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    • franksol
      franksol last edited by

      I cannot maximise Opera from the task bar help!

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      • leocg
        leocg Moderator Volunteer @franksol last edited by

        @franksol What do you mean? When you click on the icon, Opera doesn't show up?

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        • marleycat
          marleycat @leocg last edited by

          @leocg I can't maximize it either. The opera icon is in the taskbar, but clicking on it only brings up a thumbnail. I've tried uninstalling and re-installing Opera, but still have the same problem.

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          • leocg
            leocg Moderator Volunteer @marleycat last edited by

            @marleycat Do you use more than one monitor? Or used to do it?

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            • franksol
              franksol @leocg last edited by

              @leocg the opera icon is on my tsk bar; if the cursor hovers above it a mini image of the page is visible. When you click the icon the the page does not maximise.

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              • franksol
                franksol @leocg last edited by

                @leocg I have clicked on "pc screen only" but no effect.

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                • franksol
                  franksol @marleycat last edited by

                  @marleycat have exactly the same problem.

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                    • DrKrizzle
                      DrKrizzle @leocg last edited by

                      @leocg I'm having the same issue as well. I can hover over the toolbar and see a preview of the window, but I can't maximize it. I can't even alt-tab to get to the window, all I get is the desktop.

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                      • smb6620294
                        smb6620294 Banned last edited by

                        @franksol said in Cannot maximise Opera from the task bar:

                        I cannot maximise Opera from the task bar help!

                        I cannot maximise Opera from the task bar help!

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                        • marleycat
                          marleycat last edited by

                          @leocg Only one monitor, ever.

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                          • franksol
                            franksol @marleycat last edited by

                            @marleycat Seems to be working now. I ran AVG tune up, then deleted opera, then downloaded opera all appears to be well at this time.

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                            • ErikOpera
                              ErikOpera last edited by

                              I had the same(ish) issue too. But in my case it seems to be related to n external monitor that wasn't connected anymore. Yesterday I worked with an external monitor and just put the laptop in standby.
                              Today I was away and initially everything was working fine. The windows I had open, were all on the laptop screen. However, when opening a new Opera window, I could not see it. Only the thumbnail on the taskbar was there.
                              After restarting opera and restarting the laptop, things were still the same.
                              Changing display settings to pc-only didn't help either.

                              Finally back at home I connected the monitor again and there was my Opera window.

                              Unfortunately this won't help the people in this thread who don't use / never used a second screen.

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                              • harrymat
                                harrymat Banned last edited by

                                I am also facing this issue.

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                                • AggelosKap
                                  AggelosKap last edited by

                                  Hello i try to start Opera but it seems running when is minimized but i can't see it as window? anyone can help? it start from today until this morning it runs OK. the system is win7 professionals. I uninstall and re-install the program

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                                  • flash5099
                                    flash5099 last edited by

                                    This just started happening like a few days go. When i open opera it loads up but it doesnt show the anything and i go to full screen it works but only showing a single tab. I used it for a while now but this just started so o do t know what to do

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                                    • flash5099
                                      flash5099 @AggelosKap last edited by

                                      @aggeloskap im having the same problem but it i still havnt found a way to fix it

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                                      • donq
                                        donq @AggelosKap last edited by

                                        @aggeloskap
                                        https://forums.opera.com/topic/48641/cannot-maximise-opera-from-the-task-bar
                                        https://forums.opera.com/topic/48242/opera-shows-only-on-taskbar/3

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                                        • leocg
                                          leocg Moderator Volunteer @flash5099 last edited by

                                          @flash5099 Did you try exiting full screen?

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                                          • oscargutierrez8
                                            oscargutierrez8 @leocg last edited by

                                            @leocg No emoji has the mouth widely enough open to display my amazement at the simplicity of the solution you just provided. Just a reminder of the keys to press for entering/exiting full screen:

                                            1. Alt+space bar
                                            2. X
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                                              leocg Berticle hamazaking 3 Replies Last reply
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