Screen position cosmetic bug

[turbine2]

Hi there,

I'm using HWInfo64 v4.40.2240 here on what was a 3 monitor setup but is now a 2 monitor setup (I've had to remove one of the monitors for something else).

The problem is that when I run the program and click on 'Run' from the Welcome dialogue because I had the application on the (now missing) 3rd monitor it jumps to that screen so I can't get it. The system summary and CPU use windows appear on my 2nd monitor which is fine.

I've got around this now by removing the \HKCU\Software\HWiNFO64\Wndxxx entries but if you're looking at the draw code perhaps a check to see if the current position is off the screen could be included.

Really useful program by the way, thanks.

David

 

[Martin]

Hi David,
there's a check for such a situation in HWiNFO, but I'm not sure why it didn't work in your case.
Anyway, pressing the "Reset Preferences" button in Settings will fix this as well.

 

[turbine2]

Thanks for that, I'll try that if I do something as stupid in the future.

Looking at the values something weird must have happened to the Y values. The new WndTopY is 200 with WndBottomY ones being 967, but before the WndTopY and WndBottomY ones where 0xfffffcc4 (4294966468) and ffffff8a (4294967178) respectfully.

When I get the third monitor back I'll see if I can replicate the problem.

 

[Martin]

That's interesting The question is if those values happened after you remove the 3rd monitor and before they were correct...
Please let me know if you can reproduce it and I'll check that.
Anyway, I'll try to implement an additional validity check...

 

[fultzjap]

I WAS having a v7.72 issue with window position similar to the OP, but after reading through a couple of these threads, the solution became apparent.
I am using a mediocre KVM w/o "monitor memory" to switch back and forth between a docked laptop and a desktop, and if I ever forgot to close the app, when I switched back and forth, the graphs all migrated from right monitor to left monitor, presumably b/c the left main monitor "reattaches" to the desktop via KVM a few ms before the right one does.
UNchecking the 'Validate Window Positions" checkbox fixed the issue right up. Now I can leave it open and bounce back and forth on KVM without losing positions on the secondary monitor! The hover description was self explanatory, had I taken the time to hunt for it.
BTW, you should be very proud of this app, it's easily my favorite performance diagnostic tool. I registered here basically just to say thanks. You rock. <3

 

[Martin]

I WAS having a v7.72 issue with window position similar to the OP, but after reading through a couple of these threads, the solution became apparent.
I am using a mediocre KVM w/o "monitor memory" to switch back and forth between a docked laptop and a desktop, and if I ever forgot to close the app, when I switched back and forth, the graphs all migrated from right monitor to left monitor, presumably b/c the left main monitor "reattaches" to the desktop via KVM a few ms before the right one does.
UNchecking the 'Validate Window Positions" checkbox fixed the issue right up. Now I can leave it open and bounce back and forth on KVM without losing positions on the secondary monitor! The hover description was self explanatory, had I taken the time to hunt for it.
BTW, you should be very proud of this app, it's easily my favorite performance diagnostic tool. I registered here basically just to say thanks. You rock. <3

Thank you