Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Sherry]

That was the same thing I experienced. But only with v8. I haven't had any
problems with v9.


Sherry

On Mon, May 22, 2017 at 9:48 AM, Cheryl Rothwell 
wrote:

> Just as a followup, I am now starting Legacy on the second monitor and, so
> far, I have not had any disappearing windows. I have no idea why that seems
> to help but it does.
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Sherry  wrote:
>
>> Send a ticket in to Support - on the Legacy Home tab, click on the
>> appropriate link in the Support section.
>>
>> Sherry
>>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

Just as a followup, I am now starting Legacy on the second monitor and, so
far, I have not had any disappearing windows. I have no idea why that seems
to help but it does.

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 11:45 AM, Sherry  wrote:

> Send a ticket in to Support - on the Legacy Home tab, click on the
> appropriate link in the Support section.
>
> Sherry
>
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Cheryl Rothwell 
> wrote:
>
>> I actually found one the other day by changing  (reducing) the resolution
>> on the second monitor.
>>
>> I haven't tried Bob's Window - right (or left) arrow yet.
>>
>> I don't understand is why it got worse with Legacy 9 and why it doesn't
>> happen in other programs if it is a Windows issue. But I really don't care
>> whose issue it is. I just want it resolved!
>>
>> Cheryl
>>
>>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Sherry]

Send a ticket in to Support - on the Legacy Home tab, click on the
appropriate link in the Support section.

Sherry


On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:35 AM, Cheryl Rothwell 
wrote:

> I actually found one the other day by changing  (reducing) the resolution
> on the second monitor.
>
> I haven't tried Bob's Window - right (or left) arrow yet.
>
> I don't understand is why it got worse with Legacy 9 and why it doesn't
> happen in other programs if it is a Windows issue. But I really don't care
> whose issue it is. I just want it resolved!
>
> Cheryl
>
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

I actually found one the other day by changing  (reducing) the resolution
on the second monitor.

I haven't tried Bob's Window - right (or left) arrow yet.

I don't understand is why it got worse with Legacy 9 and why it doesn't
happen in other programs if it is a Windows issue. But I really don't care
whose issue it is. I just want it resolved!

Cheryl

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 8:55 AM, Sherry <hot.rod.w...@gmail.com> wrote:

> This is something I've dealt with for years when I was using Win7 and then
> again after a fresh install of Win10 and talked with Ken, one of the
> programmers, about it. He can't duplicate it and doesn't know what's going
> on with it. And yes, I've seen this only with Legacy as well.
>
> I've only seen it with v8. I used to use that version on my secondary
> monitor all the time. I haven't been using v9 on the secondary monitor, so
> it hasn't been an issue.
>
> If I open v8 on the secondary monitor, I don't have any problems with the
> windows going partially off screen.
>
> I have previously tried Brian's suggestion of deleting the Legacy2.usr
> file many times so Legacy can create a fresh one, but that hasn't helped at
> all.
>
> It sounds like you do have both monitors on though. Have you tried playing
> around with the settings for dual monitor display? Could your resolution be
> part of the culprit if they're completely disappearing? I use a higher
> resolution.
>
> And no, I wouldn't expect a "child" window to show on the taskbar, task
> manager, or in alt-tab, except for a couple of instances where the
> programmers have broken them out to be independent, such as Legacy
> Charting, File > Export and a couple of other places.
>
>
> Sherry
>
> On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> No, the missing windows do NOT show in task manager. I've tried that.
>>
>> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> If a computer has 2 screens, it is often the fault of the
>>> screen-switching software that something doesn’t fit or disappears  - which
>>> not always under Windows ' complete control.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> In Windows 10, you have extra facilities (go to Settings, and use
>>> search)  but the most useful and neglected is the small icon on your Task
>>> Bar (mine is at bottom, left - to the right of Cortanas's microphone).
>>> It’s called the Task View – it looks like a screen.
>>>
>>>
>>> [ above: a 10Kb image – guaranteed no malware. If your emails are set to
>>> plain text, this will be an attachment, not within the email ]
>>>
>>> This allows you to view all windows (term meaning the displaying area
>>> for each programme, or part’ of a programme) and by clicking on one of
>>> those, it will have ‘focus’.
>>>
>>> That’s a hint worth trying – I often have a great number of windows
>>> open, including multiple web pages in one or several browsers, and it
>>> removes a lot of confusion to be able to see what’s where on my (single)
>>> screen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ian Thomas
>>>
>>> Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -Original Message-
>>> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com]
>>> On Behalf Of Robert57P_gmail
>>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 7:25 AM
>>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Alt-Tab only cycles through open APPLICATIONS (programs) Alt-ESC will
>>> not only cycle through open applications, but will also cycle through open
>>> CHILD windows.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Unfortunately (usually) neither will help you find the window if it is
>>> off screen.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If you can get focus to the child window, try WINDOW-RIGHT ARROW (or
>>> WINDOW-LEFT ARROW).  Keep hitting same key combo until the child shows up
>>> on the desired screen.  WINDOW-ARROW key takes the window that is in focus,
>>> and moves it to the left edge of its current monitor (if you use left),
>>> then to the right edge of the next monitor to the left, then to the center
>>> of that next monitor, then to the left edge of that monitor,
>>>
>>> then right edge of 3rd monitor, etc, etc, etc.   The good thing about
>>>
>>> this - it WRAPS - so when it gets to the left edge of the left most
>>>

Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Sherry]

This is something I've dealt with for years when I was using Win7 and then
again after a fresh install of Win10 and talked with Ken, one of the
programmers, about it. He can't duplicate it and doesn't know what's going
on with it. And yes, I've seen this only with Legacy as well.

I've only seen it with v8. I used to use that version on my secondary
monitor all the time. I haven't been using v9 on the secondary monitor, so
it hasn't been an issue.

If I open v8 on the secondary monitor, I don't have any problems with the
windows going partially off screen.

I have previously tried Brian's suggestion of deleting the Legacy2.usr file
many times so Legacy can create a fresh one, but that hasn't helped at all.

It sounds like you do have both monitors on though. Have you tried playing
around with the settings for dual monitor display? Could your resolution be
part of the culprit if they're completely disappearing? I use a higher
resolution.

And no, I wouldn't expect a "child" window to show on the taskbar, task
manager, or in alt-tab, except for a couple of instances where the
programmers have broken them out to be independent, such as Legacy
Charting, File > Export and a couple of other places.


Sherry

On Tue, May 9, 2017 at 5:39 AM, Cheryl Rothwell <historysle...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> No, the missing windows do NOT show in task manager. I've tried that.
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote:
>
>> If a computer has 2 screens, it is often the fault of the
>> screen-switching software that something doesn’t fit or disappears  - which
>> not always under Windows ' complete control.
>>
>>
>>
>> In Windows 10, you have extra facilities (go to Settings, and use
>> search)  but the most useful and neglected is the small icon on your Task
>> Bar (mine is at bottom, left - to the right of Cortanas's microphone).
>> It’s called the Task View – it looks like a screen.
>>
>>
>> [ above: a 10Kb image – guaranteed no malware. If your emails are set to
>> plain text, this will be an attachment, not within the email ]
>>
>> This allows you to view all windows (term meaning the displaying area for
>> each programme, or part’ of a programme) and by clicking on one of those,
>> it will have ‘focus’.
>>
>> That’s a hint worth trying – I often have a great number of windows open,
>> including multiple web pages in one or several browsers, and it removes a
>> lot of confusion to be able to see what’s where on my (single) screen.
>>
>>
>>
>> Ian Thomas
>>
>> Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
>>
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-----
>> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com]
>> On Behalf Of Robert57P_gmail
>> Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 7:25 AM
>> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
>> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen
>>
>>
>>
>> Alt-Tab only cycles through open APPLICATIONS (programs) Alt-ESC will not
>> only cycle through open applications, but will also cycle through open
>> CHILD windows.
>>
>>
>>
>> Unfortunately (usually) neither will help you find the window if it is
>> off screen.
>>
>>
>>
>> If you can get focus to the child window, try WINDOW-RIGHT ARROW (or
>> WINDOW-LEFT ARROW).  Keep hitting same key combo until the child shows up
>> on the desired screen.  WINDOW-ARROW key takes the window that is in focus,
>> and moves it to the left edge of its current monitor (if you use left),
>> then to the right edge of the next monitor to the left, then to the center
>> of that next monitor, then to the left edge of that monitor,
>>
>> then right edge of 3rd monitor, etc, etc, etc.   The good thing about
>>
>> this - it WRAPS - so when it gets to the left edge of the left most
>> monitor it will circle around the right edge of the right most monitor,
>> then center of the right most monitor, etc.  Eventually it should end up
>> being visible.
>>
>>
>>
>> With Windows 7 (my Windows 10 machine is doing a backup, so I can't test
>>
>> it) - I tried having a Legacy child window open, then made some other
>> program the active window.  Then, by clicking on the Legacy icon on the
>> task bar, the CHILD became active - and thus I was able to move the child
>> window around using the WINDOW-ARROW method.  In other words, I did NOT
>> need to click on the child to make it active - just clicking on the Legacy
>> icon made the child active.
>>
>>
>>
>> You can also try right clicking on the task bar and select CASCADE
>> WINDOWS or on SHO

Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

No, the missing windows do NOT show in task manager. I've tried that.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 11:13 PM, Ian Thomas <il.tho...@outlook.com> wrote:

> If a computer has 2 screens, it is often the fault of the screen-switching
> software that something doesn’t fit or disappears  - which not always under
> Windows ' complete control.
>
>
>
> In Windows 10, you have extra facilities (go to Settings, and use search)
> but the most useful and neglected is the small icon on your Task Bar (mine
> is at bottom, left - to the right of Cortanas's microphone).  It’s called
> the Task View – it looks like a screen.
>
> [ above: a 10Kb image – guaranteed no malware. If your emails are set to
> plain text, this will be an attachment, not within the email ]
>
> This allows you to view all windows (term meaning the displaying area for
> each programme, or part’ of a programme) and by clicking on one of those,
> it will have ‘focus’.
>
> That’s a hint worth trying – I often have a great number of windows open,
> including multiple web pages in one or several browsers, and it removes a
> lot of confusion to be able to see what’s where on my (single) screen.
>
>
>
> Ian Thomas
>
> Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On
> Behalf Of Robert57P_gmail
> Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 7:25 AM
> To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
> Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen
>
>
>
> Alt-Tab only cycles through open APPLICATIONS (programs) Alt-ESC will not
> only cycle through open applications, but will also cycle through open
> CHILD windows.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately (usually) neither will help you find the window if it is off
> screen.
>
>
>
> If you can get focus to the child window, try WINDOW-RIGHT ARROW (or
> WINDOW-LEFT ARROW).  Keep hitting same key combo until the child shows up
> on the desired screen.  WINDOW-ARROW key takes the window that is in focus,
> and moves it to the left edge of its current monitor (if you use left),
> then to the right edge of the next monitor to the left, then to the center
> of that next monitor, then to the left edge of that monitor,
>
> then right edge of 3rd monitor, etc, etc, etc.   The good thing about
>
> this - it WRAPS - so when it gets to the left edge of the left most
> monitor it will circle around the right edge of the right most monitor,
> then center of the right most monitor, etc.  Eventually it should end up
> being visible.
>
>
>
> With Windows 7 (my Windows 10 machine is doing a backup, so I can't test
>
> it) - I tried having a Legacy child window open, then made some other
> program the active window.  Then, by clicking on the Legacy icon on the
> task bar, the CHILD became active - and thus I was able to move the child
> window around using the WINDOW-ARROW method.  In other words, I did NOT
> need to click on the child to make it active - just clicking on the Legacy
> icon made the child active.
>
>
>
> You can also try right clicking on the task bar and select CASCADE WINDOWS
> or on SHOW WINDOWS STACKED - but I'm not sure if this will bring a CHILD
> window back to your main monitor.  Worth a try though.
>
>
>
> I have some programs that, no matter WHERE I last closed them, they INSIST
> on opening on some other monitor the next time.  It can get real OLD real
> FAST - but I've learned to just deal with it.
>
>
>
> btw - there is another method that works for a PROGRAM window that is
> "lost", but it apparently does not work for a CHILD window that is
>
> lost:  SHIFT-Right click on the icon on the task bar, select RESTORE (if
> RESTORE is available - if it is gray, move on to next step).  Then
> SHIFT-Right click on the icon again and select MOVE (and let go of the
> SHIFT-Right-click).  Then hold down either the right or the left arrow to
> move the window.  Of course it helps if you have a good idea if the window
> is "lost" to the left or right. (If you have good eyes, you can sometimes
> tell this by first watching the button on the task bar as you repeatably
> click on it - you may see a faint image "swoosh" off to the left or to the
> right (IF you have that feature turned on in Windows - it is on by default
> I believe).)  This method does NOT wrap!  So you can end up shoving the
> window further off the screen!  If it doesn't show up fairly quickly, then
> hold down the other arrow key to see if it comes flying in from that side.
>
>
>
> Bob
>
>
>
>
>
> On 05/08/2017 14:47, Brian Kelly wrote:
>
> > You are missing an important Windows tool for finding missing screens
>
&g

Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Ian Thomas]

If a computer has 2 screens, it is often the fault of the screen-switching 
software that something doesn't fit or disappears  - which not always under 
Windows ' complete control.



In Windows 10, you have extra facilities (go to Settings, and use search)  but 
the most useful and neglected is the small icon on your Task Bar (mine is at 
bottom, left - to the right of Cortanas's microphone).  It's called the Task 
View - it looks like a screen.

[cid:image001.png@01D2C8C5.53FF2BB0]

[ above: a 10Kb image - guaranteed no malware. If your emails are set to plain 
text, this will be an attachment, not within the email ]

This allows you to view all windows (term meaning the displaying area for each 
programme, or part' of a programme) and by clicking on one of those, it will 
have 'focus'.

That's a hint worth trying - I often have a great number of windows open, 
including multiple web pages in one or several browsers, and it removes a lot 
of confusion to be able to see what's where on my (single) screen.



Ian Thomas

Albert Park, Victoria 3206 Australia



-Original Message-
From: LegacyUserGroup [mailto:legacyusergroup-boun...@legacyusers.com] On 
Behalf Of Robert57P_gmail
Sent: Tuesday, 9 May 2017 7:25 AM
To: LegacyUserGroup@LegacyUsers.com
Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen



Alt-Tab only cycles through open APPLICATIONS (programs) Alt-ESC will not only 
cycle through open applications, but will also cycle through open CHILD windows.



Unfortunately (usually) neither will help you find the window if it is off 
screen.



If you can get focus to the child window, try WINDOW-RIGHT ARROW (or 
WINDOW-LEFT ARROW).  Keep hitting same key combo until the child shows up on 
the desired screen.  WINDOW-ARROW key takes the window that is in focus, and 
moves it to the left edge of its current monitor (if you use left), then to the 
right edge of the next monitor to the left, then to the center of that next 
monitor, then to the left edge of that monitor,

then right edge of 3rd monitor, etc, etc, etc.   The good thing about

this - it WRAPS - so when it gets to the left edge of the left most monitor it 
will circle around the right edge of the right most monitor, then center of the 
right most monitor, etc.  Eventually it should end up being visible.



With Windows 7 (my Windows 10 machine is doing a backup, so I can't test

it) - I tried having a Legacy child window open, then made some other program 
the active window.  Then, by clicking on the Legacy icon on the task bar, the 
CHILD became active - and thus I was able to move the child window around using 
the WINDOW-ARROW method.  In other words, I did NOT need to click on the child 
to make it active - just clicking on the Legacy icon made the child active.



You can also try right clicking on the task bar and select CASCADE WINDOWS or 
on SHOW WINDOWS STACKED - but I'm not sure if this will bring a CHILD window 
back to your main monitor.  Worth a try though.



