In the event that this could be due to the fact that I have Windows X OS in my laptop, please tell me: I think the time may have come for me to buy a new PC maybe.

But if the problem can be solved in Windows X, that would be better! :-))

Valeria Maria Tafel 

CTRL+H works and have always work in Windows 10 + Trados Studio 2022. Maybe you need to do somehting in your Mac…

Maybe this article can hep:  Shortcut Ctrl + Enter is not working anymore

Hi Jesus, I am not working on a Mac, I was talking about Windows. For the moment I am still working on a Windows PC because I cannot migrate TMs to the cloud (as you may knw from another post here). So the issue with CTRL+H is the one I described. I work 10 hours a day and the problem is always there.

In addition, although Paul had helped me resolve the "Find&Replace winbdow always on top" problem, not the problem has reappeared, without any action on my part.

And lastly, since yesterday, the Studio app in my PC cannot be closed normally and projects cannot be removed from the list unless I force the switch off of the whole PC manually. All this is very annoying and NEVER happened to me with the 2021 version :-(((((

 Valeria Maria Tafel 

Valeria Maria Tafel said:

I am not working on a Mac, I was talking about Windows

Sorry, I was confused with your Windows X OS… Now I’m wondering about the X. According to the Trados Studio 2022 Installation Guide, it runs on the latest build of Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows 8.1.

Is your X included in the supported operating systems?

Valeria Maria Tafel said:

I force the switch off of the whole PC manually.

Was Task Manager included in the following post of any help? It’ll avoid restarting your PC…

 RE: Problem with Trados Studio 2022 - either freezes or won't close at all 

Sorry Jesus, X stands for 10 of course, it's the Roman number ;-)  Yes, I have Windows 10 in my laptop.

As to restarting the PC: in the past, with Studio 2021, when it stuck (rarely) I pushed the iconic Ctrl+Alt+Canc and I got a list of the opened apps, where I could simply select Trados Studio and close it from there, and then restart it. And that worked perfectly.
Now, with Studio 2022, when it blocks, I push Ctrl+Alt+Canc but I get a different window, where I cannot find the app to close with a simple click.
So there is NO other solution than pushing the ON/OFF button of my PC for 5 seconds and force its switch off. I know this is not a good solution but... what else?

Valeria Maria Tafel  Jesús Prieto 

Hi Valeria,

Firstly, here's the answer to your question:

To open Task Manager another way, you can type Task Manager into the search box where it says 'Type here to Search':

There, you can click on Task Manager in either the top of the left column or on the right, or just on Open (or Run as administrator which should give you administrator rights).

You can also search for it by clicking on your Windows icon, bottom left of your screen (by default)

The pop up menu is alphabetical, you can scroll down* till you reach Windows System, click on that and it opens a dropdown menu where you can find and open Task Manager.

(*You can also click on one of the capital letters in the alphabetical list to see the alphabt, then click on W to take you to the W list faster.)

Regarding clicking Ctrl+Alt+Del (on an English keyboard) gives you a menu with choices, one of which is Task Manager. Click on that.

Once you have that open, here's what you see by default in Windows 10 (Studio 2024 is open here so the colour is different to the black and blue icon you will see):

(Note for anyone using Windows 11, it's a more concise box that opens initially and you have to click to take you to the view you want)

If what you see is not the above, can you see tabs? If so, click on either the Processes tab or the Details tab. In either, you can re-order the list by clicking on the column headers. The above is ordered by 'Memory' so that the programs/apps using the most memory are listed top down.

Then, you can use the > arrows to the left to open a menu showing the processes in use:

Here, I was able to use 'End task' to remove the 'error' dialog and it disappeared:

It's not usallly that easy but it was a very simple error messag. Then you need to use End task to close Studio, which takes seconds. If I've overloaded Studio with too many complex tasks and it freezes, I use the above to close it quickly and easily. (Sorry if you already knew all that)

Just so you know, here's what the Details tab looks like, this time with Studio 2022 open:

Once again, select the program and click 'End task'.

I hope this helps.

All the best,

Ali

Infinite thanks to you, Alison! I will try the solutions you gave me next time the app freezes or closes unexpectedly.

However, the Find & Replace window issue is still pending... no way, when I click Ctrl+H only the Find window opens up and I have to click again on "Replace" to get the full window version... :-(

Valeria Maria Tafel 

I'm pleased to have helped in some small way 

As regards Ctrl+H only opening the first tab, the Replace tab... did you try Reset Window Layout?

It's an unusual fault for Ctrl+H to open the Find tab. I know you've reset your keyboard shortcuts as suggested by Lyds.

If the Find and Replace dialog simply doesn't open visibly at all, it's usually because it's been opening on a second screen that has since been turned off or unplugged. This obviously is not what's happening in your case.

A question...

Once you have opened the dialog using Ctrl+H, if you used Ctrl+H a second time, does the Find tab switch to the Replace tab? That is the normal pattern of behaviour for Ctrl+H when the Find and Replace dialog is already open on the Find tab.

Try the following:

Change the shortcut for Replace from Ctrl+H to Ctrl+Alt+H as below:

What happens then?

If I make the above change, Ctrl+Alt+H works exactly as Ctrl+H does, i.e. correctly.

If it doesn't for you then it's not the shortcut that's at fault... Let me know what happens.

All the best,

Ali

Valeria Maria Tafel 

I'm pleased to have helped in some small way 

As regards Ctrl+H only opening the first tab, the Replace tab... did you try Reset Window Layout?

It's an unusual fault for Ctrl+H to open the Find tab. I know you've reset your keyboard shortcuts as suggested by Lyds.

If the Find and Replace dialog simply doesn't open visibly at all, it's usually because it's been opening on a second screen that has since been turned off or unplugged. This obviously is not what's happening in your case.

A question...

Once you have opened the dialog using Ctrl+H, if you used Ctrl+H a second time, does the Find tab switch to the Replace tab? That is the normal pattern of behaviour for Ctrl+H when the Find and Replace dialog is already open on the Find tab.

Try the following:

Change the shortcut for Replace from Ctrl+H to Ctrl+Alt+H as below:

What happens then?

If I make the above change, Ctrl+Alt+H works exactly as Ctrl+H does, i.e. correctly.

If it doesn't for you then it's not the shortcut that's at fault... Let me know what happens.

All the best,

Ali

No, it stays in the only Find window. To obtain the Replace window I have to click on the Replace tab myself.

And again, the app won't be closed in any manner. I must swotch off the computer by long pressing the OFF key. Horrible.

Valeria Maria Tafel 

Changing the shortcut will only help you if you have also adapted the AHK script you are probably using to keep the window from being on top?  Don't forget the script is overriding the default behaviour.

Valeria Maria Tafel 

Valeria Maria Tafel said:

And again, the app won't be closed in any manner. I must swotch off the computer by long pressing the OFF key. Horrible.

It does sound as though you have a more system-related problem.