Hiya, I have exactly the same problem but tried minimizing windows around the place and still no dice. I can't get outliner back up and.. well I would really like to resolve this problem... because the outliner makes my life a lot easier being pretty new to this software... Hypergraph just won't quite cut it the same.. I've tried rebooting, opening different projects, starting new projects, every time, same response, no outliner. if I go into panels > Panel > Outliner is there but it is greyed out.... any help would be appreciated MAJORLY Regards X. ________________________________________________ 3-4 hours later and I tried right click windows task bar left click cascade and suddenly it appeared??! wtf microsoft have some interesting issues. that one definitely not maya's fault if i hadn't read this post i wouldn't have eventually made sense of it so though I didn't get a response right away thanks regardless guys wooT now I can get on with it! *waves* -X Although I'm using Maya 2012 I had exactly the same problem, I googled and with only one compatible result panic set in until I read your post Xeriphism. So thanks to those who helped it also helped me, greatly appreciated.