HELP WITH 2 DISPLAYS

[Roscoe]

I recently aquired a second display for my box that I just finished.
Everything runs fine except for one little tiny hitch.
I can see minimized windows....
it's a little more complicated than that, so here goes.
I can see everything fine in maximized (fullscreen) mode. But, and this only
happens for a few programs for some reason, when I switch the application
into windowed mode, it moves outside of my display area.
For instance... Windows Media Center (I use it for TV). It works fine in
fullscreen, but when I take it into windowed mode to say... switch monitors,
it teleports somewhere up on the right top side of my screen into an area I
can't reach with the mouse or anything. I can't even see the trailing edges
of the application, it just moves outside of the mouse's range. And when I
try to move it using the move feature on the taskbar, my mouse can't reach
the program so I can't move it. Also, when I tile the windows, the
application window won't show up even though it's still in the taskbar!
Help?

 

[Gary Mount]

Use the arrow keys on your keyboard, not your mouse to move the window.

 

[Dave Cox]

I recently aquired a second display for my box that I just
finished. Everything runs fine except for one little tiny hitch.
I can see minimized windows....
it's a little more complicated than that, so here goes.
I can see everything fine in maximized (fullscreen) mode. But, and
this only happens for a few programs for some reason, when I
switch the application into windowed mode, it moves outside of my
display area. For instance... Windows Media Center (I use it for
TV). It works fine in fullscreen, but when I take it into windowed
mode to say... switch monitors, it teleports somewhere up on the
right top side of my screen into an area I can't reach with the
mouse or anything. I can't even see the trailing edges of the
application, it just moves outside of the mouse's range. And when
I try to move it using the move feature on the taskbar, my mouse
can't reach the program so I can't move it. Also, when I tile the
windows, the application window won't show up even though it's
still in the taskbar! Help?

1. ALT+TAB to select the window you want to move.
2. ALT+SPACEBAR to open the window dropdown menu
3. Press the M key to select the MOVE command
4. Use the ARROW KEYS to relocate the window
5. Press the ENTER key when you have the Window in the desired
location.

Just FYI if you are running dual monitors you might want to give
UltraMon a try they have a free trial version it's very handy
utlility for Multiple Monitors.

www.ultramon.com


Hope this helps

 

[Brynk]

Lower the resolution in Display Properties, relocate the window and return
to preferred resolution

 

[Synapse Syndrome]

I recently aquired a second display for my box that I just finished.
Everything runs fine except for one little tiny hitch.
I can see minimized windows....
it's a little more complicated than that, so here goes.
I can see everything fine in maximized (fullscreen) mode. But, and this
only
happens for a few programs for some reason, when I switch the application
into windowed mode, it moves outside of my display area.
For instance... Windows Media Center (I use it for TV). It works fine in
fullscreen, but when I take it into windowed mode to say... switch
monitors,
it teleports somewhere up on the right top side of my screen into an area
I
can't reach with the mouse or anything. I can't even see the trailing
edges
of the application, it just moves outside of the mouse's range. And when I
try to move it using the move feature on the taskbar, my mouse can't reach
the program so I can't move it. Also, when I tile the windows, the
application window won't show up even though it's still in the taskbar!
Help?

Just to make what has been said already a bit clearer:

Immediately after choosing Move on the Task Bar, use the cursor keys,
without touching the mouse. Once you have pressed a cursor key at least
once, you can then use the mouse to move the window as well.

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