WoW won't minimize

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6 total messages Started by ScratchMonkey Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:56

#349390

Author: ScratchMonkey
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:56

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I'm using to running WoW in a window and minimizing to multitask and do 
other things. But today it won't minimize from the button on the upper 
right of the Window. It does lose focus and I can give focus to other apps 
by clicking them on the Windows task bar. I can force the WoW window to 
minimize with Windows-D (hold Windows key and hit D) to minimize all 
windows and reveal the desktop.

Is anyone else seeing this? Did Blizzard break this?

Re: WoW won't minimize

#349391

Author: ScratchMonkey
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:19

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Ok, it's worse than not minimizing. It won't allow other apps to appear in 
front of it. (But they receive focus while behind the WoW window.)

I'm constantly alt-tabbing in and out of WoW and this is gonna be a real 
pain in the ass.

Re: WoW won't minimize

#349392

Author: Catriona R
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:22

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On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:19:42 +0000 (UTC), ScratchMonkey
<ScratchMonk...@sewingwitch.com> wrote:

>Ok, it's worse than not minimizing. It won't allow other apps to appear in 
>front of it. (But they receive focus while behind the WoW window.)
>
>I'm constantly alt-tabbing in and out of WoW and this is gonna be a real 
>pain in the ass.

It occasionally does that to me, restarting the game fixes it, else
rebooting the PC. If that's not helping for you, try checking you're
in fullscreen windowed mode; it's the most reliable for alt-tabbing I
find.

Re: WoW won't minimize

#349393

Author: ScratchMonkey
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:27

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Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote in news:b7htv7F1nimU1
@mid.individual.net:

> It occasionally does that to me, restarting the game fixes it, else
> rebooting the PC. If that's not helping for you, try checking you're
> in fullscreen windowed mode; it's the most reliable for alt-tabbing I
> find.

Thankfully it seems to have fixed itself by restarting the game.

(I'm one of those people who leaves stuff running for ages and hate 
restarting anything.)

Re: WoW won't minimize

#349394

Author: IYM
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:07

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On 8/20/2013 3:27 PM, ScratchMonkey wrote:
> Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote in news:b7htv7F1nimU1
> @mid.individual.net:
>
>> It occasionally does that to me, restarting the game fixes it, else
>> rebooting the PC. If that's not helping for you, try checking you're
>> in fullscreen windowed mode; it's the most reliable for alt-tabbing I
>> find.
>
> Thankfully it seems to have fixed itself by restarting the game.
>
> (I'm one of those people who leaves stuff running for ages and hate
> restarting anything.)
>

Nothing like a fresh restart to make things better...lol

The other alternative is what I have...If you have an old 15, 17, or 19 
inch monitor laying around (or pick up a cheap $75 flat screen) and add 
the second monitor.  You set WoW to play in the nice / big one and use 
the other for everythign else.  I can't imagine using only one monitor 
now.  It's nice looking up info, setting vent for raids, browsing the 
web waiting for a queue, etc.   I use a 24" Asus Gaming monitor for 
playing, and my older 21" Dell rotated vertical next to it...

Just personal opinion of course....  :)

Re: WoW won't minimize

#349395

Author: Catriona R
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:20

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On Tue, 20 Aug 2013 19:27:12 +0000 (UTC), ScratchMonkey
<ScratchMonk...@sewingwitch.com> wrote:

>Catriona R <catrion...@totalise.co.uk> wrote in news:b7htv7F1nimU1
>@mid.individual.net:
>
>> It occasionally does that to me, restarting the game fixes it, else
>> rebooting the PC. If that's not helping for you, try checking you're
>> in fullscreen windowed mode; it's the most reliable for alt-tabbing I
>> find.
>
>Thankfully it seems to have fixed itself by restarting the game.
>
>(I'm one of those people who leaves stuff running for ages and hate 
>restarting anything.)

I'm the same, but it's the only cure when WoW decides it won't alt-tab
any more, it does it most often when I'm trying to dualbox, which is
particularly irritating; since I have to restart both copies to be
able to reliably access whichever character I wasn't on at the time it
threw its hissy fit. Glad it fixed it for you, anyway!

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