Since you were pretty adamantly against opening a project window, it wasn’t an option I thought of suggesting, because without opening a project it’s impossible to get there. Also, you kept calling it the “app window,” and talking about losing settings, so it just didn’t occur to me that you might mean you wanted to get back to the progress window. There aren’t any settings there to lose.
For what it’s worth, a couple of us have spent a LOT of time typing replies and enduring some rather hostile responses for our effort. It’s not like we’re getting paid to do this or anything. We’re actually just nice people trying to help a fellow 'forger. So even though you qualified your first hint of thanks with a reminder of how sub-par you consider our extensive efforts at helping you, you’re still welcome.