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When you open a program or folder window, it may look like it has minimized to the taskbar, but the window doesn’t appear when clicked on the Taskbar icon. Or the program window may show up partially off the screen.

This happens if you had extended the display to the second monitor earlier, moved the program windows there and forgot to switch back to single monitor setting. When you move a folder or program window to the extended display and then close the window, the window position (x,y) is saved (by most applications). So, later on, you forget to switch on the 2nd monitor and don’t realize that your programs are showing up there.

When I start some programs the program will start up normal, It shows up as running in the task bar I can even alt-tab and see the running program but I cant see the program on my desktop in order to interact with it. I have tried cascading all my windows it still will not show up. Ive tried right. It did not because Microsoft changes Windows Update to be a ‘Modern App’ which means it will not run. Soooo, I thought was pretty smart to just download the build 10074 ‘.EBD’ upgrade file from a site and run through the conversion to.ISO and then do an in-place upgrade (which just means run SETUP from the DVD and tell it to upgrade).

For example, Notepad updates its last window position in the registry:

Erasing those registry settings would cause Notepad to show up in primary display. In the case of applications that don’t store the last window position, they default to the primary display when opened. I verified it with a small program I wrote which doesn’t save window settings. So it’s a per-application window position thing, rather than the Operating System remembering the program window and screen position.

Restore OffScreen Windows to the Viewport

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The quickest way to show all open program windows in your primary display is to press WinKey + P and choose PC screen only. If you’re not extending the display, but using only the second monitor which is the case of many laptop users, select Second screen only.

That brings back all the windows to the viewport of your primary display where ever they were before. This also applies to desktop icons which were earlier moved to the 2nd or extended display.

Program windows open offscreen even in single monitor setup?

If your program windows are opening offscreen and not visible, you can restore the hidden window into the view area, using one of these three methods:

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Method 1: Toggle Show desktop twice

• Press Winkey + D to show the desktop.
• Press Winkey + D to toggle (show open windows).

This brings back the hidden window to the viewport in most cases.

Method 2: Use Cascade windows or Show windows stacked options

Right-click on the taskbar and select Cascade windows or Show windows stacked options.

Method 3: Use the Move option in the program’s taskbar icon context menu

To move the window back to the viewable area using the keyboard or mouse, follow these steps:

1. Make the off-screen window the active window using Alt+Tab, Win+Tab, or by clicking the program’s taskbar button.
2. Hold the Shift key down, and right-click on the taskbar button of that program
3. Click Move.
4. When the cursor changes to 4-sided arrows, use the keyboard arrows to move the window back to the desired position on the screen. After you select Move, you should also be able to restore the window to the desired position by using the mouse.

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Ramesh Srinivasan founded Winhelponline.com back in 2005. He is passionate about Microsoft technologies and has a vast experience in Windows — delivering support for Microsoft's consumer products. He has been a Microsoft MVP (2003-2012) who contributes to various Windows support forums.