If TinyTERM doesn’t open when you try to start it, but just puts a button on the Windows taskbar, it means the window position information has gotten corrupted. To fix that, right-click the button and select Maximize from the pop-up menu. TinyTERM will open full screen. From the File menu, select Save Session. This will usually fix the problem.

If it does not, you’ll need to edit the configuration file you’re using. Close TinyTERM and edit the .tpx file being used in Notepad. Search for the following two lines, which will be one right after the other:

xwindow=
ywindow=

They’ll both be set to very high numbers, or they’ll be negative numbers. Change each to 100:

xwindow=100
ywindow=100

Save the changes and close Notepad. The next time you start TinyTERM, it will open in a normal window. It may be too small, so resize it if you need to. Then save the session to make the changes permanent.

If your version of TinyTERM is old enough to use a configuration file with the .tap extension, the correct line to adjust in that file is:

window=

Change the first four numbers in that line     they’re separated by commas     to 100. The next time you start TinyTERM, resize the window to your needs.

Watch a screencast demonstrating this process.

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