Microsoft KB Archive/152409

= Microsoft Knowledge Base =

MXL5: WindowShade Does Not Refresh Screen
Last reviewed: September 12, 1996

Article ID: Q152409

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS
When you edit a cell, graphical residue is left on the Desktop after you use WindowShade to roll up a Microsoft Excel workbook window. Also, after you use WindowShade, the Microsoft Excel menus, toolbars, and status bar may disappear.

CAUSE
WindowShade, a Control Panel utility available with Apple's System 7.5.x operating system, allows Microsoft Excel windows with title bars to be minimized. Microsoft Excel does not anticipate this behavior, and therefore does not manage its graphical resources accordingly.

RESOLUTION
Do not minimize a Microsoft Excel workbook window.

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Disable WindowShade.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Excel versions 5.0 and 5.0a for the Macintosh. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
WindowShade is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.