HAH that worked! thanks Wims, but it still is bizarre, my Channel window has no controls, no minimize/maximize/close/etc.. its just got a caption bar.
EDIT: actually i figured it out, i set parent to the desktop when it was maximized, if its not maximized, when i send it to the desktop the controls are there, minimizing/maximizing any window brings the controls back to the window also if they aren't there.
