App icon in taskbar, but app not running
As of today, when I open Acronis, its icon shows up in the taskbar, but the app is nowhere to be found. When I use "alt-tab" to look for it, it shows a blank window for Acronis, and that's all. I can't access it, can't do anything with it.
I've already tried rebooting, and also uninstalling and reinstalling the software. This is quickly becoming the buggiest piece of software I've ever dealt with. Any help would be appreciated.
I've had this happen in Windows a few times - it's not related to Acronis. This is probably what you're looking for:
The link has pictures to help, but here is the worded content:
There’s a simple trick to get around this. First make sure you’ve alt-tabbed to the window, or clicked on it once to bring it into focus. Then right-click on the taskbar and choose Move.
Note: If you’re using Windows 8 or 10 you might have to hold down the SHIFT key before right-clicking in order to get the Move menu item to show up.
At this point, you should notice that your cursor changes to the “Move” cursor, but you still can’t move anything.
Just hit any one of the arrow keys (Left, Right, Down, Up), move your mouse, and the window should magically “pop” back onto the screen.
Note: For keyboard savvy people, you can just alt-tab to the window, use Alt+Space, then M, then Arrow key, and then move your mouse.
This should work on any version of Windows. It’s really amazing how many people are not aware of this little trick.
Steve Smith, I did hook my laptop up to dual monitors yesterday, so you're right.
Bobbo, that's it!!! I actually did know this trick, but have always used the first version it mentions, which doesn't seem to be working for me in Windows 10. However, the part about alt-tab, alt-space, m, arrow, mouse did the trick.
Thank you guys so much! What a relief!
Keep that one in your favorites - it happens to me on occassion out of the blue with other applications too. Glad you got it working.