stuff on former second screen

aesir · Aug 2008

So I went from a dual screen to a single screen setup while Im out of town. There are some things like the layer manager and graph editor that are off screen now in 3dsmax because of this. Is there anyway to get to them without reinstalling?

MoP · Aug 2008

Yeah, take a look at the 3dsmax.ini file, I think the positions of those windows are stored in there.
You should be able to modify/delete them and it will revert to default. Not sure if there's a friendlier way to do this, I've never looked beyond that.

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

1. Activate the missing window.
2. Press Alt Space.
3. Press down arrow once.
4. Press enter once.
5. Press any arrow key once.
6. Move the mouse to bring the window back onto your screen.

aesir · Aug 2008

eric for the win. Thanks man. I could get that menu up and select move before, but I could never get the window to move. Huzzah for me!

Cody · Aug 2008

EricChadwick wrote: »

1. Activate the missing window.
2. Press Alt Space.
3. Press down arrow once.
4. Press enter once.
5. Press any arrow key once.
6. Move the mouse to bring the window back onto your screen.

AMAZING. I never got that move function to work. You are the best.

konstruct · Aug 2008

SWEEEEET ive always wondered if there was something past and .ini nuke. u r my favorite chadwick

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

Heheh. Where's the "send beer" button? Running low on Newcastle...

Kovac · Aug 2008

It's amazing how many times people at the office have asked about this. Just to add in this works with any windowed object, including (obviously) sub windows of Max.

Eric Chadwick · Aug 2008

I've seen this crop up all the time when you have teammates using different monitors as their primary, like Max's main window on the right instead of left. The window positions are saved with the Max file.

stuff on former second screen

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