Moving a Window back On Screen

Posted to Nick KLeinjan's Blog on Jun 18, 2009

Recently I had a problem in a demonstration to a customer where the window I wanted to show was off the screen. This is because I use two monitors on my docked workstation, but when I remove the laptop to use it remotely, sometime strange things like this occur. It extremely frustrating to have this happen in front of a group, and unless you've practiced these steps, there is nothing you can do to fix it quickly.

I found this solution a while back, using shortcut keys, and decided to post it here.

1. Select the program window you're trying to move, using ALT-TAB or by starting Task Manager.
2. Press ALT+SPACEBAR on your keyboard, which brings up the program's shortcut menu. You can't see this, since the window is off screen. It may help to practice the procedure on a window you can see.
3. Arrow down once, and hit Enter to activate the Move menu item.
4. Use your LEFT ARROW, RIGHT ARROW, UP ARROW, or DOWN ARROW keys to move the window so you can see its title bar on your screen. It may be a guessing game to get it back in view.
5. After you move the window where you want it, press ENTER, which applies the current position and closes the program's shortcut menu.