[GNC] gnucash inoperable in Windows 10

Mon Jan 4 14:11:43 EST 2021

Perhaps GnuCash is on a different virtual desktop.  If so, Ctrl-Win-Left or Ctrl-Win-Right should switch the display to the previous or next virtual desktop.
If not, and you can get focus on GnuCash  with the tip below, there are some other keyboard shortcuts in Windows 10 which may help:
If the GnuCash window is too small,  Win-Up (or Alt-Space followed by X) should maximize it.
If it is on another monitor, Shift-Win-Right or Shift-Win-Left should move it between monitors.
Hope this helps! 

> Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2021 06:15:51 -0800
> From: Greg Feneis <mfeneis at gmail.com>
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Subject: Re: [GNC] arrggghhh - happening again!
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> Happy New Year, All,
> 
> If an application window is opening out of reach on a Windows machine, the
> user can right click on its icon in the taskbar and select Move.  This
> attaches the mouse cursor to wherever the window is. The user may
> manipulate their mouse to try to drag it back into view, or use keyboard
> arrow keys to bring the window back to view.  Might take some
> experimentation.
> 
> 
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> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> Greg Feneis
> 
> 
> 
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> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 5:17 PM D. via gnucash-user <gnucash-user at gnucash.org>
> wrote:
> 
>> It is more likely that the OP has or had a second monitor upon which
>> gnucash is placing its window, as the other response mentioned. This has
>> happened to others in the past.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> From: pyz01 at cox.net
>> Sent: Sun Jan 03 20:06:11 EST 2021
>> To: 'alessandra derniat' <4sandyd at live.com>, gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: Re: [GNC] arrggghhh - happening again!
>> 
>> I am assuming you are on Windows 10 (based upon your "sent from mail"
>> message.  If not, ignore my message and let us know what OS you are using.
>> 
>> If you are Windows 10 - this does not sound like a Gnucash issue - this
>> sounds like a windows issue in that your program is losing focus or is
>> never
>> getting focus.  I have seen this with other web-based apps happen -- the
>> app
>> is open, it shows on the task bar yet it is unresponsive.  The  reason for
>> the unresponsive-ness is because the focus is on another app that is either
>> running and you don't know -- or is running and you can't see it.
>> 
>> To determine if this is the case, open TASK Manger and look at the active
>> tasks running.  If you see an active task that you don't know or that you
>> are positive should not be running, do a right mouse click on it and END
>> the
>> task.  Now if you are pretty sure all the running tasks are valid,  leave
>> task manager and see (if Gnucash is still open) if when you click on
>> Gnucash
>> if it now has focus (i.e., you can work it).  If Gnucash is not open, open
>> and see if it exhibits the same behavior before when the offending task was
>> open.   If all is good -- that task was the offending task that had focus
>> and was taking it away from Gnucash.  If all is still not good -- it is a
>> different issue.
>> 
>> If you are still exhibiting issues, try de-installing and re-installing
>> Gnucash and see if that works.  Don't worry, when you de-install, you will
>> not lose your data files.  Hopefully one of these two items will correct
>> your problem.  If neither of these two work -- let us know and maybe
>> someone
>> will have another solution.
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: gnucash-user <gnucash-user-bounces+pyz01=cox.net at gnucash.org> On
>> Behalf Of alessandra derniat
>> Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2021 4:37 PM
>> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
>> Subject: [GNC] arrggghhh - happening again!
>> 
>> I go to open GnuCash and it shows as open in my task bar but when clicked
>> will not expand to allow me to actually work with it. So I see the program
>> open in my taskbar and when I scroll over it I can see my books but I can't
>> work on them. This happened a few months ago but before I could implement
>> any suggested fixes it starting working again without me doing anything.
>> 
>> What's the problem? What's going on? Am I doing something wrong? All I did
>> was open the program!
>> Thanks to anyone who can help me.
>> Sandy
>> 
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