Subject Re: dBASE 2019 flashes From Emeka Ossai <megameks@yahoo.com> Date Sat, 05 Mar 2022 03:17:09 -0500 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Thank you Mervyn. Emeka Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2022/03/05 07:21, Akshat Kapoor wrote: > > > Using ctr+alt+del Open task manager. > > > > On the lower left there will be a button more details use it view full > > list of background tasks. > > > > Scroll through the list and close ALL instances of dbase. > > > > Now open dbase 2019. > > > > It should open like normal. > > If problem persists then try deleting the ini file. > > If dBASE doesn't find the .ini file it creates a new file with all > default settings.  This means that if one doesn't want the default > settings one has to re-set them manually.  :-(  Deleting the .ini file > should, therefore, be done as a last resort. > > After you have checked in the Task Manager and closed dBASE if it was > running, open PLUS.INI in Notepad.  The file will be found at > > C:\Users\Your_user_name\AppData\Local\dBASE\dBASE2019\Bin\PLUS.INI > > Use Ctrl-F to find [Desktop] > > Scroll down until you find Position= > > The figures to the right show the left, top, width and height in pixels > of dBASE when it opens.  If any figure is bigger than the screen > resolution, either negative or positive, it means dBASE is opening but > it is so far off-screen that you can't see it.  Change the figure to > something meaningful and save the file. > > The entry in my PLUS.INI file is > > Position=34 15 1284 709 > > Once dBASE has been opened you can change the size and it will be saved > when you close dBASE. > > Mervyn. > > > > > > > > > > > > >