How to Move a Lost, Off-Screen Window Back to Your Desktop

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If you’ve ever had a window accidentally move off your screen, you know how aggravating it is to be unable to drag it back. However, there are a few options for returning these rogue windows to your desktop.

This minor annoyance can arise for a variety of reasons. The most common is if you have a secondary monitor connected at times and not at others, which is fairly common among laptop users. Windows on the second monitor can become stranded if you detach the secondary monitor without first turning off the “extend desktop” setting in Windows or relocating your windows back to your main display. This can even happen with Windows 8 and 10’s new, multi-monitor-friendly settings. This off-screen window issue can also occur when an app moves a window off-screen and does not return it. However, there are a few strategies that can help.

With Window Arrangement Settings, you can reclaim your hidden windows.

• Right-click on the Taskbar and select one of the window arrangement settings, such as “Cascade windows” or “Show windows stacked,” to restore a hidden window.
• For example, the “Cascade windows” setting will arrange all open windows in a cascade, moving all windows back to the main screen in the process.

Using a Keyboard Trick, Recover Hidden Windows

• If you don’t want to rearrange your windows, you can use a simple keyboard trick. Make sure the off-screen window is selected as the active window first. You can do this by pressing Alt+Tab or clicking the associated taskbar button until the window is active.
• Shift+right-click the taskbar button (because just right-clicking will open the app’s jumplist instead) and select the “Move” command from the context menu once the window is active.
• Notice how your cursor changes to a “Move” cursor at this point. You can now move the window around with your arrow keys. You should also be able to pop the window back onto the screen by tapping any of the arrow keys and then moving your mouse slightly.
• This trick works on any version of Windows, but you must right-click the taskbar button rather than Shift+right-click to get the context menu on versions before Windows 7. It’s a handy little trick for resolving a relatively uncommon—but vexing—problem.

Conclusion

I hope you found this guide useful. If you have any questions or comments, don’t hesitate to use the form below.

User Questions:

1. How do I move a window manually in Windows 10?

To begin, press Alt+Tab to select the window to be moved. Press Alt+Space to open a small menu in the upper-left corner when the window is set. Select “Move” with the arrow keys, then press enter. Move the window where you want it onscreen with the arrow keys, then press Enter.

2. How do I move a window that I am unable to see?

Right-click on the appropriate application icon in the Windows taskbar while holding down the Shift key. Select the Move option from the pop-up that appears. Begin moving the invisible window from off-screen to onscreen by pressing the arrow keys on your keyboard.

3. Is it true that when I maximize a window, it becomes too large?

Select “Screen Resolution” from the menu by right-clicking on an empty area of the desktop. The window for the Screen Resolution Control Panel will appear. To maximize the window, press “Alt-Space,” tap the “Down Arrow” key four times, and then press “Enter.”

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