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    • jeff hammondJ Offline
      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 Offline
        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 Offline
          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 Offline
            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 Offline
              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 Offline
                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 Offline
                  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 Offline
                    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 Offline
                      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 Offline
                        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˜‰

                        Etaoin Shrdlu

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