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   anthonyberet to anthonyberet   
   Re: Registry bummer   
   30 Jul 07 01:56:38   
   
   XPost: 24hoursupport.helpdesk, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp   
   From: nospam@me.invalid   
      
   anthonyberet wrote:   
   > Zadok wrote:   
   >> On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 23:59:56 +0100, anthonyberet    
   >> wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I am running xp sp2.   
   >>>   
   >>> Two applications have a problem, in that the window seems to appear   
   >>> off-screen. Clicking the tile on the taskbar of the app doesn't help.   
   >>> Neither does resizing my desktop resolution. Loggin in as a   
   >>> differenmt user fixes it, but I want to use my main user on this box.   
   >>> The two apps doing this are .net messenger (since I upgraded from MSN   
   >>> messenger) and now µtorrent.   
   >>> For a while I have found Irfanview Thumbnails has produced a very   
   >>> wide window, running off the screen to the right when restored. This   
   >>> might be a similar problem.   
   >>>   
   >>> I suspect it is somehow caused by The Halflife2 Steam application, as   
   >>> that resizes the screen, and seemed to crash µtorrent, but I am not   
   >>> sure.   
   >>>   
   >>> Is it a registry problem? Can I reset all windows to default startup   
   >>> positions somehow?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Right click on the "tile on the taskbar of the app" and select "move".   
   >> Hold down the shift key and use the arrow keys to bring the window   
   >> into view. Release the keys and hit "enter". Make check payable to   
   >> Zadok. Let us know how you did.   
   >>   
   > Thank you very much. That worked on Windows Live Messenger.   
   > µtorrent mysteriously improved on its own.   
   > Irfanview Thumbnails is the same, or different, if you catch my drift.   
      
   I tell a lie. I have been able to fix irfanview too. Ta muchly.   
      
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