Dear reader,
Recent events made me get this tip way from my old days. When I was young and Windows 3.1 was the most amazing thing i had ever seen.
Ahh the good old days!
Anyway, have you ever struggled with a window that opens outside the visible screen? Or even the ones that stays just ever so slightly off that your mouse pointer just can’t move them?
Mostly the cause is simple different screen resolutions, removing an additional screen, going from a remote session in Full HD to a lame laptop screen… who cares.
It just happens.
Well at least now you’ll know what to do, with a few simple steps, and a working keyboard:
1. Alt-tab to the misbehaving window;
2. Press Alt+Space;
3. Press M;
4. Press any Arrow keys to bring the window back to full visibility or just once and then move the mouse. The window position should now follow the mouse cursor.
There you go.
No more plugging screens and rebooting or any other time wasting trickery.
Enjoy.
Bonus tip: Since Windows 7, you can do it even faster, by using the snap window function. Just select the window with Alt + tab and use Windows Key + Arrow key to snap to one of the sides.