Group: news.software.readers
From: me@tadyatam.invalid
Date: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:45 AM
Subject: Re: XNews crashes when I resize the main window

"allie ;>" wrote in
news: @ :

> That about sums it up. A little more info: the window is
> maximized. If I accidentally hit the Windows "restore down"
> button, XNews disappears from the desktop, and is only
> present on the bar to show that it's still open and
> running. However, it will not restore to any size.
>
> This has happened about 3 times since I've been using it (a
> couple of years). I don't know where the issue is; I
> suspect it's something in the file.
>
> What I've done in the past is to save all my ng rcs and
> then do a clean install. After that, I move the rcs back
> into the new install's folder.
>
> I think it's time that I find out why this crashing might
> be happening, and see if it's something that I can fix in
> some file, maybe it's the metrics or something?
>
> Thanks in advance for any advice,
> Allie ;>
>
The window might be "outside" of the monitor.
Try:
"Resize down"
check taskbar that Xnews is still the active window
press Alt+space
press M (or click Move)
"drag" the Xnews window back to wherever you want it.

J
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