Debug window doesn't open (LV2026Q1)

[1984]

Hi,

I'm having this problem for couple of days now, that while the debug window appears on the taskbar, I can not make it visible. I mean, no matter if I click on that the window does not appear on my screen.. The taskbar quick view shows that it is empty. This makes debugging almost completely impossible, cause I don't see the probe values as they supposed to be shown.

Any ideas?

Thanks.

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[crossrulz · Accepted solution]

My initial thought is that the window position is out in left field (ie not on an active monitor). With the debug window closed, delete the "WatchWindowPos" key from your LabVIEW.ini file and then launch the debug window. This should center it on the main monitor.

[1984]

I started to get why are you a knight of NI. Thanks man, the day is saved again.

[tst]

A more general way to handle this is that if a window has focus, you can press the Windows key and one of the arrow keys to move the window around. Each arrow key has a different behavior, but in general, you will want to use the left/right arrows.

A couple of things to note:

1. Make sure the window has focus. This is harder to verify if you can't see it, but using alt-tab or selecting it in the taskbar is usually enough.
2. For the behavior that happens with left/right arrows, you might need to press it several times to get the window to where you can see it.

[1984]

This interestingly doesn't work in this case. The same thing happened to me again (debug window does not display) so I tried your suggestion. Didn't work, I had to delete that line from .ini file.

Also, as stated in the original post, when hovering the mouse over the "non appearing" debug window the window looks completely blank, while after deleting the line from the ini file the preview is populated.

[tst]

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@1984 wrote:

I tried your suggestion. Didn't work

Probably because the probe window is floating, so it doesn't maintain focus. At least that's what happens in an older version of LV and I'm assuming it's still the case.

[Yamaeda]

You used to be able to r-click the taskbar and "Cascade windows", but alas it doesn't seem to be possible anymore.