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Offscreen Window - Bring it back to desktop
How to Move a Offscreen Window Back to the Desktop in Vista
Published by Brink
07-26-2007

How to Move a Offscreen Window Back to the Desktop in Vista
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  This would be a window that you accidentally moved off the screen to far to get to it with the mouse pointer or if a laptop or computer is plugged up to a temporary secondary monitor and then disconnected without remembering to move the window(s) back to the primary desktop.
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Here's How:
1. Right click on the offscreen window's tab on the taskbar. (See screenshot below)
2. Click on Move.

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4. Press one of the arrow keys on the keyboard.

5. Now either move the offscreen window back in view by moving the mouse, or use the arrow keys. Hold the arrow key down to move the window quicker.

6. When you have the window back to where you want it, just click a mouse button or press Enter to drop the window into place.
That's it,
Shawn

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nice one,i always wanted to know that,sometime it was a pain when the windows would open outside the screen window

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Your welcome Times9.

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