How Did a Window Get Moved Off Screen?

This little problem can happen for a couple of different reasons.

This can even happen with the new,more multi-monitor-friendly prefs in Windows 10andWindows 11.

Windows 11’s taskbar.

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But we have a couple of tricks that can help.

Windows 11 has none of the taskbar right-click options Windows 10 does, except for “Taskbar tweaks.”

However, there are other tricks it’s possible for you to use.

Right-click the Taskbar, then select “Cascade windows” or “Show Windows Stacked."

go for the window by clicking the icon on the taskbar or by hitting Alt+Tab until it is selected.

Then you gotta actually snap the Window to one side of the screen.

Hold the Windows key, and then hit the Left or Right Arrow Key.

Windows Cascaded on the Desktop after using the "Cascade Windows" option.

The Up Arrow Key puts the software in to full screen and the Down Arrow Key minimizes the window.

Then just left-click and hold the title bar of the window and drag it wherever you’d like it.

First ensure you’ve got the off-screen window selected as the active window.

The Alt+Tab window, where you can select any active program.

At this point, note that your cursor changes to a “Move” cursor.

Now, you could use your arrow keys to move the window.

It’s a handy little trick for solving a somewhat rare but definitely frustrating problem.

We snapped the Firefox Window to the left.

WinLister works on Windows 8, Windows 10, and Windows 11.

It probably works on older versions of Windows too, but we didn’t test those.

The app will jump to the middle of yourprimarydisplay.

Shift + Right-click the application, then click “Move."

The movement cursor.

A list of open Windows on Windows 10.

Spotify is our missing program. Right-click the application on the list, then select “Center Selected Windows."