Main menu unavailable

Question:

SuperMemo 2004 does not display the main menu bar as in the picture:

SM screenshot

Answer:

The picture indicates:

• this is SuperMemo 2004
• the level is Basic or above
• Toolbar dock with the menu (or the element window menu) is missing

Possible reasons for the menu missing:

• the dock is outside the picture (the picture is a window capture; not a screen capture)
• the dock is outside the screen (SuperMemo always moves it back to visibility on restart to prevent possible confusion)
• there is a systemic problem in Windows that might:
  • less likely, for Window : Dock checked, make toolbar dock invisible (problems with window visibility)
  • more likely, for Window : Dock unchecked, make element window menu invisible (problems with Windows API menu operations)

Things to try to diagnose further:

• Solution: Ctrl+Alt+F11 to check/uncheck Window : Dock
• Alt+F to display the File menu
• F5 for Warrior layout
• as a last resort, delete layout.ini file from the [SuperMemo]\bin folder

The above is likely to resolve the case (unless there is a said systemic problem in Windows)

Follow up:

Ctrl+Alt+F11 (Window : Dock) solved the problem