Resetting Appload wayward window
My appload dialog box has wondered off screen. The lisp routines that can reset these things can't be loaded because of that. So, I need to find another way.
I am attempting to use the registry to do this. But, I really have very little knowledge about it. Just looking around I found this folder, and registry entry. (see attached images)
I see at the bottom of the list is "DGL_APP_LOAD" which am hoping is the correct one. The value is a set of numbers. I noticed that this was a negative value. Most of the other ones don't have a negative number. So perhaps that is the problem. I am also guessing that the numbers represent the location coordinates.
Of course, I am very cautious about playing around with the registry. So, can someone confirm that I am correct. And if so, what value should I change it to?
-Joe
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Were you using multiple screens then went back to a single have seen this happen a pain to fix. Went back to prior user who had picked left screen and I had it set to right. Moved then saved dwg it was fixed. So something in dwg.
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Some are these are stored in your profile, you can try creating a new profile
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The syntax has changed in newer versions (probably due to the change to the QT toolbox), but from what I recall for older versions the four REG_SZ numbers are x position, y position, width, and height. I would change the first number to 431 instead of -431 and see if it fixes the problem.
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I am curious if the profile is human readable. That may be a safer place to play around, rather than the registry.
-Joe
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A profile is essentially a registry snippet containing just the details related to your profile settings. The file is in txt format making it reasonable easy to read and edit if you know what you're doing.
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Thank you all for the effort to help me. Jason, I did brave editing the Registry before your message, and had success. My wayward APPLOAD window has returned home. When this first happened, the window to choose colors was also lost. Though, it spontaneously came home.
Wayward windows have been such a problem for a long time, I am surprised that Microsoft hasn't created a feature that automatically realizes that a window has gone off screen. Then, alert the user and offer to move it on screen… actually I am not surprised. Microsoft is too busy trying to force us to use their AI, and other marketing efforts, etc. to worry about such issues.
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