From 2631926edabe7fc2987e144b0cc58fdd0bf4e4a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Joe Cefoli <jcefoli@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2026 13:54:13 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Fixes #3142: AlwaysShowPanelTabs Setting Not Respected at
 Application Launch

---
 mRemoteNG/Config/Settings/SettingsLoader.cs | 7 -------
 mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs               | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mRemoteNG/Config/Settings/SettingsLoader.cs b/mRemoteNG/Config/Settings/SettingsLoader.cs
index 29e3ae0a..73b0bea8 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/Config/Settings/SettingsLoader.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/Config/Settings/SettingsLoader.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Config.Settings
                 SetShowSystemTrayIcon();
                 SetAutoSave();
                 LoadExternalAppsFromXml();
-                SetAlwaysShowPanelTabs();
 
                 if (Properties.App.Default.ResetToolbars)
                     SetToolbarsDefault();
@@ -68,12 +67,6 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.Config.Settings
             }
         }
 
-        private static void SetAlwaysShowPanelTabs()
-        {
-            if (Properties.OptionsTabsPanelsPage.Default.AlwaysShowPanelTabs)
-                FrmMain.Default.pnlDock.DocumentStyle = DocumentStyle.DockingWindow;
-        }
-
 
         private void SetSupportedCulture()
         {
diff --git a/mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs b/mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
index e4a4af11..06419a59 100644
--- a/mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
+++ b/mRemoteNG/UI/Forms/frmMain.cs
@@ -234,6 +234,8 @@ namespace mRemoteNG.UI.Forms
             else
                 SetLayout();
 
+            ShowHidePanelTabs();
+
             Runtime.ConnectionsService.ConnectionsLoaded += ConnectionsServiceOnConnectionsLoaded;
             Runtime.ConnectionsService.ConnectionsSaved += ConnectionsServiceOnConnectionsSaved;