OK, how 'bout this. I just went back to lw to see what I could see ....

Have you tried clicking on View, then Show/Hide and playing around with that?

I confess I'm just grasping at straws here ... since I'm not sitting in your chair and can't see what's up with your machine I'm attacking the obvious first.

Just another thought.
Forest for the trees kinda thing
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