Finding lost windows

So you’re a brilliant webmaster.  You speak CSS, php, HTML and Javascript.  You can design a website, optimize the code, mix a martini and kick some bad-guy ass in just an average morning.

But can you find those windows that go slinking off your computer screen, looking for greener pastures?  You know what I’m talking about.  A program is open.  You know there was a window around here somewhere.  You’ve minimized every other window you’ve got running to find it.  Then you’ve closed every other program.  Still, it hides.

LifeHacker has posted the solution to this frustrating mystery of the missing window.  The original source article appears to be How To Geek, which offers an additional version of the trick – the keyboard solution:

Note: For keyboard savvy people, you can just alt-tab to the window, use Alt+Space, then M, then Arrow key, and then move your mouse.

How simple is that?

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Posted on March 19, 2007