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Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 8:57 pm
by michaelkenward
I have noticed that ion startup, MW2010 does not show the status bar.
If I resize it a tad, it appears.
Anyone else see this?
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 9:31 pm
by rusticdog
Don't suppose you could post a screenshot ?
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:29 am
by michaelkenward
I tried that but the forum objected.
Will try again later.
My ISP seems to be upscrewed.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 8:37 am
by rusticdog
You can always email it to
[email protected] also
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:58 am
by stan_qaz
If you save the screenshot as a JPG file it should post, the forum doesn't like BMP files, you might be hitting a size limit if you were trying JPG.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:10 am
by rusticdog
stan_qaz wrote:If you save the screenshot as a JPG file it should post, the forum doesn't like BMP files, you might be hitting a size limit if you were trying JPG.
I've upped the limit now of attachments to 2MB
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:39 pm
by michaelkenward
OK. I like to host them myself, but here goes:
- Invisible status bar
- MW2010nostatusbar.jpg (172.71 KiB) Viewed 13767 times
- Visible status bar
- MW2010statusbar.jpg (177.92 KiB) Viewed 13767 times
Does that help?
The way to get the status bar to show is just to resize the window slightly.
Yes, as far as I know, I do have the latest video drivers for my graphics card.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:45 pm
by rusticdog
That's odd, in the first screen shot you have two borders, in the second it's just the one and that extra gained space is where the status bar shows up.
Why would you get two borders
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 9:54 pm
by michaelkenward
No idea. That's how it starts.
Nothing else does that.
The new MW2010.1.0.4 does not fix this.
No big deal though.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:03 pm
by rusticdog
michaelkenward wrote:No idea. That's how it starts.
Nothing else does that.
The new MW2010.1.0.4 does not fix this.
No big deal though.
MW does have two borders, but we overlay one on top of the other, in this case though it's putting our border within the stock windows border. Under Help >> User Files >> could you post your contents of startup.xml
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 5:55 am
by michaelkenward
rusticdog wrote:Under Help >> User Files >> could you post your contents of startup.xml
This what you want?
PS I like the move to xml settings files. Even though I find them hard to fathom.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 7:22 am
by stan_qaz
XML files can be confusing but looking at them in a web browser can make them easier on the eyes and for editing Notepad++ (I think) was recommended.
In any case I love them compared to having to dink in the registry!
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 4:44 pm
by rusticdog
Forgot to ask, what resolution is set on your machine.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 9:59 pm
by michaelkenward
rusticdog wrote:Forgot to ask, what resolution is set on your machine.
Dual monitors.
One, where MW usually sits, 1280 X 1024.
The other, 1680 X 1050.
Re: Status bar not there on start up
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2010 10:00 pm
by michaelkenward
stan_qaz wrote:In any case I love them compared to having to dink in the registry!
Exactly, which makes it much easier to create regular backup copies of settings. Just copy the xml files.