I have some programs that, no matter WHERE I last closed them, they INSIST on 
opening on some other monitor the next time.  It can get real OLD real FAST - 
but I've learned to just deal with it.



btw - there is another method that works for a PROGRAM window that is "lost", 
but it apparently does not work for a CHILD window that is

lost:  SHIFT-Right click on the icon on the task bar, select RESTORE (if 
RESTORE is available - if it is gray, move on to next step).  Then SHIFT-Right 
click on the icon again and select MOVE (and let go of the SHIFT-Right-click).  
Then hold down either the right or the left arrow to move the window.  Of 
course it helps if you have a good idea if the window is "lost" to the left or 
right. (If you have good eyes, you can sometimes tell this by first watching 
the button on the task bar as you repeatably click on it - you may see a faint 
image "swoosh" off to the left or to the right (IF you have that feature turned 
on in Windows - it is on by default I believe).)  This method does NOT wrap!  
So you can end up shoving the window further off the screen!  If it doesn't 
show up fairly quickly, then hold down the other arrow key to see if it comes 
flying in from that side.



Bob





On 05/08/2017 14:47, Brian Kelly wrote:

> You are missing an important Windows tool for finding missing screens

> that will let you find the screen without using the three finger

> salute (CTRL-ALT-DEL).

>

> When you think a window has opened off the visible screens hold ALT

> and click the spacebar. This will open a windows menu for the current

> (hidden) screen. One of the options there is move. The position of the

> menu will give you a clue as to where the hidden screen is located. It

> will be on the side of the monitor where that screen should be.

>

> Select move then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the

> hidden window into view. When it is fully visible 

Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Robert57P_gmail]

Alt-Tab only cycles through open APPLICATIONS (programs)
Alt-ESC will not only cycle through open applications, but will also 
cycle through open CHILD windows.


Unfortunately (usually) neither will help you find the window if it is 
off screen.


If you can get focus to the child window, try WINDOW-RIGHT ARROW (or 
WINDOW-LEFT ARROW).  Keep hitting same key combo until the child shows 
up on the desired screen.  WINDOW-ARROW key takes the window that is in 
focus, and moves it to the left edge of its current monitor (if you use 
left), then to the right edge of the next monitor to the left, then to 
the center of that next monitor, then to the left edge of that monitor, 
then right edge of 3rd monitor, etc, etc, etc.   The good thing about 
this - it WRAPS - so when it gets to the left edge of the left most 
monitor it will circle around the right edge of the right most monitor, 
then center of the right most monitor, etc.  Eventually it should end up 
being visible.


With Windows 7 (my Windows 10 machine is doing a backup, so I can't test 
it) - I tried having a Legacy child window open, then made some other 
program the active window.  Then, by clicking on the Legacy icon on the 
task bar, the CHILD became active - and thus I was able to move the 
child window around using the WINDOW-ARROW method.  In other words, I 
did NOT need to click on the child to make it active - just clicking on 
the Legacy icon made the child active.


You can also try right clicking on the task bar and select CASCADE 
WINDOWS or on SHOW WINDOWS STACKED - but I'm not sure if this will bring 
a CHILD window back to your main monitor.  Worth a try though.


I have some programs that, no matter WHERE I last closed them, they 
INSIST on opening on some other monitor the next time.  It can get real 
OLD real FAST - but I've learned to just deal with it.


btw - there is another method that works for a PROGRAM window that is 
"lost", but it apparently does not work for a CHILD window that is 
lost:  SHIFT-Right click on the icon on the task bar, select RESTORE (if 
RESTORE is available - if it is gray, move on to next step).  Then 
SHIFT-Right click on the icon again and select MOVE (and let go of the 
SHIFT-Right-click).  Then hold down either the right or the left arrow 
to move the window.  Of course it helps if you have a good idea if the 
window is "lost" to the left or right. (If you have good eyes, you can 
sometimes tell this by first watching the button on the task bar as you 
repeatably click on it - you may see a faint image "swoosh" off to the 
left or to the right (IF you have that feature turned on in Windows - it 
is on by default I believe).)  This method does NOT wrap!  So you can 
end up shoving the window further off the screen!  If it doesn't show up 
fairly quickly, then hold down the other arrow key to see if it comes 
flying in from that side.


