Westie,
Having a minimise, restore and red X top left of the map would signify somethings not right in your set up as there should be nothing top left of the map. The only place these should be is the top right of the screen where they normally are in a windows program. Can you show a screen shot of your screen as it would appear something is needing adjusted but I cannot think what it will be.
Does pressing the restore do anything as its as if it is minimsed
Alan