BUG: Visual Workbench Windows Not Visible at Startup

The information in this article applies to:

• The Visual Workbench, included with: Microsoft Visual C++ for Windows, versions 1.0 and 1.5

SYMPTOMS

If you close the Visual Workbench or shutdown Microsoft Windows while the Visual Workbench is minimized, the current workspace may become corrupted. When you start Workbench, windows that normally display in the client area of the Workbench window may not be visible or if you restore a minimized document in the Workbench, the document may not appear on the screen. In either case, the window is displayed outside the Workbench window's client area.

RESOLUTION

To change the position of the missing window and make it visible, choose Cascade or Tile from the Window menu. To prevent this from occurring, restore the Workbench window from icon before closing Workbench or the Windows session.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

This problem is also discussed in the Visual Workbench README.WRI file. It provides the following alternate method to address this situation:

   Visual Workbench Windows Not Visible Under Certain Circumstances
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   Minimized Visual Workbench windows may not be visible under certain
   conditions when they are subsequently restored. This happens if you
   take all three of the actions listed below:

    * Minimize Visual Workbench child windows within the Visual
      Workbench frame.

    * Minimize Visual Workbench.

    * Exit Windows with Visual Workbench in the previously noted
      state.

   When you restart Windows and then Visual Workbench, the minimized
   MDI children are still minimized. When you restore them, however,
   the open windows are off screen. You can press ALT+- (ALT + minus
   sign) to display the system menu for the window even though it is
   not visible. You can then close the window, and subsequently reopen
   it. To avoid this condition, don't close Windows while Visual
   Workbench is still running and is minimized.