Print

Please login or register.
1 Hour 1 Day 1 Week 1 Month Forever
Login with username, password and session length

[Fred1]

Somehow the top of MC's main window has managed to hide partly under the OSX menu bar, so that it can't be moved, maximized and minimized any more and the controls are hidden.
I changed the screen resolution, so i think that's the reason.

The window's position is stored somewhere so that even reinstalling the application doesn't help.

How can i get MC completely back on the screen?

[bplexico]

My initial thought, though it is a brute force method is to change the screen resolution back, and see if the problem is fixable. Then quit JRiver - change the resolution back to what you want it and try again.

I admit, not very elegant.

[Fred1]

Thanks, but i tried that already and it doesn't work this way.

[ckpiv]

Thanks, but i tried that already and it doesn't work this way.

On mine I can click and hold just under the progress bar and still move the MC Window around. Is this area covered as well?

[johnjen]

How about changing the screen resolution size back to where it was, then making the MC window smaller then re-size the screen back to where you'd like it?

At least that is what I wound up doing when I had this happen to me, if memory serves…


JJ

[bplexico]

Thanks, but i tried that already and it doesn't work this way.

So even if you change the resolution back, and click the Green button in the upper left corner (if you can reach it), you are still honked?

[johnjen]

Now that I think about it more I went the other way.

I made the resolution less, which forced the windows on the screen to get smaller to fit the resized window.
Then fuss with the MC window, then resize the screen back to 'normal'.

One of those (resolution larger or smaller) worked for me.

JJ

[Fred1]

Thanks for all of your answers!

Unfortunately switching back and forth the screen resolution doesn't bring back the full MC window to the screen.
The top of the window is always hidden, so that i can't grab or maximize it.
The progress bar is hidden, too.
The window's upper left edge must be a negative coordinate in the y-direction.

Unfortunately even reinstalling the app doesn't reset the window position.

Probably there is an .ini-file where the start coordinates are stored.
If i knew where they are stored, i could edit the file and set the coordinates to the visible area.

Does anybody (the developers?) know where the startup window coordinates are located?

Killing this bug would be appreciated, too.

[Mr ChriZ]

On Windows when this happens I use shortcut keys to move windows back into position.
I googled for something similar on Mac but apparently there are no equivalent keys as standard.

This StackExchange post may help however:

http://superuser.com/questions/68811/what-keyboard-shortcuts-move-resize-and-maximize-windows-under-mac-os-x

[Micromecca]

Perhaps MercuryMover (or similar) could help you to move the window using your keyboard ?

-Realised after posting that this is probably duplicate to Mr ChriZ's Post, sorry 

[Fred1]

The above solutions might work.
But they need third party tools to do things that MC Mac has to take care of.

For every startup MC should test if its window is positioned within the the screens real estate.
If not, MC has to fix the coordinates.


My problem: I have a new MacMini that normally works headless.
But it is also connected to a TV via HDMI.
Every time i switch on the TV, the screen resolution changes from a default (headless) to 1080p (TV) and back if i turn off the TV.
I can't put MC's window back manually every time with a tool.

[JohnT]

To reset the screen position, you can rename or remove this file:

/Users/johnt/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 18/Settings/User Settings.ini

[JohnT]

The next build of Media Center will do a better job of checking at start-up time for this kind of invalid positioning and fixing it.

[Fred1]

To reset the screen position, you can rename or remove this file:

/Users/johnt/Library/Application Support/J River/Media Center 18/Settings/User Settings.ini

Thanks for the info, John.

I can find much properties there but i don't see the one, that describes the startup window position.
What's the name i should search for?

[Ian M]

Thanks for the info, John.

I can find much properties there but i don't see the one, that describes the startup window position.
What's the name i should search for?

Can't you use mission control and drag it to another desktop?

[MrC]

With MC closed, remove the line that starts with:

   Placement (Standard)=

in the file User Settings.ini.  Save the file and launch MC.

[Fred1]

Can't you use mission control and drag it to another desktop?

No, because it happens every time when i switch on my TV.

[Fred1]

With MC closed, remove the line that starts with:

   Placement (Standard)=

in the file User Settings.ini.  Save the file and launch MC.

Thanks, MrC!

I will try that.

[Fred1]

With MC closed, remove the line that starts with:

   Placement (Standard)=

in the file User Settings.ini.  Save the file and launch MC.

No luck here. There's no such token in my User Settings.ini  ?.

[JohnT]

No luck here. There's no such token in my User Settings.ini  ?.

You can just rename the "User Settings.ini" file "User Settings2.ini" or something.  Then startup Media Center and it will create a new one and it's window will default to maximized.  If this causes you to lose some customization you've done, create a backup, then try restoring a recent backup from before the window position problem.