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    HELP please. can't get my Shadows Settings panel to appear

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    • JClementsJ
      JClements
      last edited by

      Thanks for the suggestion Jeff, but it didn't do anything.

      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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      • jeff hammondJ
        jeff hammond
        last edited by

        bummer.. I know a way to coax it back on a Mac but windows-- I have no clue.

        the Europeans should be waking up soon.. they'll be able to figure it out.

        dotdotdot

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        • Rich O BrienR
          Rich O Brien Moderator
          last edited by

          I'm a bit fuzzy but I thinks this is what you have to do....

          Activate Shadows under windows menu.

          Press Alt-Space

          Press 'm'

          Use arrow keys to move window back on screen

          Download the free D'oh Book for SketchUp πŸ“–

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          • TIGT
            TIG Moderator
            last edited by

            With Sketchup closed... Start > Regedit
            Find HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Google\SketchUp8\SnappyShadows
            Edit its contents, set x=0 and y=0, then close.
            This will put the dialog top left of the screen when Sketchup reopens.
            [Useful when you mess up using Rich's trick and put the dialog on the Moon! πŸ˜‰ ]

            TIG

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            • BoxB
              Box
              last edited by

              Also check with the secondary monitor that you have looked all around, it can be to the left, right, above or below.

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              • JClementsJ
                JClements
                last edited by

                Hi TIG, something else must be broken in the registry for my Laptop PC (win 7).

                I also tried the registry entry on my win 7 Desktop and it worked.

                John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                • TIGT
                  TIG Moderator
                  last edited by

                  @jclements said:

                  Hi TIG, something else must be broken in the registry for my Laptop PC (win 7).

                  I also tried the registry entry on my win 7 Desktop and it worked.
                  Have you tried reinstalling Sketchup ?

                  TIG

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                  • Dan RathbunD
                    Dan Rathbun
                    last edited by

                    Try repairing the installation, through the installer, first.. (before reinstalling.)

                    I'm not here much anymore.

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                    • JClementsJ
                      JClements
                      last edited by

                      The problem was resolved by reinstalling SU over the existing installaton.

                      Thank you to all for your help.

                      John | Illustrator | Beaverton, Oregon

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                      • B
                        beverx
                        last edited by

                        I just had similar issue, try this (worked for me):

                        drag out the shadows bar from the icons bar and close it with the X button (available when the shadows box is floating outside bars and panels) then go to Window->Tray (default or other)-> enable Shadows.

                        After this I got my shadows settings back on the tray on the right of the SU window.

                        Hope this works for you πŸ˜‰ Greetings from Poland!

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                        • Dave RD
                          Dave R
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                          Welcome to Sketchucation neverx.

                          One would hope that John got his issue with the Shadows window fixed a long time ago. Otherwise he's been without shadow control for 5-1/2 years and numerous SketchUp version changes. πŸ˜‰

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