Spybot Starts and Stays Minimized
I apologize if this topic has been posted previously, but I could not find a suitable answer to help me.
When I launch SpyBot S&D it starts minimized. The minimized application window is at the bottom of my desktop, but when I click on the restore button, nothing happens. I have read posts that indicate that the program will restore on its own, but this has never happened.
I have also read posts which indicate how to adjust some registry settings to reset them to the original defaults, but I cannot find these on my computer nor can I find the registry key above the settings that are listed. This has happened in the past and I have simply uninstalled and re-installed SpyBot, but I would rather not do that. Hopefully there is a simple fix for this.
I am running Win XP Pro SP2. I am not sure of the version of SpyBot, but it is not the upcoming version in beta, so I am sure it is the current version.
TIA,
Erik
RESOLVED: Spybot Starts and Stays Minimized
Sandra,
TFTR. I was confused by the suggestion:
and change the value from:
"WindowState"=dword:00000000 bzw. "WindowState"=dword:00000001
to:
"WindowState"=dword:00000000 bzw. "WindowState"=dword:00000000
I was not sure what "bzw" meant and why there are two listings on each line in these instructions.
Ultimately, this is what I did to fix it.
The registry setting was on 0 already, so I set it to 1 and tried SpyBot but it just stayed minimized. Then, I closed the program with Windows TaskManager. Next, I reset the registry setting to 0 and reloaded the program and it ran in normal windowed mode.
Notes: I am running version 1.6.2 but I could not easily confirm that as I could not get to the UI of the program. Anyway, all's well that end's well. I am trying out version 2 now so hopefully the new version won't experience this issue.
Thanks again,
Erik