Help!I lost my 'Pad View' Window!

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I accidently dragged out the 'Group List' window from its original position when I was using the Pin Planner,and I cannot drag it back to where it used to be;what's worse,I cannot see the 'Pad View' window agian! 

I even restalled the software and it still won't work.  Can someone help me,please?  I'm dying from this problem.  Best regards!

[Altera_Forum]

I'm not sure I understand. Maybe you can attach a screenshot. Why can't you put the "Group List" window back where you want it. Also, if you click "View->Pad View" from within the pin planner, do you not get the "Pad View" window? 

 Jake

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It's like this:before I dragged it, the 'Groups List' was between the 'Accelerator Bar' and the 'Top View' window, with a smaller size;after I dragged it, I cannot adjust its size and I have to put it in a position that I feel unconfortable. 

I think I can accept the unconvenient above; the real problem is : I click "View -> Pad View", and there's already a black dot there, which I think means I've chosen the 'Pad View', but what I see is still the 'Top View';weird thing, I re-click "View -> Pad View", and the black dot is still there; I cannot delete that.  I will upload some pictures later; the internet connections are not so good here at this time.   Thanks!

[Altera_Forum]

The Pad View is a separate window from the Package View.  

If the black dot is still there this means that your Pad View is opened and it is somethere. I suppose it is a floating window and you drag it somethere outside the Pin planner window and even outside boundaries of your monitor view so it is hidden for you. UL

[Altera_Forum]

Thanks for all your attentions! 

I've got an image of that situation. But I don't know how to upload it to Altera Forum,so I saved it in my gmail. Someone intrested please log in my gmail with 'UserName:LutherFreeman' and 'Keyword:123456789abcd';it's in the 'Sent Mail' item and titled "Lost Pad View". I believe it's OK not to look at the image;I just want to describe the situation clearly. In the image,you can see that the 'Pad View' button has been pressed;yet I cannot see the 'Pad View' window, nor could I undo the 'Pad View' button by re-click it. Does someone know another way to close the 'Pad View' window, besides by clicking the 'Pad View' button ?(If the window has been shut down, I won't see any image of it and the 'Pad View' button won't be pressed,right?)

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--- Quote Start ---  I'm not sure I understand. Maybe you can attach a screenshot. Why can't you put the "Group List" window back where you want it. Also, if you click "View->Pad View" from within the pin planner, do you not get the "Pad View" window?  Jake  --- Quote End ---    Question 1:Actually I've dragged it back now.I think it's just a matter of dragging skill. Question 2:No, I cannot get that.Actually I can see that the 'Pad View' button has been pressed, yet I cannot get the window.And I cannot undo the 'Pad View' button by re-clicking it, ie, I re-click the button; I cannot see the 'Pad View' window and the 'Pad View' button remains being pressed.

[Altera_Forum]

Definitively, this Pad View window is opened and is hidden somethere. But I don't know how to close it without clicking on it :-(

[Altera_Forum]

For future reference; these temporary settings are actually stored in the project's "db" directory. Delete the "db" directory and everything goes back to the default. This is also why re-installing didn't solve your problem. They follow the project. 

 Jake

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--- Quote Start ---  For future reference; these temporary settings are actually stored in the project's "db" directory. Delete the "db" directory and everything goes back to the default. This is also why re-installing didn't solve your problem. They follow the project.   --- Quote End ---     This is not true, at least for Pin planner. I've deleted the db sub-folder, but the Pin Planned and Pad View window remain to be displayed at the same place in my monitor. I think this settings are stored somethere in the windows register, but i can be wrong

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--- Quote Start ---  This is not true, at least for Pin planner. I've deleted the db sub-folder, but the Pin Planned and Pad View window remain to be displayed at the same place in my monitor. I think this settings are stored somethere in the windows register, but i can be wrong  --- Quote End ---    Works on my machine. What version of the tools are you using?  Jake

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--- Quote Start ---  This is not true, at least for Pin planner. I've deleted the db sub-folder, but the Pin Planned and Pad View window remain to be displayed at the same place in my monitor. I think this settings are stored somethere in the windows register, but i can be wrong  --- Quote End ---    Me too.Except that I cannot the 'Pad View' window.I close all the List Windows;just the 'Top View' window remains in the screen.Then I close the current project and open a new one, compile it and check the 'Pin Planner'; as a result, the List Windows remain unselected. By the way, mine is version 9.0

[Altera_Forum]

You are correct. They changed something in 9.0. I was using my 8.1 machine at home. I'll see if I can find the temp settings for 9.0. 

 Jake

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Yeah it's in the registry. I found it but I don't dare recommend how to manipulate it. 

 Jake