Microsoft KB Archive/139013

Money 4 & 5:Problems Interacting with Windows 95 Taskbar

PSS ID Number: Q139013 Article last modified on 12-12-1997

4.00 5.00

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= SYMPTOMS =

When you run Money at a screen resolution of 640x480, parts of the Money window are not be visible.

For example, in the Contents screen:


 * The Help, Minimize, Maximize, or Restore buttons may be missing.

Also, the right half of the following buttons may be cut off:


 * Report and Chart Gallery
 * Payees and Categories
 * Planning Wizards

The bottom edge the following buttons may not be visible:


 * Online Services/Online Banking
 * Account Manager
 * Investment Portfolio
 * Planning Wizards

= RESOLUTION =

Use one of the following resolutions to make all the Money screen elements visible:

  Run Money maximized (full screen). -or-   Place the Windows 95 taskbar at the top or bottom of the screen. -or-   If you would like the taskbar on the sides of the screen, change the taskbar settings to use the Autohide feature or, clear the Always On Top option. -or-   Use a display resolution higher than 640 x 480. 

= MORE INFORMATION =

None of these problems appear if Money is run maximized, and the taskbar is at the top or bottom of the screen. These are the default settings.

For more information on how to change taskbar settings in Windows 95, please see your Windows printed documentation on online Help.

If you move the taskbar from its default position at the bottom of the screen, and the default settings for the taskbar are not also changed, parts of the Money window may look cut off. The taskbar default setting is:

  Always On Top -and-   Autohide Off 

For information about how to change the display settings in Windows 95, including resolution settings, please see your Windows printed documentation on online Help.

The information below describes normal behavior for Money.

Normal Behavior - Money Maximized
When Money is maximized, the Close (X) button is always visible. To maximize Money, do the following:


 * 1) With the right mouse button, click the Money title bar. The title bar is the area at the top of the Money window that contains the legend “Microsoft Money”. A popup menu appears.
 * 2) Click Maximize.

If the Windows 95 taskbar is on the left or right side of the screen, The Help button is not visible. Also, the right side of the Money screen is partially cut off.

If the taskbar is at the top or bottom of the screen, there are no problems. An exception to this is if the taskbar is more than one row high, or larger than size 24 (size 18 is standard), in which case the bottom of the Money window might be cut off. The size of the taskbar is set in the Active Title Bar Size section of the Windows 95 Display Appearance settings.

Normal Behavior - Money Not Maximized
When the taskbar is at the top or bottom of the screen, the bottom of Money may be partially cut off.

When the taskbar is at the right or left side of the screen, the right side of Money is cut off. The Money Close, Minimize, Maximize, and Help buttons are not visible.

The Money window can be enlarged to show the bottom or right side. If one of the window borders is dragged all the way to the edge of the screen, the taskbar may disappear. When the Money window has been resized into the area where the taskbar sits, Money can override the Always On Top setting and hide the taskbar.

Note: It is not recommended to run Money in a window on a 640x480 screen. Run maximized for best results.

Abnormal Behavior
If you are running Money maximized, and are seeing behavior different than that described above, please see following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q138945 TITLE : Money for Windows 95: Screen is Cut Off

KBCategory: kbenv kbdisplay kbprb KBSubcategory:

Additional query words: w_money resize Cirrus Logic CL 5429/30/34 IBM Thinkpad 755 laptop Western Digital WD video ati graph graphics pro turbo mach 8/32/64 4.00 hidden Q132820 scuz

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