Window Minimizes Instead of Restores

QUESTION: My restore option is giving the same result as minimization for one document... therefore I am not able to re-size (restore) the window. Its either maximum or minimum!! What should I do?

ANSWER: The reason I ask for an email address is so that I can answer you directly if I have questions. But I will post the questions here since you didn't supply an address and hope that you get them.

When you say it's the same result as minimization for one document, what do you mean? That it only shows on the Taskbar and nowhere else?

First, make sure it isn't hiding on your desktop. Click the Restore button on the Window, then right-click on the Taskbar and arrange the windows by cascading, tiling, or whatever to see all windows on the Desktop. If it shows up on the Desktop, then resize it to a larger size and that will be the new Restore size and location.

If it doesn't show up on the Desktop when you do the above, something more serious is wrong. Without knowing what type of file it is, I can't speculate. If you remember a time when it appeared correctly, you can restore your system to that date. If it is a system bug causing this, it will be gone.

Window doesn't change when I click Restore symbol

Question: When I click the Restore button, my window doesn’t change. It’s still filling the screen.
Answer: This happened because while you were in the Restored view, you resized the window to fill the screen—instead of clicking on the Maximize button, which is what you should have done to make the window fill the screen.

To fix it, click the Restore button and resize the window back to the size and location you want (not filling the screen). Now every time you click Restore, the window will be restored to this new size and location—even if you close the window, and then open it again.

Minimize, Maximize, Restore symbols

Question: I’m confused about the 3 symbols in the upper right-hand corner of a window. If the window is in maximized view, then why does the Restore symbol show instead of the Maximize symbol?

Answer: If you’re in maximized view and the three symbols showing were Minimize, Maximize, and Close (as you would like), then you would have no symbol to click on to restore the window to its previous size and location. And clicking on the Maximize button wouldn’t do anything because you’re already in the Maximize view.

By the same token, when you’re in the Restored view, you would want the Maximize button to show so you can switch to the full maximized view. You wouldn’t need the Restore button to show since you’d already be in the Restored mode.

Resizing window from Full View

Question: I maximized my window and then tried to drag in the corner to make the window smaller, but my pointer won’t turn into a 2-headed arrow.

Answer: Maximize means full screen. You can’t resize a window in Maximized view. Click on the Restore button and resize the window.