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http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l2...angeWindow.jpg?When I open Creative Mediasource it does a strange thing and opens the window shown in the clipped screenshot of my desktop. Stranger still, the window has no handles, and will not respond to normal windows keyboard shortcut?(Alt + SpaceBar)?that would normally allow you to access the restore/minimise/maximise menu option. I am stuck with this window. I know for a fact that it is a window, because it behaves as a window in every other way. I can drag it around my desktop, in other words. Also, it reacts to the transparency settings given by my Graphics Card. Does anyone else share this problem, and would anyone be able to help troubleshoot this problem? I have used Creative Mediasource for?almost a year now, and I have finally decided to whip this little puppy into shape.

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