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I have the latest for Windows but when I close MyInfo it doesn't save the window size.

Everytime I launch it open in a very small window, not minimized or the size I left it but about 2"x3", every time.

Is there a fix for this? I do have multiple monitors, is this screwing it up?

Do you still get this problem with version 6.30?

Yes, still the same

I just downloaded 6.31 and installed.

If the program is maximized when I exit, it comes back maximized when I launch it again.

If it is not maximized, it open very small, even if it was almost full screen the last time I exited

You said that you have a multi-monitor setup. Do you start MyInfo on a monitor different than the main one?

I start it on the main monitor. It's just an extended desktop.

May I add my own experiences (using only one monitor). They are similar but not exactly the same as those of rduval.

The essence is:

After exiting MyInfo, the window opens the next time in the same size as the last size which I had determined manually (that means by dragging the frames of the window with the cursor). This happens also when I had maximized the window before the exit (by clicking on the appropriate symbol in the upper right corner of the program):



With other words: After the start the program remembers the last size chosen manually but it does not remember a maximized window.

That means that in my case this also does not happen:

rduval wrote:I just downloaded 6.31 and installed.

If the program is maximized when I exit, it comes back maximized when I launch it again.

It does not disturb me that "automatical maximizing" does not work for me (I have accustomed to maximize by clicking on the symbol ). Just wanted to mention it in case that it can help to clarify the matter.

rduval, Tester, which versions of Windows do you use?

I use Windows 7 Home Premium, 32 bit

I found out by chance in which situation the described behaviour occurs (in my case):

When the option "Close button miminizes application" (under Tools ---> Options ---> General) is checked.

When this option is unchecked, MyInfo opens maximized in case that it was closed maximized. (I did not test the behaviour with other window sizes too.)

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I discovered it while I tried to find the reason for another strange behaviour concerning the window of MyInfo which occurred just now for the first time. I will describe it in this thread because perhaps the issues can be explored together.

When the window of MyInfo is opened (always maximized) and I click on the minimze button (in the upper right corner) the window - since today (or yesterday) - disappears from the (left side of) the task bar (only the symbol in the tray on the right side remains).

I mean this minimze button:


And this is the (missing now) minimized window in the taskbar (on its left side):



Orginally all worked fine again after a reboot of Windows but after a short time the disappearing occurred again. So I made another reboot of Windows and now the minimized window is lost from the taskbar already from the beginning, that means from the first time I clicked on the minimize symbol.

These are my minimizing options under Tools ---> Options ---> General (which I did not change during all the months):



---> All three options are checked.
When I uncheck the option "Always minimize to traybar" the minimizing works (again) as it should. But this cannot be a satisfying solution beause in this case the minimized window stays in the task bar (left side) too when I (try to) close the window (by clicking the X in the upper right corner). But in this case of course the desired behaviour would be that the minimized window indeed disappears from the left side of the task bar.

Theoretically I can only imagine the following reason for the recent wrong behaviour:

Usually when using MyInfo I also have opened (only) MS Word and the browser (with all opened windows visible minimized in the task bar). During the last days often I open additionally another program, a text and code editor called PSPad (http://www.pspad.com/en/). When I realized the disappearing of the minimized window for the first time, PSPad was open too. Could it be possible that one program influences the behaviour of the windows of another program? But it seems very unlikely to me because now the issue occurs even after the mentioned reboot of Windows and without having started again PSPad.

If it is of importance:

I use PSPad (version 4.5.6) with its default settings for the behaviour of the windows. But there is one modification: About 2 or 3 days ago I chose an option that PSPad remains in the tray after clicking the close button of the window (like the same option in MyInfo). In PSPad you can choose it in Settings ---> Program Settings ---> System integration ---> checking "Minimize to Tray Icon on Exit":



I can hardly imagine that there is a connection. But it is strange that the issue with MyInfo appears just now, after many months without any problems with minimizing.