IDE Top level menu dissapeared after update

Development Tools IDE 2.x
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I opened the IDE today after an update, and now there is no top level menu. No 'File' or 'Tools' etc... I actually cant even move the window around, I can only resize it. It's a super weird bug. Has this happened to anyone else?

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I assume you shut down the IDE and restarted it.

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Hi @skimoben. If the problem isn't solved by following @sonofcy's suggestion, I have another hypothesis of what might be going on: It is possible the IDE is in "full screen" mode. The window has this appearance when in that mode, but normally you can't resize the window when in that mode, so that part of your description doesn't match this hypothesis. But it is worth checking anyway. I'll provide instructions you can follow to deactivate/activate full screen mode:

  1. Press the Ctrl+Shift+P keyboard shortcut to open the "Command Palette".
    A menu will appear on the editor toolbar:
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  2. Select the "View: Toggle Full Screen" command from the menu.
    ⓘ You can scroll down through the list of commands to find it or type the name in the field.

If the window was in "full screen" mode, those instructions will change it to the normal mode. Conversely, if the window is in normal mode, those instructions will change it to the "full screen" mode. You can repeat the instructions to toggle back and forth between the two modes.

If that doesn't solve the problem, let us know and we'll try something else.

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This happens to me quite regularly after an update. I usually have multiple instances open which almost guarantees it, along with the "..some settings file got updated - restart or cancel.." popup (need to select cancel else things get messed badly).

I find I need to close all the instances individually, from the task bar (I am on Windows). Next I have to restart the IDE, sometimes two or three times. After that all works fine till the next update (I use daylies - with zip installs).

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Nice, after restarting it several times and opening by right clicking and opening a new instance (not from the "recents") it worked.

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not for me, it was something weird, seemed to work after restarting two times

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