Re: Outlook 2000 suddenly will not restore window when clicked on taskbar

#1 01-05-2006, 02:39 AM

tyler.style@gmail.com wrote:
> Allo folks, have a bit of a weird one. My users have Outlook 2000 on
> their XP SP2 machines, and as of a couple days ago some but not all of
> them started having the same issue. This makes me suspect a windows
> update, as most of them are set to automatically install.
>
> So, the issue. Whenever they click on Outlook in the taskbar after
> using the _ button on the window to minimize it, it does not bring up
> the window. Subsequent clicks do nothing to restore the window.
> However, if you right click and choose restore, it works fine. This is
> obviously a huge pain in the butt, though. Also, it is not that the
> window is off screen - when you right click the taskbar entry, the size
> and move options are greyed out.
>
> Here's the extra weird part: if Outlook is an open window and you
> click on it in the task bar to minimize it, then click outlook on the
> taskbar again to bring up its window, this works fine. However, right
> clicking and using the restore option buggers this up and you can only
> use the right click to restore.
>
> A further weird thing: if you move or resize the outlook window, you
> can then use either method to minimize it - but you are then stuck in
> that method (either clicking the taskbar entry to raise or minimize the
> window or using the _ button on the windown and then right clicking and
> using restore).
>
> Does anyone else have this problem, or an idea on what is causing it?
>
> Tyler
> tyler AT kinotox DOT com

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