Daz Studio 4 won't open remains minimized in taskbar

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• Richard Haseltine Posts: 96,731

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  There was a thread on this at the old site, but I can't recall if it was solved. Have you tried going to c:\Users\yourname\AppData\Roaming\DAZ3D\Studio 4 and removing all the files in that folder (not any of the other folders, leave them alone - I would cut and paste the files to another location, rather than outright deleting them) - that should set DS back to its default interface. AppData is a hidden folder so you will need to enable the display of Hidden files and folders in the Control Panel's Folder Options applet.
• ReDave Posts: 815

  June 2012 edited December 1969

  If you are on Windows try bringing up the Task Manager and on the Applications tab, right click on DAZ Studio and select "Bring to Front". If that doesn't work, I'd reinstall.
  As further proof, DS with the default Genesis takes about 148 MB according to the Task Manager for me, if it displays as significantly smaller for you there is a hiccup somewhere.
• noz_2ef5030a1f Posts: 4

  February 2013 edited December 1969

  Not sure if I should start a new thread, but I have exactly the same problem.

  I had no problems with Daz Studio 4 on my previous PC, but cannot get it to work on my new PC (Windows 8). It remains minimized. I've tried 'bring to front' and 'maximise' from the Task Manager, I've tried reinstalling, I've tried deleting the appdata roaming files - nothing works.

  Any suggestions gratefully received.

  Jenny
• fixmypcmike Posts: 19,565

  February 2013 edited December 1969

  You may need to run in Compatibility Mode
• noz_2ef5030a1f Posts: 4

  February 2013 edited December 1969

  Just in case anybody else has this problem with Windows 8, I finally solved it on my PC (ridiculously simply and easily).

  I'll give you the exact steps I tried (although I suspect step number one isn't necessary - you can probably just start Daz normally).

  1. Start Daz Studio by SHIFT right clicking the desktop icon and choosing 'Open'.

  2. It'll start minimized in the taskbar as always, but SHIFT right click over the taskbar icon and choose 'Restore'.

  3. The program will maximise. In my case, it was all squashed into one narrow panel on the right side of the screen - just drag it out and make it full screen, close it, and then every time thereafter, it will open normally, full screen, without any fuss,

  The key for me was the shift right click which offered different menu options I'd never seen before.

  Maximise and restore using task manager didn't work. (Running it in compatibility mode didn't help either, but thank you for the suggestion.)

  Jenny
• ReDave Posts: 815

  February 2013 edited December 1969

  Thank you for telling us. I would have never thought of Shift Right click anything. Doing that adds a "Copy as Path(s)" entry under Vista. Cool.
  I think I remember shift click (or one of the other modifier keys) as bypassing the install of Windows updates when you reboot, but can't remember which key it was exactly.
• noz_2ef5030a1f Posts: 4

  August 2013 edited December 1969

  I just wanted to add an update, as this happened again for me with a different application.

  I believe the problem occurs because the window exists somewhere in an unviewable area of the desktop.

  This is Microsoft's advice, and it worked for me:

  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/169494

  The program window may be stored in an unviewable area off the screen.

  Right-click the program's button on the taskbar, and then click Move on the menu that appears.

  Move the mouse pointer to the middle of the screen.

  Use the ARROW keys on the keyboard to move the program window to a viewable area on the screen.

  Press ENTER.

  Resize the window if necessary.
• rhyswootton_8e77ccf5f4 Posts: 7

  March 2020

  on windows - right click on daz3d in the taskbar and choose maximise from the list. It seems to happen to me sometimes when I've been using a duel monitor and then change to a single screen, its like it hasnt procsessed the change. 
• Goregloom Posts: 0

  October 2020

  noz_2ef5030a1f said:

  Just in case anybody else has this problem with Windows 8, I finally solved it on my PC (ridiculously simply and easily).

  I'll give you the exact steps I tried (although I suspect step number one isn't necessary - you can probably just start Daz normally).

  1. Start Daz Studio by SHIFT right clicking the desktop icon and choosing 'Open'.

  2. It'll start minimized in the taskbar as always, but SHIFT right click over the taskbar icon and choose 'Restore'.

  3. The program will maximise. In my case, it was all squashed into one narrow panel on the right side of the screen - just drag it out and make it full screen, close it, and then every time thereafter, it will open normally, full screen, without any fuss,

  The key for me was the shift right click which offered different menu options I'd never seen before.

  Maximise and restore using task manager didn't work. (Running it in compatibility mode didn't help either, but thank you for the suggestion.)

  Jenny

   

   

  thanks jenny your cheat works even years later!
• nomadic626 Posts: 0

  October 2020

  What worked for me was bring up any other application i had running like my web browder maximized, Hit the windows Key and left arrow key and should bring up all your running applications, click on your DAZ window that pops up then it puts it side by side whatever you had maximized then bring up your DAZ window. hope this helps.
• emanuelpietri Posts: 1

  December 2021

  Hi there!

  I had same problem with minimization.

  I resolve it when i realise that my window is open in my closed wacom taablet.

  When i open tablet i found daz window opene there.

  Does anyone knows how i can move my window to be opend in my default window?

  Cheers!