Minimize/restore in Outlook

M

MaggieS

Until recently, when I clicked the icon next to the Minimize icon at the top
right of the Outlook window (the one representing two offset windows), it
made the window able to be re-sized by dragging the lower right corner.

Now when I click that icon (whose rollover tip now says "Restore Down,"
although I think it used to say "Restore"), the window minimizes to the
taskbar, just as though I had clicked the Minimize icon.

How can I get it to work the way it used to? The way things are now, my
choices are Maximized and Minimized and nothing in between.

Thanks very much for your help!

Maggie
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Did you install a utility that changes the behavior?

Version of Outlook? if 2003, are you using the option to minimize to tray?
Right Click on the tray icon and check the setting.
 
M

MaggieS

Hi, Diane -

To my knowledge, I haven't installed a utility that changes the behavior.
(At least, I didn't do so intentionally!) :)

The version is Outlook 2003 SP2.

In the system tray, "Hide When Minimized" is not checked.

Thanks,

Maggie
 
D

Diane Poremsky [MVP]

Try changing the screen resolution to the highest you can go - it sounds
like maybe the outlook window is off screen when you restore it.
 
M

MaggieS

Thanks, Diane. I tried changing it to 1920x1200 (the highest screen
resolution I can set), but no difference.

All the rest of my applications and windows restore normally, just not
Outlook...

Maggie
 
M

Milly Staples - MVP Outlook

If you right click the application in the system tray and select "restore"
does it work?

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Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

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After furious head scratching, MaggieS asked:

| Thanks, Diane. I tried changing it to 1920x1200 (the highest screen
| resolution I can set), but no difference.
|
| All the rest of my applications and windows restore normally, just not
| Outlook...
|
| Maggie
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| Try changing the screen resolution to the highest you can go - it
|| sounds like maybe the outlook window is off screen when you restore
|| it.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||
||
||
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||
||
|| ||| Hi, Diane -
|||
||| To my knowledge, I haven't installed a utility that changes the
||| behavior. (At least, I didn't do so intentionally!) :)
|||
||| The version is Outlook 2003 SP2.
|||
||| In the system tray, "Hide When Minimized" is not checked.
|||
||| Thanks,
|||
||| Maggie
|||
||| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|||
|||| Did you install a utility that changes the behavior?
||||
|||| Version of Outlook? if 2003, are you using the option to minimize
|||| to tray?
|||| Right Click on the tray icon and check the setting.
||||
|||| --
|||| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|||| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|||| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|||| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|||| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||||
||||
||||
|||| Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
|||| (e-mail address removed)
||||
||||
|||| ||||| Until recently, when I clicked the icon next to the Minimize icon
||||| at the
||||| top
||||| right of the Outlook window (the one representing two offset
||||| windows), it
||||| made the window able to be re-sized by dragging the lower right
||||| corner.
|||||
||||| Now when I click that icon (whose rollover tip now says "Restore
||||| Down," although I think it used to say "Restore"), the window
||||| minimizes to the taskbar, just as though I had clicked the
||||| Minimize icon.
|||||
||||| How can I get it to work the way it used to? The way things are
||||| now, my choices are Maximized and Minimized and nothing in
||||| between.
|||||
||||| Thanks very much for your help!
|||||
||||| Maggie
 
M

MaggieS

Hi, Milly -

"Restore" wasn't an option in the system tray, but this time when I
right-clicked the application on the taskbar and selected "restore," it
worked!

Thanks SO much for your help!

Maggie

Milly Staples - MVP Outlook said:
If you right click the application in the system tray and select "restore"
does it work?

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, MaggieS asked:

| Thanks, Diane. I tried changing it to 1920x1200 (the highest screen
| resolution I can set), but no difference.
|
| All the rest of my applications and windows restore normally, just not
| Outlook...
|
| Maggie
|
| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|
|| Try changing the screen resolution to the highest you can go - it
|| sounds like maybe the outlook window is off screen when you restore
|| it.
||
|| --
|| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||
||
||
|| Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
|| (e-mail address removed)
||
||
|| ||| Hi, Diane -
|||
||| To my knowledge, I haven't installed a utility that changes the
||| behavior. (At least, I didn't do so intentionally!) :)
|||
||| The version is Outlook 2003 SP2.
|||
||| In the system tray, "Hide When Minimized" is not checked.
|||
||| Thanks,
|||
||| Maggie
|||
||| "Diane Poremsky [MVP]" wrote:
|||
|||| Did you install a utility that changes the behavior?
||||
|||| Version of Outlook? if 2003, are you using the option to minimize
|||| to tray?
|||| Right Click on the tray icon and check the setting.
||||
|||| --
|||| Diane Poremsky [MVP - Outlook]
|||| Author, Teach Yourself Outlook 2003 in 24 Hours
|||| Coauthor, OneNote 2003 for Windows (Visual QuickStart Guide)
|||| Need Help with Common Tasks? http://www.outlook-tips.net/beginner/
|||| Outlook 2007: http://www.slipstick.com/outlook/ol2007/
||||
||||
||||
|||| Subscribe to Exchange Messaging Outlook newsletter:
|||| (e-mail address removed)
||||
||||
|||| ||||| Until recently, when I clicked the icon next to the Minimize icon
||||| at the
||||| top
||||| right of the Outlook window (the one representing two offset
||||| windows), it
||||| made the window able to be re-sized by dragging the lower right
||||| corner.
|||||
||||| Now when I click that icon (whose rollover tip now says "Restore
||||| Down," although I think it used to say "Restore"), the window
||||| minimizes to the taskbar, just as though I had clicked the
||||| Minimize icon.
|||||
||||| How can I get it to work the way it used to? The way things are
||||| now, my choices are Maximized and Minimized and nothing in
||||| between.
|||||
||||| Thanks very much for your help!
|||||
||||| Maggie
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