In the attachment, I'm hovering over the minecraft icon on my taskbar and it shows that it's open, but when I click on that window or hover it, it does not appear, it is floating above the taskbar now and I can't drag it back down.
What I expected to happen was...:
I double-click the minecraft desktop shortcut, and see the launcher and choose which version I want to play
What actually happened was...:
The launcher kept moving up slowly, and after a few times opening it, it is now out of my desktop boundary, I do not see the launcher anymore
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Double-click the minecraft shortcut
2. Launcher opens
3. After each open, it slowly moves up
Note: This only happens if Minecraft isn't currently running!
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MC-119729
My launcher is on my taskbar but it wont open
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As a temporary workaround I was able to right click the task bar and select show open windows, and then selecting it showed it on the screen properly. This is on windows 10 btw. Hope that helps!
Am on Windows 10 and can confirm the window keeps sliding upward.
Only occurs when you close the launcher / launch Minecraft and then open the launcher again. Window eventually appears offscreen.
I'm on Windows 10 and I'm having the same problem, and I can't find "show open windows" when I click the task bar. I had the same problem the last time I tried to play Minecraft which was a good few weeks ago.
So I temporarily solved it. So if you launch the game, hover over the icon in your taskbar and right-click the mini window that appears like I'm doing. I can't remember which option you choose, but one of the options will move the launcher back into your window boundaries. The problem is, the launcher will still move upward every time you launch the game, so just make sure you move the window back down every few launches. Hope this helps!
I got a little workaround for this.
Press Windows + Left or Right arrow keys and bam, you can now access the launcher and exit it.
This seems to be due to the taskbar being on top. I have the same exact issue.
Footage of this happening to me as well:
[media]Actually, this happens when the taskbar is anywhere but at the bottom, if it's on the left or right the launcher opens a little to the right or left respectively each time.
Is this caused by MCL-6544 ?