Bob


On 05/08/2017 14:47, Brian Kelly wrote:
You are missing an important Windows tool for finding missing screens 
that will let you find the screen without using the three finger 
salute (CTRL-ALT-DEL).


When you think a window has opened off the visible screens hold ALT 
and click the spacebar. This will open a windows menu for the current 
(hidden) screen. One of the options there is move. The position of the 
menu will give you a clue as to where the hidden screen is located. It 
will be on the side of the monitor where that screen should be.


Select move then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the 
hidden window into view. When it is fully visible click enter to exit 
the move mode.


Legacy should remember the last place a screen was opened/closed and 
reopen it there. In older version those screen locations were stored 
in the Legacy2.usr file. If they still use that file you will find it 
in your _AppData\Usr folder. Deleting that file is major surgery 
because it will reset all screens back to their default sizes and 
locations.


Brian Kelly

On 08-May-17 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:

I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it.
With Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since
Legacy has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically
locked and I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.

Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
setting I'm missing?

Cheryl Rothwell








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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Brian Kelly]

You are missing an important Windows tool for finding missing screens 
that will let you find the screen without using the three finger salute 
(CTRL-ALT-DEL).


When you think a window has opened off the visible screens hold ALT and 
click the spacebar. This will open a windows menu for the current 
(hidden) screen. One of the options there is move. The position of the 
menu will give you a clue as to where the hidden screen is located. It 
will be on the side of the monitor where that screen should be.


Select move then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the hidden 
window into view. When it is fully visible click enter to exit the move 
mode.


Legacy should remember the last place a screen was opened/closed and 
reopen it there. In older version those screen locations were stored in 
the Legacy2.usr file. If they still use that file you will find it in 
your _AppData\Usr folder. Deleting that file is major surgery because it 
will reset all screens back to their default sizes and locations.


Brian Kelly

On 08-May-17 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:

I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it.
With Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since
Legacy has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically
locked and I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.

Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
setting I'm missing?

Cheryl Rothwell





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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Candace Wilmot]

No, alt-tab doesn't show it either. I have the same problem.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:18 PM, R G Strong Genealogy <
rgstrongge...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alt+tab should show you the open windows. When you tab to the Legacy open
> window then do as Gene suggested.
>
> On 5/8/2017 1:14 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
>
> I have never found an icon for the off screen window in the taskbar. There
> is just the Legacy icon. When I click on it and chose close the window the
> program terminates.
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Gene Young  wrote:
>
>> On 5/8/2017 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
>>
>>> I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
>>> was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it. With
>>> Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy
>>> has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and
>>> I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
>>> other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
>>> setting I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Cheryl Rothwell
>>>
>>>
>>> It is not Legacy. It is windows.  Windows remembers where a window was
>> when the program closes and tries to put it back there.
>> You may have had a window open off screen when you closed Legacy and
>> windows put it back there
>>
>> Here's one way to "rescue" such an off-screen window and bring it back
>> onto the active monitor:
>>
>> Make the off-screen window the active window by clicking on its icon
>> in the Windows Taskbar.
>> Press Alt+Space, and then press the M key. ...
>> Press any arrow key once.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Gene Young
>> Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada
>> With Legacy Family Tree
>> http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm
>>
>>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

Ah. I will give that a try. Thanks.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 1:18 PM, R G Strong Genealogy <
rgstrongge...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Alt+tab should show you the open windows. When you tab to the Legacy open
> window then do as Gene suggested.
>
> On 5/8/2017 1:14 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
>
> I have never found an icon for the off screen window in the taskbar. There
> is just the Legacy icon. When I click on it and chose close the window the
> program terminates.
>
> On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Gene Young  wrote:
>
>> On 5/8/2017 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
>>
>>> I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
>>> was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it. With
>>> Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy
>>> has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and
>>> I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.
>>>
>>> Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
>>> other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
>>> setting I'm missing?
>>>
>>> Cheryl Rothwell
>>>
>>>
>>> It is not Legacy. It is windows.  Windows remembers where a window was
>> when the program closes and tries to put it back there.
>> You may have had a window open off screen when you closed Legacy and
>> windows put it back there
>>
>> Here's one way to "rescue" such an off-screen window and bring it back
>> onto the active monitor:
>>
>> Make the off-screen window the active window by clicking on its icon
>> in the Windows Taskbar.
>> Press Alt+Space, and then press the M key. ...
>> Press any arrow key once.
>>
>> --
>>
>> Gene Young
>> Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada
>> With Legacy Family Tree
>> http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm
>>
>>
> --
> Russell G. Strong
> P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy
> program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.legacyfamilytreestore.com/
> Articles.asp?ID=133=1114
> Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!.
> Check out my Genealogy Pages at https://www.rgstrong-genes.com
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[R G Strong Genealogy]

