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This article can be found on ask-leo.com <http://ask-leo.com/> Ask Leo! by Leo A. Notenboom

Every once in a while for a variety of reasons, it's possible for a window
to get positioned such that its title bar - the bar across the top of the window with the program name as well as the Minimize, Maximize, and Restore buttons - is off the screen, becoming both impossible to see and impossible
to click on using the mouse.
Almost as common are windows that are completely off screen - perhaps due to unplugging a second monitor before moving all windows back to the remaining screen.
If you're used to using the controls on a window's title bar to move, manipulate, or otherwise deal with the application, you're kind of out of
luck.
At least if you're using a mouse.
It might be time to break out the keyboard interface.
.
The title bar
For our example, I'll fire up Notepad. Here's what I'm referring to when I
talk about the <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> title bar:
The title bar and its components
In addition to the title, the title bar also includes the System Menu on the far left, as well as the familiar Minimize, Maximize, and Close icons on the right.
System <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> Menu? Yes, the application icon that appears
on the far left is something you can click on:
Application System Menu
As you can see, there are the Minimize, Maximize, and Close items, as well
as a couple of others: Restore (inactive since the <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> window is in the "restored" state - neither minimize nor maximized), as well as Move and Size.
This will come in handy in just a moment.
Getting at the system menu
If any portion of the application window is visible at all, you can simply click on it and then type ALT+spacebar (hold down ALT while typing the
spacebar once and then release both). Somewhere on your screen, you'll get
the system menu for the application.
Alternately, right-click on the application in the <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> task bar (in Windows 7 you may have to hold down the Shift key as you click):
Application System Menu on the Task Bar
Moving the window back
Click on the Move menu item. The mouse cursor changes to the "move" cursor: Move cursor
Now ... let go of the mouse. Smile
The next step uses the <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> keyboard.
Press any arrow key. Somewhere on the screen, you're likely to see a partial outline of a window border. Ignore it.
Now wiggle the mouse.
Move outline
What you're seeing is an outline of the window you're moving. Use the mouse
to move it where you will, click, and the window is placed there.
Windows keyboard interface
It's helpful to remember that <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> Windows (and any well-designed Windows application) does not actually always require a mouse. There is generally supposed to be a way to do everything using just your keyboard <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html#note1> 1. Yes, many things are more difficult with a keyboard, but nonetheless they should still be possible. It's worth being familiar with the basic keyboard <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> interface for situations such as this or for that day when your mouse finally gives up the ghost.
ALT+spacebar is the key to basic window operations. As we saw from there,
you can not only minimize, maximize, and restore your window, but you can
also move and resize it. To move (which only works if your window is visible and not maximized), hit ALT+spacebar, type M for move, and then use the
arrow keys to move the window all around. Press Enter when done. You can
move your window almost completely off the screen this way. To resize your window (again, only if your window is visible and not maximized), hit ALT+spacebar, type s for size, hit an arrow key that points to the edge of
the window that you want to move, and then use that arrow key and its
opposite to move that edge of the window.
Most people realize that CTRL+ESC is equivalent to pressing the <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> Start menu. But most people don't realize
that the Start menu and task bar have a keyboard interface as well. Try
this: press CTRL+ESC to bring up the Start menu - now press ESC again to
make it go away. The task bar is left with focus (meaning that <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> keystrokes go to it). Depending on your
layout and version of Windows, various sequences of Tab and arrow keys can
move you through all of the elements of the task bar. When you finally highlight something you want to activate, the Enter key usually does the
trick.
In fact, along the way, tabbing through the task bar eventually makes your desktop become active. Arrow around through the various icons on the desktop and type Enter to active one.
Here's another handy <http://ask-leo.com/i_cant_see_the_top_of_a_window_so_i_cant_minimize_maximi ze_or_close_what_can_i_do.html> keyboard shortcut: CTRL+SHIFT+F10 is often
the same as right clicking. While you're arrowing around those desktop icons
or the notification area or elsewhere, give it a try!
If you're interested in learning more about keyboard shortcuts, select Help
and Support on the Windows Start menu and search for keyboard shortcuts for
a good summary of all thing things you can do without your mouse.
(This is an update to an article originally published March 1, 2004.)
1: It's unclear if this will hold true with Windows 8, given its emphasis on touch screen capable machines, but it should. Mouse-less access remains important for those with physical challenges.

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