Microsoft KB Archive/242844

= FS2000: New Flight Starts as Minimized Task =

Article ID: 242844

Article Last Modified on 10/6/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q242844



SYMPTOMS
When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may experience the following symptoms:
 * The Flight Simulator 2000 may be minimized when it plays the Microsoft logo animation. However, the animation sounds are still played.
 * When you click Fly Now on the Flight Simulator 2000 startup screen, the program may be minimized again.

NOTE: If the Auto Hide feature for the Windows taskbar is enabled, you may not notice that Flight Simulator 2000 is minimized. Move your pointing device to the bottom of the screen to reveal the taskbar.



CAUSE
This behavior can occur if Flight Simulator 2000 was running in Full Screen mode the last time you quit the game.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, restore Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. To do this, click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 on the Windows taskbar. If the program is minimized again, click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 on the taskbar again.

To prevent this issue from occurring, press ALT+ENTER to switch to Window mode before you quit Flight Simulator 2000, and press ALT+ENTER to switch to Full Screen mode when you start Flight Simulator 2000.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

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