>>VFP starts minimized all of the time. The command box appears ok, but no backgroud window. I click on it and say restore and it is mazimized. Needless t osay this is a pain. I cannot resize the window.
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>>Any ideas?
>>Mike
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>From your command window:
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_SCREEN.Width = 100
>_SCREEN.Height = 100

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>You should now be able to drag your size to anything you want.
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>Update:
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>You may also need to set your .Left and .Top properties to _SCREEN to bring it into visible range.

Adding
_screen.top=400

also helped moved the window created above, into the area where the title bar could be dragged etc.

Thanks, this was a good fix.
Mike