drawing name in taskbar

[Imui]

Hi,

When opening another instance of Autocad, the drawing name is no longer shown on the taskbar.

Is this a Cad  or a Windows "property"?

Using Atutocad lt 2016 on windows 7

[Sofia.Xanthopoulou · Accepted solution]

Hi Imui,

I don't think this is a mistake. It will show the dwg name as soon as you open a second drawing. 

Do you need the drawings to show the names on the taskbar right away? The name also is in the quick info when you hover over the symbol in the taskbar.

If you disagree, I am happy to do some research to confirm.

Best regards

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[Imui]

Hi,

Thanks for your response.

You're right. It will show the dwg name after opening a second drawing.

It would be nice, and help me orient better, if the name is clearly there.

I often open a second instance of Autocad to compere or to copy objects from "left to right".

[pendean]

Why start a second AutoCAD session? Are you not aware you can simply had two or more two files open in their own windows side by side in one session of AutoCAD? It's been around for 15+ versions now.

[Imui]

This is how i make use of 2 monitors.
And it's easier to have a "static" dwg on a side and on the other side another instance with two or more drawings

[JohnC_ISM]

really wish this was answered instead of people giving their two cents. im dealing with this now and ill have 3-4 at at time and have to click and click until i get the the one i thinkkkk im using just to find out its the wrong window.

[pendean]

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@JohnC_ISM wrote:
im dealing with this now and ill have 3-4 at at time and have to click and click until i get the the one i thinkkkk im using just to find out its the wrong window.

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Still using Lt2016 in Windows 7? How many separate instances of the LT program are you running exactly (and why)?

Not seeing any issues here in Win10Pro LT2023.1.2

And why are you not able to use WIndows' on feature to find each separate open session's file name either (when you hover on one the actual window moves front and center to show file name here in Win10)

OR

[JohnC_ISM]

i guess you dont undertsand what i mean. i dont want all the autocad stuff in front of it. just the name. i know its autocad whys it gotta tell me again. every window i have open says what its showing, not what the name of the program is. 

[pendean]

@JohnC_ISM You'll need to ask Autodesk for that feature, Open a support case with Autodesk if you are on subscription to seek out Autodesk Support's help:
https://knowledge.autodesk.com/customer-service/account-management/users-software/support-options/we... 

[JohnC_ISM]

I didn't realize that we had already talked about this on another post i think. Im getting a new computer anyways because this one is giving me so many issues with everything. So ill see if its just my desktop or my program at that point.

[pendean]

@JohnC_ISM Congrats on the new PC: hope it's Win11, it has a different look and may offer more features than WIn10 that you might enjoy more.

[JohnC_ISM]

not me. lol. windows 11 is terrible UI. i have it on my laptop and they have all these extra menus you cant change so if im having problems with this i can only imagine how bad that will be lol. 

[JohnC_ISM]

so i finally figured it out when autodesk support called. and its the dumbest thing...it was opening thru civil instead of autocad launcher..