terrypin Posted May 17, 2017 Report Share Posted May 17, 2017 Have I overlooked a setting that will remove the Sidebar please? I appreciate it's only a few keystrokes to toggle it off/on, but I very rarely need it and I use the extra space it takes. If there is no setting, how about a hack? (I tried a simple macro activated by MX Explorer opening, but found it unreliable.) Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted May 20, 2017 Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 I have kept the sidebar hidden for so long that I forgot it existed! Like you, I find it takes up too much UI real estate. The only thing I might use it for is a shortcut for creating a new macro, but I already have a hotkey macro that creates a new macro. What I did years ago was choose Options > View > Sidebar. The Sidebar hasn't appeared since. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted May 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2017 So your sidebar doesn't appear automatically every time you start MX Explorer? That seems to imply there's a 'Save settings' option somewhere that I've missed. I'll take another look when back at my PC tomorrow. Terry, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted May 21, 2017 Report Share Posted May 21, 2017 The setting in Options > View has been a permanent solution. I checked Options > Preferences and found no settings for the sidebar. Odd that the Sidebar setting doesn't stick for you. Hope you sort it out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted May 22, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2017 In a more careful check of Preferences I found this setting which appeared to be what I'd missed. But using it caused further problems as follows. I ensured that the Sidebar was not displayed. Then I enabled Preferences > General > Misc > 'Save settings as defaults for all users' and clicked Apply. But as soon as I clicked OK, my main macro file FULL-2016.mex was suddenly closed and this empty macex.mex file appeared in its place. If I then re-opened FULL.mex, the Sidebar was back and I found that the above setting was again now disabled. Worse, I'm now unable to close that macex.mex file. Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acantor Posted May 24, 2017 Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Hi Terry, I wonder if something got corrupted in your installation. Make sure your macro file or files have been backed up. Uninstall Macro Express Pro, reinstall it, and reload your macro files. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrypin Posted May 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2017 Thanks acantor. I think the registry had somehow become corrupted. After deleting the main ISS section and rebooting etc, things are now OK. Appreciated your help. Terry, East Grinstead, UK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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