Re: Minimizing Windows

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I am running XP Professional Version 2002 SP2. I'm not sure when my last XP
update was; it automatically updates and I haven't really paid attention to
what was updating.

"PA Bear" wrote:

Not that I know of, no.

OK, let's back up a tad: Are you running WinXP SP2? When was your last
"automatic XP update"?
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~PA Bear

Jelliew wrote:
They are not checked and never have been. Is there some sort of setting
that could lock a window over the desktop, so whenever you open that
window, the desktop is the default background?

"PA Bear" wrote:

You may have inadvertently changed some display settings. Right-click
on an empty (blank) area of your taskbar: If "Cascade Windows" or
either of the "Tile" options are checked, uncheck them.
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~PA Bear

Jelliew wrote:
For anyone else that can help - it does not only apply to Office
applications. Help!

"PA Bear" wrote:

OK, I getcha now. I dunno but seeing as they're both Office
applications, perhaps microsoft.public.officeupdate newsgroup might
be a better place to ask.
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~PA Bear

Jelliew wrote:
I still don't see how it applies, so maybe I'm not explaining my
problem well enough. I'll try to make it more clear. Here's an
example of the situation as it was since I got my computer:

1. Outlook is open but minimized.
2. I am working on a Word document
3. I need to send an email, so I click on Outlook on the taskbar.
4. I have Outlook sized so it does not take up the entire
screen, so when I click
Outlook, my desktop shows.

Since I did an update yesterday, #4 works this way:

When I click on Outlook to send the email, the word document is
showing behind Outlook, not my desktop.

It appears that there is some setting that when I click on a
program in the task bar, it was automatically minimizing anything
open allowing the desktop to show behind the program.



"PA Bear" wrote:

The same principle applies to all Windows applications.
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~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org VSOP,
DTS-L.org

Jelliew wrote:
I don't think this answers my question. My problem has
nothing to do with Internet Explorer.

"PA Bear" wrote:

See
http://inetexplorer.mvps.org/archive/answers.htm#new_window_max
-- ~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE/OE, Shell/User, Security), Aumha.org
VSOP, DTS-L.org

Jelliew wrote:
Until my last automatic XP update, I was able to have some
windows sized so that certain icons on my desktop showed,
Outlook being one of them. So whenever I click on Outlook
from the taskbar, it would open over the desktop. So
whenever Outlook is open the desktop is always showing.
Now when I click on Outlook, it opens on top of whatever
I was working on, i.e. a Word document. What could have
changed?


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