Microsoft KB Archive/281986

= A Window Is Positioned Outside of the Viewable Area After Moving the Position of a Monitor in a Multi-Monitor Environment =

PSS ID Number: 281986

Article Last Modified on 11/3/2003

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

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This article was previously published under Q281986



SYMPTOMS
After you reposition a monitor in a multiple-monitor configuration, some window positions may be remembered, and opened outside of the viewable area.

For example, if you have a secondary monitor positioned to the right side of your primary screen, and you have closed programs that remember their window location, changes in the position of the secondary screen might leave the program outside of the viewable area when you restart that program.



CAUSE
This only happens with programs that are not &quot;multi-monitor&quot; aware. For example, Microsoft Office 2000 programs remember the number that is assigned to the monitor, and move with the monitor when it is repositioned; however, other programs, such as Microsoft WinZip 7.0, do not. Instead, WinZip 7.0 remembers a relative window location from the primary screen.



RESOLUTION
To prevent this behavior from occurring, reposition the monitor back to the original location, open the program, move the window to the primary screen, and then close it. Now you can reposition the secondary monitor.

Keywords: kbdisplay kbprb KB281986

Technology: kbwin2000Pro kbwin2000ProSearch kbwin2000Search kbwin2000Serv kbwin2000ServSearch

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