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Author Topic: weird problem on new laptop  (Read 17670 times)

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weird problem on new laptop
« on: March 04, 2013, 08:18 AM »
i love the app been using it for years! but i got a new laptop this weekend. Its windows 7 64 bit. now when i dock it to the bottom and set it to what i want, it leaves a huge gap between what i want and what its blocking off..i can post pictures when i get home..but pretty much instead of it just doing what i have blocked off..its blocking off half of my screen.....i tried uninstalling and starting over..redownloading it, nothing is working. i am not sure if its due to me runing 64 now, was working fine on 32.
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update here is a picture of what i mean.

https://dl.dropbox.c...6761643/Untitled.png

« Last Edit: March 04, 2013, 05:24 PM by rhyde82 »

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #1 on: March 04, 2013, 08:38 PM »
You can control the exact size of what gets reserved.. but on win7 you may have to toggle transparency/border on an off before trying to resize.
You can also set the size from the options.

I THOUGHT you could also use keyboard to adjust the size but i can't for the life of me remember the keyboard keys to use.. I'll have to look it up, i don't see it in help file.  Maybe i just added it to LaunchBar Commander but not to Desktop Coral.
« Last Edit: March 04, 2013, 08:53 PM by mouser »

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #2 on: March 04, 2013, 09:01 PM »
ive tried everything i have no idea whats going on...it worked fine on windows 7 32 bit but on my new pc its not working...im not sure why its putting the extra space between  

update....it seems its just when i dock it to the bottom it leaves that gap..the top it over laps some but it fits the screen marked and so does the right and left sides..so its something to do with it at the bottom
« Last Edit: March 04, 2013, 09:12 PM by rhyde82 »

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #3 on: March 04, 2013, 09:28 PM »
im afraid i'm not really understanding the behavior you are explaining.. i'm not saying something's not wrong, i'm just saying i don't understand what's happening.

are you able to resize the docked area?

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2013, 10:39 PM »
yep i can but  what is happening is when i set what i want  its putting a space between what i want docked and what is docked..like the picture i posted..the bottom is where i want it but there is a space between the dock and the webpage (thats full screen)..im not sure where that extra space is coming from..if i resize it bigger the space grows if i make it smaller it gets smaller but never goes away..im just stumped on what would cause that.

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2013, 10:51 PM »
ok i think i might be understanding..
a question, do you happen to have your windows set to display large fonts > 100%?

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #6 on: March 05, 2013, 07:02 AM »
you talking about the DPI? yes its at like 124% cuz i use my TV for a monitor..could that be the problem?

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #7 on: March 05, 2013, 02:10 PM »
I think it's related to the problem yes, and if so i should be able to fix.
If you wouldn't mind testing changing it to normal 100% and rebooting and see if that fixes the problem, that would help.
If we confirm that is the cause of the problem then i can solve it.

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #8 on: March 06, 2013, 06:55 AM »
yes no problem i was not home last night but ill be home tonight ill test it and report back on what happens..thanks again for the help!

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #9 on: March 06, 2013, 05:37 PM »
YES that is the problem!!!! works fine when its at 100%

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #10 on: March 06, 2013, 05:43 PM »
ok i should be able to have a new build in the next few days that fixes the problem seen with large fonts.

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #11 on: March 06, 2013, 06:21 PM »
awesome!!! thanks a lot..love the program!!!!!!

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2013, 06:01 AM »
rhyde, can you try this version and let me know if it solves the problem:
https://www.donation...esktopCoralSetup.exe
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https://www.donation...topCoralPortable.zip

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2013, 10:39 AM »
yes i will tonight when i get home and i will report back how it works..thanks again for the help!!

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2013, 09:11 AM »
yes tested it and that works when i set my DPI over 100%

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #15 on: March 23, 2013, 09:17 AM »
Great, so all fixed?

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Re: weird problem on new laptop
« Reply #16 on: March 25, 2013, 06:57 AM »
yep i tried it up to 124% and it works great..no problems i tried it on all four sides and making the sizes different and all seems to work great