I'm glad I am not alone.

>Well, if we can make some noise about it, perhaps they will fix this. I don't change _screen properties much at designtime, either, but I can deal with that one (mainly because I usually have something else open where I do want the Properties window open).
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>Fred said he doesn't see this, but he's docking the windows. I have the 4 windows open separately on another monitor. I never thought docking really worked as it should have. A great thing, but just not really well implemented. I use it sometimes, but try to avoid it when I can.
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>>I too have this same problem. Plus, why must the Property Window ALWAYS be open. Even when I close a Form/Class editor, the Property window remains open, but with the Screen properties. I have never found a need to modify the screen properties in design time.