Previously I was using version 4.0.1 stable and everything was working fine. I skipped version 4.0.2 and am now using 4.0.3 stable. I am running Windows 7 with two monitors and use Eeschema on the left monitor and PCBNew on the right. When ever I open PCBNew using either the project manager or the toolbar button in Eeschema, with the previous version it always opened on the right monitor. Now with 4.0.3 it always opens on the left monitor and I have to move it to the right. Has this functionality been changed/broken in either 4.0.2 or 4.0.3. I have looked to see if an option has been added to control this but didn’t see any. I just thought I would ask here if anyone else has experienced this before I report it as a bug.
sounds like the settings file for pcbnew (where it stores it’s window size and position on your desktop) are not accessed (correctly) when closing the session.
Reasons?
- write permissions to the folder working?
- different installation folder vs. the former version?
Check this folder for a file called ‘pcbnew’ and open it with a text editor… like Notepad++.
C:\Users\JonDoe\AppData\Roaming\kicad
Then open pcbnew move the window and close it again.
See if NP++ asks you if you want to reload the file… if not, you got an installation or access problem.
Thanks, I’ll check that when I’m back in the office although it was installed over an existing installation so I don’t imagine anything has changed there. I’m at home now and using 4.0.1 here with no problems. Well, at least no problems with PCBNew opening where it should.
KiCad is definitely writing to that file okay. It remembers it’s last position on either monitor only if it was not maximized. This was working fine in 4.0.1. I’m hesitant to upgrade to 4.0.3 on any other machine now.
Can only try one of the nightlies then on the machine affected and see if it goes away - if not you should post a bugreport for the devs.