Properties dialog box

[brow931]

I just installed 2015. The properties dialog box will not display. It was displaying or but no longer is. This happened before on an older version and I don't remember how I fixed it. I do not want to have to reinstall. Can someone assist?

[doni49]

Try CMDDIA.  Set it to 1 if it's not already.  I don't remember off hand if the properties dialog is one of the dialogs controlled by this var but it's worth trying.

[wfberry]

If you type PROPERTIES in the command line, what happens?

Bill

[doni49]

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@wfberry wrote:

If you type PROPERTIES in the command line, what happens?

Bill

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Sometimes it's the simplest things.  🙂

I guess I assumed OP had already tried that and it wasn't opening.

[brow931]

Nothing happens.


Scott Brown, PE
4D Site Solutions, Inc

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[brow931]

Correct. Nothing happens at the command line.


Scott Brown, PE
4D Site Solutions, Inc

Sent from my Verizon smartphone

[doni49]

Check to see if it's docked & minimized.

[brow931]

No. I have checked all of that.


Scott Brown, PE
4D Site Solutions, Inc

Sent from my Verizon smartphone

[doni49]

Minimize everything except acad, take a screenshot of your entire desktop and post that.

Actually: do one before you type properties and another after.

[brow931]

Already set to 1


Scott Brown, PE
4D Site Solutions, Inc

Sent from my Verizon smartphone

[wfberry]

You didn't perhaps have a second monitor at one time and now it is gone.  In the past this was a problem because the box was on a "phantom" monitor.

Bill

[brow931]

I have 3 monitors and they are still there.


Scott Brown, PE
4D Site Solutions, Inc

Sent from my Verizon smartphone

[doni49]

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@doni49 wrote:
Minimize everything except acad, take a screenshot of your entire desktop and post that.

Actually: do one before you type properties and another after.

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I'd still like to see the screenshots.  I don't know how many times I've had a co-worker tell me that they couldn't get a dialog box or toolbar to show up only to find out that I was able to see a little something that indicated what the issue was.

[CADvisers]

Temporarily change you monitor configuration to have the one on the right the "left side" and vise versa for the left.  The properties dialog should appear in one of them.  Drag it to the main monitor and change your monitor config back to the way you want it.