Restoring Lost Window Settings

Summary: Can't find your Word window, but you know it's there? Try this tip to get things back to normal. (This tip works with Microsoft Word 6, Word 95, Word 97, Word 2000, Word 2002, and Word 2003.)

For some reason, certain applications seem to lose the window view in Windows 95, and once in a while in other versions of Windows. When the window (restore) icon is selected, the application disappears from the screen, and the only indication that the program is active is the task on the Task Bar. The only way to get the application back is to right click the task (on the Task Bar) and select Maximize. There are applications on the market that allow you to view the settings for all windows and then modify them, as desired. (One example is Microsoft's Spy++, which is available with a couple of their high-level development systems.)

The poor-person's solution to the problem, however, is the following:

Load another application in addition to the one that is giving you problems.
Right-click on the Task Bar (not on an individual task).
Choose Cascade, Tile Horizontally, or Tile Vertically (it doesn't matter which one).
Close the application you loaded in step 1.
Resize your remaining application window as desired.

Tip #276 applies to Microsoft Word versions: 6 | 95 | 97 | 2000 | 2002 | 2003

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