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    auto-hide flaw??

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by devanmmc, Aug 14, 2008.

  1. devanmmc

    devanmmc Notebook Guru

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    my task bar at the bottom has disappeared in a weird way...

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    what causes this?
     
    devanmmc, Aug 14, 2008
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    check the transperant settings.. had you enabled auto-hide before it disappeared?? and also are you sure you didn't hide it with some dock applications??
     
    fonduekid, Aug 14, 2008
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    Relativity17 Notebook Evangelist

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    It seems to be a strange graphics glitch. You can try stopping and starting dwm via an admin CMD window (net stop/net start dwm). I've seen this a couple of times, and the way I fix it is by changing the screen resolution.
     
    Relativity17, Aug 15, 2008
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    relitivity, thanks ill give that a try the first time it happened i restarted. the second time. i just "switched users" then loged back in.

    it seems to happen when i unplug the second screen from my laptop. *shrug*
     
    devanmmc, Aug 15, 2008
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