Missing Windows ?

Paul w2eck

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Jan 26, 2026, 11:01:40 AMJan 26

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Running Win11 PC and somehow have managed to lose from my main displays (have 2 Monitors), two of three small windows, the small window that shows the decodes for the selected freq and the small black window that says cw & iq. The don't show up in the main window or in the task bar if you hover over the SDC icon. However if i do Alt Tab, they do show as an open “tabs” - see attached screen shot. I tried different suggestions on how do get them back- but none work.

Anyone else ever had this issue or know how to fix it

73 Paul w2eck

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UT4LW Yuri Pavlov

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Jan 26, 2026, 2:21:38 PMJan 26

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Right-click on the icon in the tray:

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Paul w2eck

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Mar 6, 2026, 3:32:02 PMMar 6

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A followup question - I've lost the the movable window with A that shows the decode of the signal selected. Right Clicking on the icon in the Tray doesn't bring it back - Is there a way to turn it back on ?

73 Paul w2eck

UT4LW Yuri Pavlov

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Mar 6, 2026, 4:02:55 PMMar 6

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Turn on the skimmer, click "Show Windows..." in the Tray. If you cannot find it, it means that the window is small, located under other windows, or close to the edge of the window. If you still cannot find the window, delete the skimmer and create it again.

To prevent this problem from recurring, don't be lazy about creating profiles after you have configured the interface—this will always help you restore corrupted settings.

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Paul w2eck

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Mar 7, 2026, 2:38:12 PMMar 7

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I couldn't find the missing window , so I deleted the Skimmer and when I went to start a new one

I got a msg saying "Unable to start the server:Not Choised TCI client or Receiver" - I only closed the skimmer?

SmartSR API Client1 is connected. So what did I do wrong ?

73 Paul w2eck

UT4LW Yuri Pavlov

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Mar 7, 2026, 3:17:31 PMMar 7

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Paul, is this your first time creating a skimmer in SDC? After creating the skimmer, you must select the control type, SmartSDR-API Client, and slice.

Please watch the video from 1:30. https://youtu.be/jWF9MoErNeY?t=92

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Paul w2eck

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Mar 15, 2026, 4:53:56 PMMar 15

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Been out of pocket for a bit but had a chance to get back to my issue. Thanks for the video, it highlighted my problem in the SmartSDR APR Client setup - and I now have the Skimmer working and THIS time saved a Profile which admittedly I had not been doing before. I have the A window back - but for some reason missing the IQ window.

Tnx for the help

73 Paul w2eck

UT4LW Yuri Pavlov

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Mar 16, 2026, 4:48:12 AMMar 16

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Paul, you created a profile with skimmer settings. Restore it, and all the windows will appear where they were when you created the profile.
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In the next version, the feature for finding lost windows will move them to the center of the main monitor.

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