Re: IBM i Access first session not usable

[John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In one of the sessions you can see,  Click Window    show sessions      
see if anything is in there, Mine resets on a reboot. If it does not 
shows there try hiding it and then showing it.





On 12/17/2014 12:30 PM, Jeff Crosby wrote:
> Got a strange one.  I think it's a Windows issue, so that's why PCTech list
> instead of midrange-l.
>
> IBM i is at 7.1,  IBM i Access 7.1 Service pack SI41054, Windows 2008
> Server R2.
>
> We have a user, call him Scott, that has a single .ws file defined in i
> Access, SCOTT.WS, which has a shortcut on the desktop.  He normally starts
> 2 sessions by double-clicking the shortcut.  Due to the settings I have for
> him, the first session uses SCOTTA1 device description on the IBM i.  The
> 2nd session uses SCOTTB1.  If/when he opens a 3rd, it uses SCOTTC1.  If he
> opened more it would continue through the alphabet.  Been set up this way
> for years.
>
> Starting last Thursday, the first session he opens (corresponding to
> SCOTTA1) is not usable.  It "shows" in the tray in Windows and that's it.
> You can't do anything with it.  You _can_ open Windows task manager and
> kill it.  If you go to the IBM i, that device description (SCOTTA1) shows
> as "Signon Display".  Subsequent sessions open fine.
>
> I thought maybe the IBM i device description was damaged in some way, so I
> deleted it.  The next time he tried, SCOTTA1 was dutifully recreated, but I
> still have the exact same problem.
>
> Since he's clicking the same shortcut to start each session, I doubt the
> SCOTT.WS file has an issue.
>
> Suggestions?