User's Toad will open and then unfocuses as if a login window has opened, but nothing was opened. Pressing Alt+Tab may reveal a blank dialog box.
This can also appear to be that Toad is freezing or hanging up while launching.
Connection window has opened off screen.
RESOLUTION 1:
1) Click <Alt+Spacebar> on your keyboard.
2) Click the <M> key on your keybard.
3) Hit any of the directional keys in your keyboard.
4) Move your mouse the window will be back on your screen.
RESOLUTION 2:
Auto-connecting to a database that is down.
1. Shut down Toad
2. Search for file connections.ini and open in Notepad.
3. Locate the string autoconnect=1 for the connection.
4. Change to autoconnect=0.
5. Launch Toad and retest the issue.
RESOLUTION 3:
Corrupted connections.ini file.
1. Shut down Toad
2. Search for file connections.ini.
3. Rename to connections.old.
4. Launch Toad and retest issue.
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