The Miff Posted August 9, 2011 Share Posted August 9, 2011 Hey! I've just moved to a smaller office and down-sized to a single moniitor. Previously, I used the second monitor for floating windows, such as Frame Buffer, Layers', and the isolate window. Now that I'm using a single monitor and call up these functions, the floaters don't appear. They're actually being sent to monitor #2...which isn't there! How do I 'force' them back to monitor #1? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 The other windows are there they are just off screen. There is probably an easier way to do it but this should work. Make the wayward window active (for example,the layers dialog hit the layers button.) Hit ALT then the left arrow key (not at the same time). then hit the down arrow key, then hit M (move). Now use the left arrow key to move the window back on screen. You can try it out on a dialog you can see like the material editor. Like I said, there is probably an easier way but I am not aware of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Miff Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 That did it! Thanks! All except the 'Isolate Selection' window. How can I activate it? I tried isolating an object and assumed it was active...no go..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyberstyle Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 I had the same problem. 2012 is the only version this has happened to me with. All other versions used to throw everything back to the single monitor when 1 was switched off or disconnected. PC, monitor or graphics settings did nothing. I ended up grabbing someone elses monitor and dragging everything back accross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AubreyM Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 That is a tuff one. I tried a few things but I couldn't find a key that would switch to the isolation window. There is most likely a entry in the registry that you could change but that would be a hunt to find the right one. I don't know if reverting to the default setup would do it or not. If I think of anything I'll let you know. Sorry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Miff Posted August 10, 2011 Author Share Posted August 10, 2011 Thanks Aubrey. Defaulting doesn't do it - I tried that first. Paul, I'm using 2010, but things don't revert back. Maybe the only solution is to hook up a second monitor and do it the hard way... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattclinch Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 not sure if this will help? http://jamiesjewels.typepad.com/jamies_jewels/2011/05/is-this-potentially-the-most-useful-maxscript-out-there.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCM Posted August 10, 2011 Share Posted August 10, 2011 You could also try to google "reset windows 3ds max plugin" There are a few options out there that did the trick for me but i cant say which off the top of my head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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