bug#9925: 24.0.91; Maxmized, minimize, restore: emacs window hides under taskbar

[Rolf Campbell <rcampbell-cygwin@dragonwaveinc.com>]

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Please describe exactly what actions triggered the bug, and
the precise symptoms of the bug.  If you can, give a recipe
starting from `emacs -Q':
 
1) Move Windows XP taskbar to left side of screen.
1) Run "emacs -Q"
2) Click the maximize button (in the window title bar).
3) Click the minimize button (in the window title bar).
4) Click the emacs taskbar button.

Expected Result:
Emacs window should be in the same position as it was after step #2.

Actual Result:
Emacs window is shoved to the left-hand edge of the screen, partly obscured behind the taskbar.

The strange thing about this is that I have 2 Windows XP systems which I've tried this exact recipe (with the same version of Emacs), and I can only reproduce this problem on one of them (this one).

Searching found this bug report from more than 10 years ago complaining about the same thing: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnu-emacs/2001-05/msg00022.html

This is not a new bug, I was able to reproduce on v23.1 and v23.3.

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For information about debugging Emacs, please read the file
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In GNU Emacs 24.0.91.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2011-10-30 on MARVIN
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.6) --no-opt --cflags -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/libXpm-3.5.8/src" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/libpng-dev_1.4.3-1/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/zlib-dev_1.2.5-2/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/giflib-4.1.4-1/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/jpeg-6b-4/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/tiff-3.8.2-1/include" -I"D:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-2.10.1/include" --ldflags -L"D:/devel/emacs/libs/gnutls-2.10.1/lib"'
 
Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: nil
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: ENU
  value of $XMODIFIERS: nil
  locale-coding-system: cp1252
  default enable-multibyte-characters: t
 
Major mode: Fundamental
 
Minor modes in effect:
  shell-dirtrack-mode: t
  pc-selection-mode: t
  show-paren-mode: t
  delete-selection-mode: t
  auto-insert-mode: t
  tooltip-mode: t
  mouse-wheel-mode: t
  menu-bar-mode: t
  file-name-shadow-mode: t
  global-font-lock-mode: t
  blink-cursor-mode: t
  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t
 
Recent input:
<lwindow> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<menu-bar> <help-menu> <about-emacs> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<lwindow> <lwindow> <lwindow> <lwindow> <help-echo> 
<lwindow> <help-echo> M-x r e p o r t <tab> <retur
n>
 
Recent messages:
Loading autoinsert...done
Loading delsel...done
Loading grep...done
Loading paren...done
Fill column set to 77 (was 70)
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
Package pc-select is obsolete!
For information about GNU Emacs and the GNU system, type C-h C-a.
 
Load-path shadows:
None found.
 
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