There’s also (Windows key)+(left/right arrow), which will move the window to 
the left/right half of the current display, and (Windows key)+Shift+(left/right 
arrow), which cycles it to the previous or next display (in case, e.g., the 
window is on a different display because the student had the laptop connected 
to an external monitor).

Jordan

> On Nov 13, 2017, at 1:10 PM, George Neuner <gneun...@comcast.net> wrote:
> 
> Hi David,
> 
>> On 11/13/2017 3:14 PM, David Van Horn wrote:
>> I have a student who is has a strange problem that is preventing him
>> from using DrRacket.
>> 
>> When he opens DrRacket, it goes through the launch window, all the
>> tools load, etc., but then when the main DrRacket window should
>> appear, it doesn't.  Or rather it does, but not somewhere visible or
>> accessible.
>> 
>> There's a DrRacket icon on the taskbar, indicating it's running, and
>> if you hover over it, it shows a preview of the DrRacket window, but
>> clicking on it does not bring it up.
>> 
>> If he opens a saved file from the filesystem, you can see in the
>> preview that the file has been opened in the inaccessbile DrRacket
>> window.
>> 
>> He's tried restarting, uninstalling/reinstalling Racket, but gets the
>> same issue.
>> 
>> Any ideas how to resolve this?  (Sorry I haven't used Windows in many
>> years, so I really don't know how to help.)
>> 
>> David
> 
> I've seen this behavior before - though not for a very long time.  It used to 
> happen rather frequently in Win3 and Win9x.
> 
> If the window is there but simply off the screen, you can try (emphasis on 
> "try") to move it back on screen.  
> first, make sure DrRacket is the only application open.
> select the task bar icon to make sure you are in the window. 
> press ALT-Space to open the window's system menu. 
> press the down arrow once to select "move".
> press enter to start the move operation.
> press the right arrow and down arrow a couple of times each.
> At this point ... if it is going to work ... you should see (at least) the 
> outline of the window at the upper left corner of the screen (whether you see 
> any content depends on Windows user preferences).  Once you see the outline, 
> you should then be able to move the mouse (don't press any buttons) and the 
> window's outline should follow where the mouse is pointing.
> Once you get the window's title bar on screen, you can fix the size and 
> position - and hopefully it won't happen again for a while.
> 
> If this doesn't help, then I'm out of ideas.
> George
> 
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