On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 5:54 PM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote:
> > I have just opened a Pharo image on Windows 7 that I haven't touched in > months. This was originally derived from the Pharo.1.2.1.OneCick, and the > TitleBar > 'Display Version Information' indicates "About Pharo on Win32 - > Pharo4.1.1 from Mar 3 2011". > I assume the image was left it in good working order, but now the 16 open > windows (including a pinned World Menu) are not responding to any mouse > click. Clicking over them brings up a fresh World Menu as if I just clicked > on the background. From this fresh World Menu, I can open a properly > functioning Workspace and Browser. It seems like a snapshot "old" windows > has become the background image, except that from the window-bar and bottom > of screen going "Windows > Collapse All Windows" does collapse the "old" > windows - and "Windows > Expand All Windows" restores them, but they still > cannot be selected. One of the "old" windows is a dialog box "Question: > Save changes before quitting Yes/No/Cancel" which is the single "old" window > I can select. Choosing Yes or No closes the image and choosing Cancel keeps > me in the image, but still with none of the "old" windows selectable. I > naively speculate that I was closing the image and walked away while "save > changes" dialog was open, and in the meantime the power dropped out to the > machine. > > It would be nice to regain access to some code snippets in the "old" > Workspace, but just closing all the "old" of them would be okay. > If you open a new workspace in the top right of the window, there is an arrow that brings options, included one called "Previous contents ..." cheers > Your thoughts on possible causes and alternatives to fix would be > appreciated. > cheers, Ben > > > > -- Mariano http://marianopeck.wordpress.com
