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Help Running Multiplay on Windows 10


Phil DeGrave

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Greetings all!

 

I'm a Sound Designer who usually works on a Mac with QLab. I'm currently working on a production with an existing sound plot created in Multiplay by the another designer. Since our venue is equipped with an iMac and QLab, my job is to recreate this Multiplay plot in QLab for our upcoming tech rehearsals and performances. In the meantime, I need to get the Multiplay plot running on our Stage Manager's Windows 10 laptop so she can play the cues in rehearsals.

 

I've rarely used Windows in the last 15 years or so, so I admit I'm more than a little rusty at it. Multiplay has not been updated or supported for 8 years now, years before the development of Windows 10. It is also a 32 bit application, and Windows 10 is a 64 bit OS.

 

The problem I'm running into is this: When I loaded the plot and the Multiplay app on the SM's laptop, it seemed to work fine at first, but at one point I made the mistake of minimizing the app's window. So far I have been unable to figure out how to restore it. I can see the app in the task bar, but right clicking it only gives the me the "close window" option. If I close the app and restart it, the window flashes on the screen briefly, and immediately minimizes itself again. Restarting the laptop doesn't solve the problem.

 

Now, I also purchased Parallels Desktop for Mac with Windows 10 for use on my MacBook Pro specifically for this production, and I'm having the same problem there. I've even uninstalled Windows 10 and Parallels from the MacBook and did a clean install, but the first time I tried to run Multiplay again it immediately minimized again.

 

Can anyone here help me with a solution or a workaround?

 

Much thanks in advance!

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Sounds like it's maybe been minimised, and the "open" window is somewhere off-screen....

 

If so, Select it by clicking once on the taskbar. Then shift-rightclick on the button, and select "move". You can then drag it back onto screen.

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Sounds like it's maybe been minimised, and the "open" window is somewhere off-screen....

 

If so, Select it by clicking once on the taskbar. Then shift-rightclick on the button, and select "move". You can then drag it back onto screen.

 

Thanks for your reply, bruce.

 

Shift-rightclick on the Multiplay icon in the taskbar only shows the options restore, minimize, and close - none of which solves the problem. I tried shift-rightclick with other apps, and a completely different menu shows up, with move as one of the options - not for Multiplay though.

 

I also tried right clicking on the taskbar and selecting Cascade windows, which is supposed move all open windows onto the main screen in line, but again no luck.

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There is window position information saved in the workspace file. If you navigate to where your production file in saved, you should be able to open it in a text editor and find a section that starts:

 

<Layouts DefaultLayout="0">

<Layout ColumnStates="15#54,30,78,96,153,186,90,90,90,50,50,50,50,100,64#0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14#1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1" DirectEdit="0" LimitedUser="0" Name="Default Layout">

<Window Name="Main" Top="644" Left="1190" Width="500" Height="500" Maximised="0"/>

<Notes UpperPaneSize="108" LowerPaneSize="108"/>

 

If you change the top and left values for the window to "20" the program window will open close to the top left of the first screen.

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Does windows still have compatibility modes were you right click a program and get the option to run it in an early version of windows?An other option is to run win xp on a virtual machine

 

Right clicking the program brought up the option of "Troubleshoot compatability". I ran it, and it automatically adjusted the display settings. I can now minimize, restore, and reshape and resize to my heart's content with no issues.

 

Much thanks for your advice, themadhippy! In my ignorance of Windows, this never would have occurred to me without your prompting. I owe you a pint!

 

Problem solved, thanks to themadhippy!

 

I right clicked the program, ran "Troubleshoot compatibility", and it automatically adjusted the display settings.Everything works fine now.

Much thanks to all who offered advice!

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Problem solved, thanks to themadhippy!

I right clicked the program, ran "Troubleshoot compatibility", and it automatically adjusted the display settings.Everything works fine now.

Much thanks to all who offered advice!

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