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I have AA6

When I minimize a script, telescope, filter. etc. window within AA6 it disappears.
What can I do to get the window to reappear?

Thanks

They should minimize to the lower left screen corner just above the tray!

I think I found a bug in AA7:

If I start AA7, then start the Star Atlas and minimize it, the Star Atlas will disappear from AA7 and cannot be made visible until AA7 is closed and restarted.

It looks like it's the same issue, maybe a new Windows 10 upgrade behaviour? Usually minimized windows are placed in the bottom-left area of the desktop: For the moment I suggest to don't minimize the Atlas window, instead just close it: doing so there is no difference nor performance penalties (the current chart will be kept in memory).

Actually, any of the windows you minimize in AA7 disappear in Windows 10 - not just the Star Atlas. I've been leaving them open and just shuffling them around which makes it difficult to view the main window.

umasscrew39 wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2019, 09:57

Actually, any of the windows you minimize in AA7 disappear in Windows 10 - not just the Star Atlas. I've been leaving them open and just shuffling them around which makes it difficult to view the main window.

Try enabling "auto hide taskbar" in the Win10 taskbar settings. I haven't noticed anything else disappearing but sometimes the taskbar can cover the bottom of the AA7 window.

I tried that- no difference. All minimized windows still disappear.

umasscrew39 wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2019, 16:37

I tried that- no difference. All minimized windows still disappear.

You mean the camera control windows and image windows?

I didn't notice that from Feb 24-March 10 and I was using two machines running two mounts for two weeks...in fact, now that I think about it, I had no problem with the Star Atlas then either and I was constantly minimizing it after finding a target. It is only now that I am processing my data that I ran across the Star Atlas problem.

I wonder if the latest Win10 upgrade broke something?

Correct - I have Windows 10 V10.0.17134 Build 17134

umasscrew39 wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2019, 16:57

Correct - I have Windows 10 V10.0.17134 Build 17134

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Same here, but I have no problems except the Star Atlas.

As you can see on the attachments, the camera window is open and when I minimize it, it disappears instead of going to the lower left corner. All the windows I open do the same thing.

umasscrew39 wrote: ↑

14 Mar 2019, 18:02

As you can see on the attachments, the camera window is open and when I minimize it, it disappears instead of going to the lower left corner. All the windows I open do the same thing.

That appears to be a video driver bug because the lower portion of the AA7 frame is missing. I cannot replicate that on my displays except with the taskbar covering the same area. The upper image you posted seems almost as if the frame didn't refresh properly as that is just where the task bar would be if it were visible.

You might try and update the video drivers - I tried that but none were available (this is a fairly new laptop).

I did notice that sometimes the AA7 Icon on the Win10 taskbar would show minimized AA7 windows when I hovered the mouse cursor over it.