Re: st: Do-file editor window hidden

[Alex Olssen <alex.olssen@gmail.com>]

Thanks a lot Michael, this solution worked perfectly!

I took so long to respond as I was expecting my email to update the
original conversation and I hadn't seen your response.

On 29 September 2010 15:39, Michael N. Mitchell
<Michael.Norman.Mitchell@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Alex
>
>  This is a shot in the dark, but sometimes I have had windows that went "off
> the screen". This is how I have brought them back...
>
>  - Select the do-file editor in the taskbar
>  - Press Alt-Spacebar (this bring up the menu for that window)
>  - Press M (this selects the "move" option)
>  - Use the arrow keys (up down left right) to try and re-position the window
> onto the screen.
>
> I hope this helps.
>
> Best luck!
>
> Michael N. Mitchell
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>
>
> On 2010-09-28 10.14 PM, Alex Olssen wrote:
>>
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> I can't view my do-file editor window anymore.  I am running Windows
>> XP and STATA 10.  I have fully updated using -update all-.  If I click
>> on the New Do-File Editor button then a pop-up window for the Stata
>> Do-file Editor appears in my task bar but if I click on it nothing
>> happens.  Even if I minimize all other windows I still can't see my
>> do-file editor.  I think this happened around the time I first started
>> using Mata and also linked Notepad++ to Stata.  I don't know if either
>> of these had anything to do with it.  As I am currently editing
>> do-files in Notepad++ it isn't a big issue but I was just wondering if
>> anyone else has experience the same thing---I checked the Statalist
>> archives with the search "Do-file editor window" but didn't see
>> anything.
>>
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Alex
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