MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

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feline1
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MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

Post by feline1 »

Hi folks, I am running the lastest MMW5 5.0.4.2667 Beta on Windows 11 64 bit.

Whilst following troubleshooting advice for syncing problems (on this thread https://www.mediamonkey.com/forum/viewt ... 9&start=15 ) I followed Peke's suggestion to do this:

> try is that from "%APPDATA%\MediaMonkey5\" you delete "persistent.*" files and start MM again.

Now when I try to launch MM, the splash screen displays, but no GUI launches. Instead I just get a taskbar icon with a miniplayer (which does play tunes!)
Task Manager shows MMW instances running.
https://ibb.co/VQZm99R

I've tried rebooting and re-installing, neither helped.

Any suggestions?
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Re: MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

Post by Lowlander »

Have you maximized to the main program from the MiniPlayer? MediaMonkey remembers the last state on close, and should launch the main window if you closed it in main window state.
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Re: MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

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> Have you maximized to the main program from the MiniPlayer?

How do you do that? There's nothing to click on in the miniplayer that I can see to maximise it :/
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Re: MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

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> Have you maximized to the main program from the MiniPlayer?

How do you do that? There's nothing to click on in the miniplayer that I can see to maximise it :/
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Re: MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

Post by feline1 »

OK right, I found MMW5 again.... for some reason, after I deleted that file as Peke suggested, it was launching off the edge of the Windows desktop (?!?!) .... I could see Windows doing a little animated window frame zipping off the edge of the screen (?!? why would it even do that). By moving the cursor to the edge of the screen and click-dragging, I could haul it back into the real world. Bizarre.
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Re: MediaMonkey only launches as a taskbar miniplayer :(

Post by feline1 »

Having got my GUI back, I can confirm that Peke's suggestion didn't work anyway :( Oh well.
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