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    New Forms Popping Under or Rendering Off-screen

    This was a problem that was killing me about 6 months ago. Basically what was happening is that either the new forms I was opening (popup, modal) were rendering beneath the top form or off-screen (not sure which, I think off-screen). When this happened there was no way to pull the window back onto the screen - I would have to restart the application.

    My workaround has been to make sure the form auto-centers when it loads.

    Has anyone else run in to this, and does anyone have an idea of how to actually fix it and not just work around it?

    Thanks!

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    I have no experience with this, but have seen reports almost always associated with dual-screens. Just to aid others who might respond, is that your situation?

    Also, you might want to try changing the Document Window Options from the default of Tabbed Documents to Overlapping Windows. Follow these instructions and see if it resolves your problem:

    1. Go to Office Button (Big Icon, Top/Left)
    2. Click on Access Options (bottom, right of Dialog Box)
    3. Click on Current Database
    4. Under Document Window Options tick Overlapping Windows
    5. Click on OK (Bottom, Right)

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    We're using dual screens, but have also seen it on single-display with our Laptops

    I'll give that a shot and see how it helps thanks!

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