Problem opening a new file

[Manfred Usselmann]

On Mon, 2 May 2011 09:59:19 +0200
Geert Janssens <janssens-geert at telenet.be> wrote:

> On zondag 1 mei 2011, Bill Reimer wrote:
> > Problem solved!
> > 
> > When I got home and tried to open a new account using the procedure
> > on the GnuCash example, the account properties window opened nicely
> > - on my alternate screen! 
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> Ah, there are a couple of bug reports related to this problem, but no
> one has fixed them so far.
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605163
> https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=506558

This is not a GnuCash specific problem. A lot of applications cause
such issues. At work my secondary monitor is on the left side and at
home on the right side and sometimes I use no second monitor (This is
with my company notebook running Windows XP). Windows detects this
nicely and automatically switches the grafics configuration
accordingly, but many applications open windows at invisible positions
and I'm searching hidden windows all the time. 

> Until someone actually fixes these bugs, here is a tip to move hidden
> windows back on the visible part of your screen:
> http://www.onetipaday.com/2008/01/11/how-to-move-off-screen-windows-back-to-
> your-desktop/

Yes, this is the workaround I use as well. What does help as well is to
move all windows to the main monitor before closing them.

Manfred