Hi,

All of a sudden my Task Manager doesn't display properly.
It only shows a screen of services and this can't be closed either.
Any ideas

DavidWhat do you mean a screen of services? Can you either post a screenshot or explain further?Can't be closed ? ?
Also explain this ...Sorry for the delay.


I've attached a screen shot of the box that opens when I select Task Manager.

Do you think I am infested with bugs ?

Thanks

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Okay, that's just the simple view of Task Manager. You toggle that view on and off by double-clicking anywhere on the edge of the window.Hi,

Thanks, I feel a bit stupid now !

Cheers

DavidDon't. It happens all the time - if you've never seen it before how would you know?Thanks Alan, I appreciate your empathy ( or is it really sympathy )

take care

DavidIt;s understanding... Yeah, understanding how dumb people can be Not at all...If anybody is dumb it's Microsoft for adding such a blatantly stupid FEATURE.

It's stupid because:

1. It's not obvious that double-clicking the window will put it into some goofy title-less mode.
2. It's easy to accidentally double-click the window, at which point there is no indication what happened, and no way to know
how it got to that state, and thus no way to know how the heck to get it back.
3. Double-clicks on the client area to change modes in a non-obvious way is also dumb. It should require a menu option, and when ENABLED there should be a clear method to turn it back; there's plenty of space at the bottom for a button, after all.

4. Perhaps most importantly, The number of people using "TINY footprint mode" as it is called voluntarily is probably a lot less than those who accidentally enabled it and have no idea how to get it back.

The user is never responsible for stupid design choices. The taskbar mode change on client area double-click is perhaps one of the dumbest, least useful, and most problem-inducing "feature" added to any MS applet.

I feel so much better now after your comments BC, I'm so PLEASED it's not as obvious as I thought.
Thanks for that !Even if you don't have those Close, Minimize and Maximize Buttons in the window, you can always right-click on the app in the taskbar and close it. Quote from: khiladi007 on March 17, 2012, 11:53:40 PM

Even if you don't have those Close, Minimize and Maximize Buttons in the window, you can always right-click on the app in the taskbar and close it.