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minimized windows problem

minimized windows problem

minimized windows problem

(OP)
Hello everyone,
when i minimize documents inside solidworks window, they appear very small with no captions in lower left corner. i can hardly grab and move or maximize the documents. whats the problem here?
[IMG]http://i53.tinypic.com/34orkfq.jpg[/IMG]

RE: minimized windows problem

What happens when you left click on these icons.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: minimized windows problem

(OP)
this is what happens when i hover my mouse over the icon:
http://i53.tinypic.com/117fltf.jpg
if i left click, it'll close.if i right click on it, nothing happens. only a very small portion of maximize button is visible.

RE: minimized windows problem

Have you tried running a repair of SW?

Are you familiar with resetting the SW registry key?

What graphics card and driver are you using?

RE: minimized windows problem

I was about to give same advice CBL has given.

What is you OS and SolidWorks specs/details.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

RE: minimized windows problem

(OP)
my OS is windows 7.i checked and graphics card and driver is within solidworks recommended specs.I noticed that solidworks does not have that problem in other user accounts of the same OS. so i guess if there is a way to reset registry settings for my account,that would help resolve the issue. how should i do it properly?

RE: minimized windows problem

To do that you need to close SolidWorks.

Then  go to Run> regedit> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SolidWorks and then rename SolidWorks to SolidWorks_old.
 
Then when you start SolidWorks, everything will be set to default."

After restarting SW, it will ask you to sign a user agreement. Accept it and go ahead.

Make sure you have backed up your data like SW templates, macros settings, etc.

Deepak Gupta
SW 2010 SP4.0 & 2011 SP1.0
DriveWorks Pro 7 SP5
Boxer's SolidWorks™ Blog

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