Hidden Dialog Box
Has a fix been created for this problem? When I choose the BROWSE button to upload a file, the subsequent dialog box (Displaying the file list) is completely hidden behind the original box. The only workaround I have found is to restore the original box down so small that you can grab the FileList dialog box and make your selection. Thoughts? Thanks!
April 22nd, 2010 9:56pm

Which program are you using? If it is a third party program, you may not be able to get more assistance in this forum. In this case please contact the publisher of the application for more information.Arthur Xie - MSFT
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April 26th, 2010 10:58am

I have similar problems with Windows 7 Pro: - sometimes, when trying to print a web page (IE 9.0.1), a print dialog box will be created but I will not see it, and IE appears to be frozen. The box was hidden behind the active IE window. - frequently, when trying to save a printable page using Adobe 9, the Save dialog box will be hidden behind the active Adobe or IE window. I sometimes discover the hidden box by chance ... And sometimes when I try to shut down IE, and it says it is waiting for a response. How can I force pop up dialog boxes to pop up ON TOP of the formerly active window??? JimC
August 6th, 2011 3:04pm

Me too! Sometimes I can't get to the box except by killing the app! Then it's no use anyway.
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August 6th, 2011 6:13pm

After having stuck with XP Pro long enough, I'm gradually buying and provisioning Windows 7-based machines, and I have seen this undesirable "hidden pop-under dialog box" issue on every Win7 box I've worked with. It is NOT the way Windows XP (or 2000, ME, 98, 95, 3.1, etc.) behaved, as I've seen some people claim. There are other threads dating back about TWO YEARS about this bug and yet, why no fix???? Here's one: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/w7itproui/thread/7f4543cf-874d-4a39-bea5-34a824e4c0ce/ While an advanced user can eventually figure out that there's a hidden window somewhere, awaiting input, it's confusing to normal users, and actually quite annoying even to the advanced user. Is this truly a "bug by design," Microsoft?
September 10th, 2011 10:04am

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