Virtual PC 2007 on taskbar not on desktop

I have a problem with Virtual PC 2007. I’m running Vista Home Premium as a host, and VPC was working flawlessly, even though the OS is “not supported.” Now I can’t open VPC. When I click on the desktop icon (double left click or right click-open) or on the Start/All Programs section, the VPC logo briefly appears on the desktop and disappears, and a small icon is on the taskbar. When I check Windows Task Master, Virtual PC Console is running. When I scroll over the Virtual PC Console tab on the taskbar, a small screen appears above the icon. Unfortunately, when I double click on the taskbar icon, the icon disappears, and Virtual PC is no longer shown as running in Task Master. If I right click on the taskbar icon, “Maximize” is grayed out.

The problem began after I used the computer on battery (I usually only use it on AC power). I put the host system to sleep a few times with VPC 2007 running.

My computer is an HP dv9700, and the guest OS is XP Pro.

Does anyone have any idea how I can restore VPC 2007? I’m willing to reinstall VPC, but how can I do it without setting up another 10-gig patrician?


(There were a couple of old forum threads on this topic, but they were closed, and the links didn't work.)


Thank you!

I found a solution, and I thought if somebody else had the same problem it would be useful for them to know the solution.

The key is the options.xml file. (To find it, search the name, but you have to do an advanced search because it's a hidden file.)

Open the file in Word, and look at the "left position" and "top position;" mine were some seven or eight digits. I changed the settings to 429 left and 148 top, and Virtual PC 2007 displayed correctly.

Hope this helps somebody.

Regards,

Baby Boomer