layer screen not there

[Rico]

So I go to my Layer Manager (200 and the program does it, but my manager is not on my screen.

I know there was a hotkey or a command I could enter to bring all screens back but I cannot remember this ........... can anyone tel me what it is?

[ccowgill]

So I go to my Layer Manager (200 and the program does it, but my manager is not on my screen.

I know there was a hotkey or a command I could enter to bring all screens back but I cannot remember this ........... can anyone tel me what it is?

check out the post at the bottom of this thread, I think it would work in your situation as well.

[Rico]

check out the post at the bottom of this thread, I think it would work in your situation as well.

Nice Try, but no tomatoes.

The Layer Manager appears to be on a second monitor or something.

It has been taken OUT of the viewable screen area. I cannot get it back. The CUI comes in fine, but the Layer Manager does not ....

On top of all that, changing the orientation of the toolbar does nothing.

Any other ideas?

[irneb]

It sounds as if the dialog is moved off screen. TJust after opening the LM, press Alt+Space then M. This uses the Windows move window feature. Now use the arrow keys to move it into the screen. You may have to try various directions as you don't know if it's to the left, right, top / bottom.

[Rico]

It sounds as if the dialog is moved off screen. TJust after opening the LM, press Alt+Space then M. This uses the Windows move window feature. Now use the arrow keys to move it into the screen. You may have to try various directions as you don't know if it's to the left, right, top / bottom.

this is more of what I was looking for.

is there something like this that will bring ALL windows to the center of the screen?

[irneb]

this is more of what I was looking for.

is there something like this that will bring ALL windows to the center of the screen?

Not all of them at once (that I know of). This method only does it for the currently active window / dialog, so you'll have to do it for each thing that opens a dialog.

Another thing you could try is the modify the registry where ACAD saved each dialog's position. Open REGEDIT (Start Menu --> Run, type regedit and Enter) Browse to the relevant registry key. E.g. the Layer Manager dialog is on my PC under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6001:409\Profiles\Irne\Dialogs\LayerManager
Then the Bounds value is 354, 153, 1145, 492.

For something like the Purge Dialog, this is under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6001:409\Profiles\Irne\Dialogs\PurgeDialog
But because this doesn't have the capability of being resized it has a X and Y value instead of a Bounds. Mine's set to X=262 hex (610 decimal) and Y= 154 hex (340 dec).

After changing any negative value or X larger than your screen res width, Y larger than res height. Open ACad again.

[Rico]

Not all of them at once (that I know of). This method only does it for the currently active window / dialog, so you'll have to do it for each thing that opens a dialog.

Another thing you could try is the modify the registry where ACAD saved each dialog's position. Open REGEDIT (Start Menu --> Run, type regedit and Enter) Browse to the relevant registry key. E.g. the Layer Manager dialog is on my PC under
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6001:409\Profiles\Irne\Dialogs\LayerManager
Then the Bounds value is 354, 153, 1145, 492.

For something like the Purge Dialog, this is under: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Autodesk\AutoCAD\R17.1\ACAD-6001:409\Profiles\Irne\Dialogs\PurgeDialog
But because this doesn't have the capability of being resized it has a X and Y value instead of a Bounds. Mine's set to X=262 hex (610 decimal) and Y= 154 hex (340 dec).

After changing any negative value or X larger than your screen res width, Y larger than res height. Open ACad again.

You, sir, are my hero! I friggin love you!

That was it!

as a side note, how did you ever come up with that?!?!?

[irneb]

Welcome! ... he bows with great humility ... ehh ... maybe not

After having several probs and having to reinstall AC / move it to a different PC, you start learning registry very fast. Otherwise you end up having a transfered AC that doesn't work, or having to redo all of your settings.

[Rico]

Welcome! ... he bows with great humility ... ehh ... maybe not

After having several probs and having to reinstall AC / move it to a different PC, you start learning registry very fast. Otherwise you end up having a transfered AC that doesn't work, or having to redo all of your settings.

ok, does that registry value ONLY work for the layer manager? Or does it work with other AC windows?

How do you figure it out? Is it a point & click thing? Trial and error?

[irneb]

In most cases you can pretty much figure out what it is from the name of the folder / key. See the attached screen capture ... it shows the registry folder for the INSERT dialog (about 6 folders up from the Layer Manager dialog). You can see the saved settings in the right-hand pane, e.g.:

X, Y is the dialog position on screen (top left = 0,0)
Width & Height is the dialog's size
Explode, LocationOnScreen, RotationOnScreen, ScaleOnScreen, ScaleUniformly are those check boxes 1=ON, 0=OFF.

Further down (4 down from LM) you can see the Linetype Dialog, then Lineweight, Load / Reload Lin, etc. Very much the same applies to any dialog. It will have a position indicator using some X/Y value, and if sizable will have a width/height as well. Some (like the layer manager) have these combined into a bounds setting.