Using Windows 10, often when I disconnect my laptop from an external monitor some native windows will be stuck off-screen. I usually use Windows key+arrow keys to move them back. But this doesn't appear to work for RDP-wrapped windows. Closing the connection and reconnecting doesn't fix it either. Does anyone know how to get a window on-screen from RDP?
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Does one of the solution here work: https://superuser.com/questions/53585/how-to-move-windows-that-open-up-offscreen – harrymc Dec 10 '19 at 20:43
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Just went through all of them and sadly no. – DontLikeWindows Dec 12 '19 at 21:19
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Any change to the desktop workspace area will cause Windows to move all windows back into the visible workspace.
Some examples :
Temporarily resizing the taskbar (unlocking it first as necessary).
Displacing the taskbar
Temporarily changing the desktop resolution.
Right-click a blank area of the desktop, choose "Display settings", change the Resolution to another value, then choose Revert to undo.
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Moving the taskbar to the left and then back to the bottom brought the window to the workspace. Thanks. – DontLikeWindows Dec 12 '19 at 21:39
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I had this problem but it was with a child window and thus did not have its own space on the taskbar, changing the desktopheight and desktopwidth to 800 x 600 forced the window to (barely) on the remote desktop (hint: edit the RDP with notepad). When the display resolution was changed back to match the monitor(s) I use the window was sitting with its top left edge nicely at 800,0 (0 is the top of the desktop and increases down, counter intuitive I know but it's been that way as long as there's been graphics cards), from there I could grab and move as normal. – Michael Stimson Dec 29 '20 at 00:30