kelly is the Hidden Window expert.
I saved this from what he wrote once

Cathy

This looks like the classic hidden window problem. The source detail screen is opening but it is not visible because it may be behind the Legacy window or may be outside the boundaries of your monitor. Some things you can try to make that hidden window appear:

1: Tap the Alt key, if the screen is behind the legacy window that may bring it to the top and make it visible.

2. Hold down Alt and tap the space bar. That will open a Windows generated menu on the active (source detail) window. If the Source Detail window is outside your monitor boundaries then menu will show up at the side of the monitor where the lost window is located. Choose move from the menu and your mouse pointer will change to a four-point arrow. Use the arrow keys to move that menu toward the centre of your monitor and you should see the "missing" screen move into view. When it is positioned correctly hit enter to exit the move mode.

3. If you have multiple monitors make sure they are all on. The source detail screen may be on the screen of a monitor which is off.

Brian Kelly

Stratton <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, 29 December 2017 3:24 AM

Jenny - Look for the task view icon at the bottom of your PC screen. It usually is on the left side right after the magnifying glass icon. Clicking on it will show all the open programs you are using. You can then click on the program you want to see.

Richard


On 12/28/2017 10:44 AM, Jenny M Benson wrote:

Jenny M Benson <mailto:[email protected]>
Friday, 29 December 2017 1:44 AM
I hope someone help before I tear my hair out!  The fact that I know the problem is my own fault doesn't help!

Far too frequently, I start the process to add an image to a Source Citation, then realise I haven't yet saved it from IrfanView and I switch to IV WITHOUT closing the open image dialog.

Then I can't get back to it!

No amount of tabbing will show the dialog box - only the main Legacy window shows.  SOMETIMES I can find it by progressively minimising each window I have open, but not always.  Very often I just have to crash out of Legacy to escape this situation.  Then getting an error message telling me I should have closed the topmost form first just makes me madder!

How do I find this illusive dialog box?




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