Comment by samstave | Hacker News Reader

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Please do so.

I also have this problem a lot (windows 7);

Ill have Chrome or Acrobat open on my second display when docked at work.

I sleep the machine, undock and head home. When I open it up, chrome or acrobat still maximizes to the now disconnnected second screen.

I have no way to get it back. FN+F8 for projector control does nothing. neither does resleep or hibernate. Closing chrome doesnt work because it re-opens in the same place as last time. Only a reboot fixes this problem.

I hate rebooting my machine. I go many weeks without rebooting and this always pisses me off.

It would be better if you could right-click an app on the task bar and say "send to primary screen" or "send to secondary screen"

there used to be this option, but only some-times, and I don't know why/where to find it.

you can use win+shift+left or win+shift+right so move windows across monitors.

it also works with win+left/right to move things to the left/right of one monitor and then again to jump across to another.

Perfect - Thanks! Ill try that.

If you're not in Windows 7, you can also do this: Select the window with Alt-tab, press alt, up, left, M (not at the same time). Then use the arrow keys to move the window around as you choose.

It doesn't work with a Chrome window though, since it seems to override those options.

I think Alt-Space will open the "icon menu" on your current display and let you select "Move" with the mouse.

This is a great solution, thanks!

I have one app that always ends up off screen when I disconnect my external monitor and I could never find a definite way to get it back.

It's been many years since I've used Windows, but that's one thing that always bugged me. In XP, you could (with the window in question in focus, using alt+tab if necessary) Alt+Space, M (move), then use the arrows to position the window where you'd like - no mouse needed.

Funny what we remember.

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