If you have connected 2 displays to your computer and take the dualview configuration (not clone mode) the following happens:
In dualview you can drag a window from one monitor to the other one. Now open Notepad++ (will pop up in the primary display) and drag
it to the other display (secondary display). Shutdown the system and unplug the primary display from the computer.
When you now restart the secondary display will become the primary one (the only one). But if you open Notepad++ it will be shown on the
secondary display (which is not there and therefore Notepad++ will be not visible). You will only see the Notepad++ Icon in the taskbar below.
A very mean hidden bug, isn't it ? :-)
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The workaround I use is: Right-click on the taskbar icon for Notepad++, and select "Move". Then use the left arrow key (or right arrow key, if the 2nd monitor was originally on the left) to move the window onto the screen. Finally, click the left mouse button or press the Enter key to end the move operation.
Another thing you can do in this case is open the "config.xml" file (either in the Notepad++ install directory or in %APPDATA%/Notepad++) in regular Notepad, change the AppPosition's "x" value to "0", and save. Re-open Notepad++ and it will be left-justified on your primary screen. --Joel
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This happened a lot at my last job. I had dual LCDs at work and only one at home, so when I telecommuted with remote desktop, it'd get lost. A worse problem will occur if you undock the user defined dialog. It happens alot with a lot of apps that store their own window settings instead of letting the OS manage it. I'd almost hesitate to call it a bug, since the operating system allows windows to be positioned outside the boundary of the current screen. I actually take advantage of this to slide windows out of the way occasionally.
That said it might be a good idea for Notepad++ to check the current screen rez on launch and reposition/resize accordingly.
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If you have connected 2 displays to your computer and take the dualview configuration (not clone mode) the following happens:
In dualview you can drag a window from one monitor to the other one. Now open Notepad++ (will pop up in the primary display) and drag
it to the other display (secondary display). Shutdown the system and unplug the primary display from the computer.
When you now restart the secondary display will become the primary one (the only one). But if you open Notepad++ it will be shown on the
secondary display (which is not there and therefore Notepad++ will be not visible). You will only see the Notepad++ Icon in the taskbar below.
A very mean hidden bug, isn't it ? :-)
Copied from one of my other posts:
The workaround I use is: Right-click on the taskbar icon for Notepad++, and select "Move". Then use the left arrow key (or right arrow key, if the 2nd monitor was originally on the left) to move the window onto the screen. Finally, click the left mouse button or press the Enter key to end the move operation.
Another thing you can do in this case is open the "config.xml" file (either in the Notepad++ install directory or in %APPDATA%/Notepad++) in regular Notepad, change the AppPosition's "x" value to "0", and save. Re-open Notepad++ and it will be left-justified on your primary screen. --Joel
This happened a lot at my last job. I had dual LCDs at work and only one at home, so when I telecommuted with remote desktop, it'd get lost. A worse problem will occur if you undock the user defined dialog. It happens alot with a lot of apps that store their own window settings instead of letting the OS manage it. I'd almost hesitate to call it a bug, since the operating system allows windows to be positioned outside the boundary of the current screen. I actually take advantage of this to slide windows out of the way occasionally.
That said it might be a good idea for Notepad++ to check the current screen rez on launch and reposition/resize accordingly.