[AccessD] Windows Taskbar question: Access apps move around

[David McAfee]

I'm ready to throw this computer out the window!

I don't ever remember having this problem on any other computer.



On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 1:16 PM, James Button <jamesbutton at blueyonder.co.uk>
wrote:

> OP did not mention being the adventurous sort -
> Re Win 10 Possibly not as useful!
> Possibly?
>
> JimB
> Required to be adventurous as (?!£"$%^) clients supported!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Heenan,
> Lambert
> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2015 8:55 PM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows Taskbar question: Access apps move around
>
> Ah well. That is another advantage of grouping. In Windows 7 if you click
> on a
> grouped icon set then you will see a list of all the windows in the group,
> with
> a large amount of text shown. Windows 10 gives you a row of thumbnails of
> the
> open windows - possible not as useful as the text of the title bars.
>
> Lambert
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> David
> McAfee
> Sent: Friday, October 09, 2015 12:03 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows Taskbar question: Access apps move around
>
> The thing that is getting me is that Windows is moving them on me.
> I have a bunch of windows open, so the task bar is pretty full.
>
> I'm working with similarly named files, so I can only see the first part
> of the
> name.
>
> I do know which window each on is, until Windows moves them on me.
>
> I think it is like a most used moves to the left, or something like that.
> for the Access files, I have temporarily changed the Application Title in
> the
> Startup screen, but it doesn't help with the Excel files or VBA windows.
>
> GRRRR
>
> D
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2015 at 6:06 AM, Heenan, Lambert <Lambert.Heenan at aig.com>
> wrote:
>
> > I usually use groups, but I just turned that off and checked. In
> > Windows 7 just click and drag and  the app icons move where you want
> > them. With grouping turned on you can move the whole group the same way.
> >
> > Same deal with Windows 10.
> >
> > Lambert
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AccessD [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf
> > Of David McAfee
> > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2015 5:07 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Windows Taskbar question: Access apps move
> > around
> >
> > Am I the only one experiencing this?
> >
> > I  see how two people asked a similar question, but they were never
> > answered:
> >
> > http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_vista-windows
> > _programs/how-do-i-move-taskbar-buttons-to-a-new-location/8559c6ac-f68
> > 3-4a2a-966e-f6d0c93a6140?auth=1
> >
> > This is really driving me nuts!
> >
> > D
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:08 AM, David McAfee <davidmcafee at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard
> > >
> > > I have three similarly named Access databases open.
> > >
> > > Their names are long enough that the three MDBs appear to have the
> > > same name.
> > >
> > > I know which one is which, or so I thought...
> > >
> > >
> > > I have a FY1415 version on the left, a FY1516 in the middle and a
> > > new style FY1516 version on the right.
> > >
> > > I am doing certain things in one and not the others.
> > >
> > > I paste/or  change some date criteria in one of the MDbs and all of
> > > the sudden it's not returning the correct results.
> > >
> > > I now notice that the new 1516 is on the left, 1415 is in the middle
> > > and
> > > 1516 is on the right!
> > >
> > > WTF!!!
> > >
> > > Is there a way to prevent Windows from moving them?
> > >
> > >
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