How To Move Off-Screen Windows Back To Your Desktop

January 11th, 2008 • Filed Under

I just found an easy solution for moving application windows that have somehow ended up off-screen back to the middle of a monitor where you can see it.  It was such a nice fix, I just had to share it!

  1. Alt-tab to get the offending application as the active application in windows
  2. Go to the taskbar and right click on the application and choose ‘Move’
  3. You cursor will now changes shape to one with arrows at each corner.  Now just use your arrow keys to move the hidden app to where you can see it, and the problem is solved!

With some applications there isn’t a Move option in Windows.   Don’t worry, because for these applications just do 1, but use ‘ALT+SPACE+M’ to activate Windows Move option.

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4 Responses to “How To Move Off-Screen Windows Back To Your Desktop”

  1. Zyrus says:
    June 3, 2008 at 8:51 am

    I’ve been wondering how to use the Move function for a while now. Now I know! Thanks. Now, if I can just remember it the next time I lose the app below the task bar… LOL.

    Thanks.

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  2. Marshall says:
    December 5, 2008 at 9:14 am

    I tried this for an app, but unfortunately the “move” and the “maximize” are not enabled!  Do you have another solution?  Every time I restart this particular application (it’s a small calendar widget that I use in conjuntion with DesktopX) its off screen.

    I have tried changing resolutions to rediculously high setting and yet it is always off the screen.

    I would appreciate a solution to this as I know one must exist.

    Please advise.

    Regards,
    Marshall.

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  3. Simon says:
    January 14, 2009 at 11:20 pm

    Try this http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/forcedisplay/

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  4. kwatts says:
    February 10, 2009 at 3:32 pm

    @Marshall: I had to right click the task at the bottom, and hit “restore” for the move option to appear.

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