title: IE8 developer tools not displaying
body: <p>First of all, I have read the following:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1234163/ie-8-developer-tools-not-working-in-windows">IE 8 Developer Tools not working In Windows?</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/852245/internet-explorer-8-developer-tools-not-displaying">Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools not displaying</a></li>
  <li><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/960683/why-isnt-my-ie8-developer-tools-working">Why isn't my IE8 Developer Tools working?</a></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>When I press F12 or select "Developer Tools" from the Tools menu, nothing happens.</p>
  
  <p>The problem is <strong>not</strong> that the window is open, but offscreen (it doesn't show up in the taskbar or alt-tab). Also, there is no "IEDevTools" registry key anywhere in the registry (I did a search).</p>
  
  <p>This is on a freshly-installed Windows XP VM used for compatibility testing. </p>
  
  <p>Is there any other reason, besides window position and rogue registry settings, why the developer tools would not display?</p>