Tips for getting back after switching programs?

On Feb 15, 4:55 pm, Mxsmanic <mxsma....DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't encounter it with FS9; I don't use FSX. It might be a driver issue or
> something if you're having a lot of trouble with it.

I see it all the time on the laptop. Pain in the rear. I'm limited to
what drivers will install on the laptop without major hacks thanks to
Dell and Nvidia.

What graphics card and drivers do you run MX?
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On Feb 15, 12:01 am, "David Wilson-Okamura" <d....TakeThisOut@hotmail.com> wrote:
> When minimizing FS9, or switching between windowed and non-windowed
> view, freezes were not unknown. I found that minimizing (with the
> Windows key) usually was pretty clean, and sometimes if things did
> freeze I could go into display settings, set antialiasing on, go back
> to my flight, and all would be well again -- after which point I could
> set AA off again.
>
> None of this works with FSX. I am starting to dread switching out of
> it (say, because I forgot to turn on TrackIR), because it usually
> means restarting the flight if not the sim. Sometimes escape then
> "continue with flight" works, but not reliably.
>
> What works for you when this happens?

I would get a problem quite often when changing from full screen to
windowed and back again in FS9 were the program freezes and has to be
forced to close.

Ibby
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On 14 Feb 2007 16:01:48 -0800, "David Wilson-Okamura"
<dswo.DeleteThis@hotmail.com> wrote:

>None of this works with FSX. I am starting to dread switching out of
>it (say, because I forgot to turn on TrackIR), because it usually
>means restarting the flight if not the sim. Sometimes escape then
>"continue with flight" works, but not reliably.
>
>What works for you when this happens?

Only real way is to wait a very long time for FSX to catch up or run
it in windowed mode. I run multimonitor so I use windowed mode and
there's zero problems going in and out of FSX.

Cheers,
Rod.
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David Wilson-Okamura writes:

> When minimizing FS9, or switching between windowed and non-windowed
> view, freezes were not unknown. I found that minimizing (with the
> Windows key) usually was pretty clean, and sometimes if things did
> freeze I could go into display settings, set antialiasing on, go back
> to my flight, and all would be well again -- after which point I could
> set AA off again.

FS9 shouldn't be freezing at all. Sometimes I switch tasks constantly, and
I've rarely had any problems with FS9 doing it.

> None of this works with FSX. I am starting to dread switching out of
> it (say, because I forgot to turn on TrackIR), because it usually
> means restarting the flight if not the sim. Sometimes escape then
> "continue with flight" works, but not reliably.
>
> What works for you when this happens?

I don't encounter it with FS9; I don't use FSX. It might be a driver issue or
something if you're having a lot of trouble with it.

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Sammy writes:

> I see it all the time on the laptop.

Ah, with a laptop, all bets are off.

> What graphics card and drivers do you run MX?

nVidia GeForce 6800GS 256 MB, and the driver is 8.1.9.8

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David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
> When minimizing FS9, or switching between windowed and non-windowed
> view, freezes were not unknown. I found that minimizing (with the
> Windows key) usually was pretty clean, and sometimes if things did
> freeze I could go into display settings, set antialiasing on, go back
> to my flight, and all would be well again -- after which point I could
> set AA off again.
>
> None of this works with FSX. I am starting to dread switching out of
> it (say, because I forgot to turn on TrackIR), because it usually
> means restarting the flight if not the sim. Sometimes escape then
> "continue with flight" works, but not reliably.
>
> What works for you when this happens?

Do you mean after you minimise you can't get it back? I use Alt-Tab.
Right-clicking doesn't give me a restore or maximise option.

Si
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On Feb 15, 3:03 pm, Simon Robbins <s....TakeThisOut@nospam.thanks> wrote:
> David Wilson-Okamura wrote:
> > When minimizing FS9, or switching between windowed and non-windowed
> > view, freezes were not unknown. I found that minimizing (with the
> > Windows key) usually was pretty clean, and sometimes if things did
> > freeze I could go into display settings, set antialiasing on, go back
> > to my flight, and all would be well again -- after which point I could
> > set AA off again.
>
> > None of this works with FSX. I am starting to dread switching out of
> > it (say, because I forgot to turn on TrackIR), because it usually
> > means restarting the flight if not the sim. Sometimes escape then
> > "continue with flight" works, but not reliably.
>
> > What works for you when this happens?
>
> Do you mean after you minimise you can't get it back? I use Alt-Tab.
> Right-clicking doesn't give me a restore or maximise option.
>
> Si

I use 'ctrl-alt-delete' then in the applications list I hightligh MSFS
and use the 'switch to' key.
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This one from Owen Miller is the one that ended up working best for
me:

"Seems as though you must always start FSX in windowed mode. To do
that you have to exit FS in the windowed mode. It will start up in the
next session in whichever mode you last exited, be it windowed or full
screen.

"Doing it this way I have been able to switch between applications
realiably. I have exited in full sreen then reloaded FX and of course
it came up in full screen. Even after switching to windowed I could
not switch applications and return to FS. I had to be in windowed
mode, exit FS, then restart (comes up windowed) before I could switch
apps.

"If you start in windowed I've found that I could switch apps even
with FS in full screen. It's kinda scary because it acts like its
going to hang up. Works for me anyway. Hope this helps."

http://forums.flightsim.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=32&topi...d=19921
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On 23 Feb 2007 21:16:41 -0800, David Wilson-Okamura wrote:

> "Seems as though you must always start FSX in windowed mode.

I'm entering this conversation late but if we're talking about the FSX task
switch bug, I've found alt+tab to FSX, then hitting the ESC key works.

A window is forced up with the "Exit Flight Sim" button. If you select
"no" then the Sim comes back up in a second or two.

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Dallas
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