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<p>Created page with &#039;=Move a Window= How To Move a Window on the Scrren When It is Off The Screen Move a Window on to Screen When Not Visible by Les Smith Print this Article Discuss in Forums Here...&#039;</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=Move a Window=<br /> <br /> How To Move a Window on the Scrren When It is Off The Screen<br /> Move a Window on to Screen When Not Visible<br /> by Les Smith<br /> Print this Article Discuss in Forums<br /> <br /> Here&#039;s a quick tip that can save you a good bit of frustration and embarassment with an undocked laptop that normally has an auxillary screen attached to it.<br /> <br /> I normally run two screens, Laptop and auxillary, and I closed an application (Notepad) while it was on the secondary screen. If I undock my Laptop, and load Notepad, it loads off the screen of the Laptop. How do I get it back?<br /> <br /> This is a fairly common problem, especially with docked laptops and secondary screens. You unplug your laptop to go to a meeting, only to find that an application is hidden and you want to bring it back onto your laptop screen without closing the application. Obviously, you right-click on the application on the taskbar and click the Maximize option. It will maximize on your main screen, but you can&#039;t move it while mazimized! <br /> <br /> The same type of problem occurs when an application like Notepad remembers where it was when you last closed it. Guess what? That&#039;s where it will reopen. <br /> <br /> To bring the application back to the main screen do the following:<br /> <br /> # Alt-Tab to the desired window<br /> # Press Alt-Space to open the Control Menu<br /> # Press the M key for Move<br /> # Press the left or right arrow key, depending on where you think the window is<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Almost magically, the invisible window will move back onto your screen.<br /> <br /> [[Category:WinXP]]<br /> [[Category:InfoInfo]]</div>

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