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
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