byond runs but doesnt appear anywhere

ID:2939171
 
Aug 1, 1:59 am
**Descriptive Problem Summary:**

After launching "byond.exe" on Windows 10, the application appears in the Task Manager's "Details" tab but does not show a user interface or icon in the taskbar. There are no error messages, logs, or entries in the Windows Event Viewer related to this issue.

**Numbered Steps to Reproduce Problem:**

Launch "byond.exe" by double-clicking the executable or through a command prompt.
Observe that no UI or taskbar icon appears, despite the process being visible in the Task Manager.

**Code Snippet (if applicable) to Reproduce Problem:**
N/A


**Expected Results:**

"byond.exe" should open a window with its UI and be accessible from the taskbar, allowing interaction with the program.

**Actual Results:**

The program appears to run (as shown in the Task Manager), but no user interface is displayed, and there is no icon in the taskbar.

Does the problem occur:
**Every time? Or how often?** Every time the program is launched.
**In other games?** N/A
**In other user accounts? **Yes, the problem persists across different user accounts.
**On other computers? Has not been tested on other computers

**When does the problem NOT occur?**

The problem occurs consistently
Aug 1, 2:04 am
Right click and run as administrator.
Aug 1, 7:38 am
I've moved this to BYOND Help because this is a problem we run into frequently.

Sounds like the pager's loaded out of view of your screen.

Task kill BYOND, then open BYOND's CFG folder (should be in Documents -> BYOND -> cfg). Find the "pager.txt" file and open it using Notepad. Delete the "window-pos" line entirely, it should be towards the bottom. Save the file (Ctrl+S) and close Notepad.

Once done, try relaunching.

If that doesn't work, check that BYOND isn't open in your system tray in the arrow menu next to your system clock on your task bar. If you see a BYOND logo, right click it and hit Open. Sometimes BYOND likes to hide down there for me.
Aug 1, 2:24 pm
I helped the OP initially, and saw the behavior first-hand.

Meme01 wrote:
Right click and run as administrator.

That did not change the behavior we observed.

Spevacus wrote:
Sounds like the pager's loaded out of view of your screen.

We forgot to mention, but the pager is not visible in the system tray either. OP should try resetting the "window-pos" line in notepad anyways.
Aug 1, 9:14 pm
The lack of a taskbar icon suggests that the program is either crashing or something is preventing it from starting. The Windows event viewer might offer more details.
Aug 2, 2:46 am
In response to Lummox JR
Lummox JR wrote:
The lack of a taskbar icon suggests that the program is either crashing or something is preventing it from starting.

If the program crashed or was prevented from starting, would it still show up on Task Manager?

Lummox JR wrote:
The Windows event viewer might offer more details.

Hiiiiiiiiiiiiii wrote:
There are no error messages, logs, or entries in the Windows Event Viewer related to this issue.

Could making a video recording be more illustrative of the issue? The video could contain the repro of the issue as well as a quick glance at Windows' Event Viewer and the Task Manager.