Alt+tab should show you the open windows. When you tab to the Legacy 
open window then do as Gene suggested.



On 5/8/2017 1:14 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
I have never found an icon for the off screen window in the taskbar. 
There is just the Legacy icon. When I click on it and chose close the 
window the program terminates.


On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Gene Young > wrote:


On 5/8/2017 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:

I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was
opened it often was partially off either screen - but I could
locate it and move it. With Legacy 9 it is often off both
screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy has a window open
I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and I
have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.

Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window?
Since no other program does this I have to think it is Legacy.
Maybe there is a setting I'm missing?

Cheryl Rothwell


It is not Legacy. It is windows.  Windows remembers where a window
was when the program closes and tries to put it back there.
You may have had a window open off screen when you closed Legacy
and windows put it back there

Here's one way to "rescue" such an off-screen window and bring it
back onto the active monitor:

Make the off-screen window the active window by clicking on
its icon in the Windows Taskbar.
Press Alt+Space, and then press the M key. ...
Press any arrow key once.

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Gene Young
Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada
With Legacy Family Tree
http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm




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Oh so many branches and not enough time to check out all the roots!!!. 
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

I have never found an icon for the off screen window in the taskbar. There
is just the Legacy icon. When I click on it and chose close the window the
program terminates.

On Mon, May 8, 2017 at 12:56 PM, Gene Young  wrote:

> On 5/8/2017 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:
>
>> I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
>> was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it. With
>> Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy
>> has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and
>> I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.
>>
>> Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
>> other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
>> setting I'm missing?
>>
>> Cheryl Rothwell
>>
>>
>> It is not Legacy. It is windows.  Windows remembers where a window was
> when the program closes and tries to put it back there.
> You may have had a window open off screen when you closed Legacy and
> windows put it back there
>
> Here's one way to "rescue" such an off-screen window and bring it back
> onto the active monitor:
>
> Make the off-screen window the active window by clicking on its icon
> in the Windows Taskbar.
> Press Alt+Space, and then press the M key. ...
> Press any arrow key once.
>
> --
>
> Gene Young
> Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada
> With Legacy Family Tree
> http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm
>
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Re: [LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Gene Young]

On 5/8/2017 12:05 PM, Cheryl Rothwell wrote:

I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often was 
partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it. With Legacy 9 
it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy has a window 
open I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and I have to close 
the Legacy window - not a proper close.

Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no other 
program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a setting I'm 
missing?

Cheryl Rothwell



It is not Legacy. It is windows.  Windows remembers where a window was when the 
program closes and tries to put it back there.
You may have had a window open off screen when you closed Legacy and windows 
put it back there

Here's one way to "rescue" such an off-screen window and bring it back onto the 
active monitor:

Make the off-screen window the active window by clicking on its icon in the 
Windows Taskbar.
Press Alt+Space, and then press the M key. ...
Press any arrow key once.

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Researching Young, Harer, Cox & Sallada
With Legacy Family Tree
http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm

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[LegacyUG] window opens off screen

[Cheryl Rothwell]

I have two monitors. With Legacy 8 when a new window was opened it often
was partially off either screen - but I could locate it and move it. With
Legacy 9 it is often off both screens and cannot be located. Since Legacy
has a window open I can't do anything. The program is basically locked and
I have to close the Legacy window - not a proper close.

Does anyone know a way to tell Legacy where to open a window? Since no
other program does this I have to think it is Legacy. Maybe there is a
setting I'm missing?

Cheryl Rothwell
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