Docking problems with Watch window

[JenniferMurphy]

I was trying to reposition the Watch window so I cold see it and the Immediate window at the same time. I guess I must have moved it too close to something, because it jumped onto the the main code window. I was able to get it free using Tools | Options | Docking, but now it has latched onto the Project Explorer window and I can't get it free.

Any suggestions on how to free it and then to keep it from happening again?

 

[RoryA]

What happens when you drag it by the title bar?

 

[JackDanIce]

I think I had this problem before and after I couldn't move my windows without affecting some other view problem within VBE. This link may help: https://www.mrexcel.com/forum/excel-questions/57813-vbe-reset-windows-view.html

 

[JenniferMurphy]

What happens when you drag it by the title bar?

The Watch window and Project Explorer appear to share a window. If I drag one, they both go.

 

[RoryA]

The Watch window and Project Explorer appear to share a window. If I drag one, they both go.

I have to say I've never seen or even heard of that before. The two windows should always be separate entities.

I can only really suggest the reset option in the link that Jack posted. You may then have to reset the layout of your windows back to what you want. Once you have done that, I'd suggest backing up that registry key so you can reset whenever required by a simple double-click on the reg file.

 

[JenniferMurphy]

I have to say I've never seen or even heard of that before.

I have a special gift for making software do stuff no one else has ever seen. I could probably make a fortune doing QA.

The two windows should always be separate entities.

I have three separate windows. The Code and Immediate windows are solo. The Project Explorer & Watch windows share a window. It's like they are tiled vertically (side by side, or is that horizontally?).

I can only really suggest the reset option in the link that Jack posted. You may then have to reset the layout of your windows back to what you want. Once you have done that, I'd suggest backing up that registry key so you can reset whenever required by a simple double-click on the reg file.

I'll go through that long post when I get a minute. I'm probably not going to fool with the registry. Black hole, that.

Thanks

 

[JackDanIce]

If it helps, I was reluctant to make the registry changes, but the annoyance of the windows not moving or behaving how I wanted, succumbed and did.

Be very pedantic and double check each line of instructions in that link before you do it, even make 2 copies of the existing register so you can undo anything untoward, but it did solve the problem and hasn't re-occured since.

This happened around the start of the year, not sure exactly when.