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Alas, I still work with a program where someone had the bright idea to play tricks like this and, as a result, you can get error messages stuck completely behind an unmovable topmost window.

Thankfully, there's one slightly obscure way to get Windows to move a window that's completely behind another window, but many people don't realize there's anything back there in the first place.

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And what is that obscure method?

Right click it from the task tray and select move. Your mouse cursor will jump over to the top of the window (even if you can't see the window) and you will actually move the item you selected rather than the topmost window you appear to be clicking on.

I called it "slightly obscure" because while the move option is perfectly normal, I had no idea that you could still select a window that was completely behind other windows.

EDIT: And no, "close" wasn't among the options for that error.

Alt + space then hit m, then use arrow keys. Try it now on a non maximized window.

Or you can select the window with alt-tab, press alt-space to open the window menu, press 'm' to select 'move' and then use the arrow keys.

I use this all the time when windows go completely off screen and you can't grab them with the mouse. That can happen in all sorts of surprising ways.

And once you've moved it with an arrow key, you can then move it freely with the mouse until clicking.

on win7 you can also use the win button + arrows to snap it to edges of the screen. That is if it is sizable

It wasn't sizeable (or on Win7), but that's interesting to know.

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