Sokko
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When I start up DROD beta 32, it starts in a window that is literally nothing. The window is the smallest possible window allowed; resized as small as possible so you can't see the contents, and it's so tiny the title bar only has room for half a character next to the buttons. The way to fix this is to minimize it, then bring it back up again.

It might be that I'm using WindowBlinds now, but I don't think so.

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ErikH2000
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Sokko wrote:
When I start up DROD beta 32, it starts in a window that is literally nothing. The window is the smallest possible window allowed; resized as small as possible so you can't see the contents, and it's so tiny the title bar only has room for half a character next to the buttons. The way to fix this is to minimize it, then bring it back up again.

It might be that I'm using WindowBlinds now, but I don't think so.

Very strange. What is "WindowBlinds"? Is there a way to disable it so you can see if it causes the problem?

Also, did you see the problem in previous builds? If not, is there anything in your configuration that has changed previous to the build 33 install that might account for the problem?

Not pointing fingers at you--just trying to isolate the problem. It may very well be something in the latest build, but right now I don't have the slightest clue what would cause it.

-Erik

[Edited by ErikH2000 on 07-28-2003 at 03:35 AM]

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I've seen this before -- on a dual-monitor setup (in the lab). But it is with a "double-desktop" type configuration. I'm betting that it is WindowBlinds causing this. No idea why it does it.

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WindowBlinds is basically a program that skins the entire OS, so everything looks different. There are hundreds of skins available for download; I like to rotate through them every few days, so Windows never gets boring.

Disabling WindowBlinds...
Updating to latest DROD version...
Running DROD build 33...

Okay, it works fine without WB.

Enabling WindowBlinds...
Running DROD...

Now it doesn't work. WindowBlinds is causing the problem. Darn. Oh well, you can always put something in the help file like "If you use WindowBlinds, you'll need to minimize DROD and bring it back up to view the window."

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