Obviously you won't be able to see the menu, but can still interact with it. If that doesn't work, you can use another keyboard trick: Select the application window by clicking on it in the taskbar, then tap Alt + Space, which will open a menu on the missing window. With any luck, your missing window will snap back into view. Now you can simply hold the Windows key on your keyboard and tap the arrow keys. Before changing the resolution back to its previous setting, manipulate the window (maximize or resize), then go back to normal.īring the troubled window to focus by clicking on it in the taskbar (or Alt+Tab). That will force a window rearrange and the lost window should be back on display. Right-click on the desktop, choose "Display settings." Scroll down to the resolution setting, and change your display's resolution to a lower value temporarily. You can select the stray window there, and bring it back to life in two keystrokes.Īs you can see on the screenshot below, I have snapped Opera browser on the right, and the rest of my open windows are shown on the left. You can also select a different application's window, snap it left or right (first shortcut above), which will trigger Snap Assist's app split screen view, letting you select a second window to be snapped on the second half of the screen. Snap a window to a quadrant: Windows key + Up or Down (after moving left or right).Snap a window left / right: Windows key + Arrow key left / right.Leverage Windows 10's Snap Assist capabilities by using one of these two keyboard shortcuts: The program's window will be "active" but out of view for now. For Windows 10įrom the taskbar select the application you're having problems with. There are a couple of tricks to get your stray window back on screen. Restarting your PC may not be viable, because the inaccessible program window could contain unsaved data - not to mention that it's never fun to reboot without a good reason. It can also occur when you open a program that alters your resolution, among a few others. A number of things can cause this, such as disconnecting your laptop from a secondary display before dragging the windows back to the primary desktop.
At one point or another, you're bound to run into this pesky issue: you can see an application open in the taskbar, but can't see the window on your desktop.
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