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How to open an Off-Screen Window and Bring it Back to your Desktop
Description: This article outlines the process of retrieving a window which has opened off-screen upon startup or from the taskbar.
- Prior Versions of Windows
- Right Click on the target window's icon on the taskbar.
- Click on Move.
- Your cursor will change to an icon with four arrows signifying that you may now move the window.
- Use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move the window back to your desktop.
- Click anywhere to release the window from your cursor.
- Windows 7
- Click on the target window's icon on the taskbar. The target window must be the open and active window.
- While holding down the Windows Key on your keyboard, press the right or left arrow on your keyboard to move the window back to your desktop.
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