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FS98 Is Minimized After You Choose Context-Sensitive Help

Article ID: 176833

Article Last Modified on 5/7/2002

Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q176833

SYMPTOMS

When you open a context-sensitive Help topic from a dialog box in Flight Simulator 98, you minimize the program window, the Help topic does not open, and you cannot restore Flight Simulator to the original screen size.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you run Flight Simulator 98 in Full Screen mode.

RESOLUTION

To work around this problem, do not click context-sensitive Help topics when you run Flight Simulator 98 in Full Screen mode. To disable Full Screen mode, click Full Screen on the View menu, or press ALT+ENTER on the keyboard.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

You may be able to restore Flight Simulator 98 if you use both mouse buttons at the same time to click Microsoft Flight Simulator on the taskbar. If this does not restore Flight Simulator 98, restart the computer.

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