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MarkOBS

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And that's it!
I can't maximize it.
Can someone please help me use OBS again. :(

I was using it. Then hit the 'windows key' on my computer in an effort to
have it show on the left side of the screen.
Next thing you know, OBS disappeared.
It only showed in the task bar. But can't be maximized now. :(

A re-boot didn't help!
 
More info that hopefully gives some clues.
If I press Alt-Tab right now it shows two open apps.
One of them is OBS.
When I select it the icon in the system tray is highlighted, that's it.
OBS isn't maximized so I can't use it.

I was desperate so I downloaded the latest OBS version and installed it.
Before installing it, the installer kept telling me to close OBS!

I thought it was closed. Task Manager found bits and pieces of OBS running here and there, and here and
there.
When I finally closed all of them the latest OBS installed.

But it didn't help! Same problem. :(
 
Sounds more like a Windows issue rather than something with OBS.

Either way: Win key + cursor-up is used to maximize a program again.
 
ShelLuser said:
Sounds more like a Windows issue rather than something with OBS.

Either way: Win key + cursor-up is used to maximize a program again.
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Thanks for your reply.
I had the same idea last night before I went to bed.
Unfortunately when I tried it out now it didn't work. :(

OBS is brain dead right now with this problem.
I opened three or four other apps in addition to OBS.
I can Alt-Tab between all apps, but when I make the selection for which
one to display, only OBS does not show!

Similarly, with all the apps showing on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen,
I can highlight any of them. When I press the Windows key + cursor up on any app
except OBS, they will become maximized on the screen.
OBS is the ONLY app that refuses to become maximized!

Again to recap. Yesterday, with OBS running fine and maximized, I pressed the Windows key
and one of the arrow keys. I thought it was the left arrow, but it could have been the down arrow by mistake.
From that point on OBS has refused to become maximized.

The only thing I can do with the program is go to the far right of the task bar, click on the up arrow,
select OBS, right click on it and see the following choices:
Hide, Fullscreen Projector (Preview, Program), Start Streaming, Start Recording, Start Virtual Camera, Exit.

None of them brings OBS back on the screen (maximizes it).
 
Fixed the problem with the following:

Opened the app (so it was minimized on the taskbar).
Held the Shift key and right-clicked the app icon on the taskbar.
Selected Move from the context menu.
Pressed right Arrow Key and then moved my mouse to bring the window back into view.
 
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