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Q242844: FS2000: New Flight Starts as Minimized Task

Article: Q242844
Product(s): Microsoft Home Games
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbui kbimu msgame
Last Modified: 07-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you start Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000, you may experience the following
symptoms:

- The Flight Simulator 2000 may be minimized when it plays the Microsoft logo
  animation. However, the animation sounds are still played.

- When you click Fly Now on the Flight Simulator 2000 startup screen, the
  program may be minimized again.

NOTE: If the Auto Hide feature for the Windows taskbar is enabled, you may not
notice that Flight Simulator 2000 is minimized. Move your pointing device to the
bottom of the screen to reveal the taskbar.


CAUSE
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This behavior can occur if Flight Simulator 2000 was running in Full Screen mode
the last time you quit the game.

RESOLUTION
==========

To resolve this issue, restore Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000. To do this,
click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 on the Windows taskbar. If the program is
minimized again, click Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 on the taskbar again.

To prevent this issue from occurring, press ALT+ENTER to switch to Window mode
before you quit Flight Simulator 2000, and press ALT+ENTER to switch to Full
Screen mode when you start Flight Simulator 2000.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: flightsim fsim fs fs2k msgame shrinks disappears vanishes

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Keywords          : kbui kbimu msgame 
Technology        : kbGamesSearch kbFlightSimSearch kbFlightSim2000 kbSimSearch
Version           : WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbpending

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