Extended Desktop problem - help please?

[erick (Eric)]

I have a lenovo Thinkpad X200 lappie. I place it in the docking cradle (an ultrabase) and connect an external monitor. I have that monitor configured as an extended desktop. Lappie is running Windows XP SP3.

All works fine. However, if I have placed a window on the extended desktop and then close it from there and then undock the lappie from the cradle and use it stand alone, when I open that window again, it does not appear on the laptop screen. I seems to have vanished off onto a "vitual" extra monitor and I cannot find a way to get it moved to the laptop screen. Why doesn't the lappie realise that there is no external monitor and open it on the laptop screen? At this time this first happened, I think an complete reboot didn't resolve the problem?

What I have ben doing is trying to always remember to move a window back to the lappie screen before I close it. But at some stage I'm going to forget and not be able to access something when I am on the road.

Any solutions, people?

Surely I don't have to go into display setup and change anything on undocking??

[mithrandir (Andrew)]

Originally Posted by erick

All works fine. However, if I have placed a window on the extended desktop and then close it from there and then undock the lappie from the cradle and use it stand alone, when I open that window again, it does not appear on the laptop screen.

Right click the window's entry in the task bar.
Select "Move" from the menu. Do not move the mouse after selecting "Move".
Press any one of the up/down/left/right arrows.
An edge of the window will show up on screen.
Drag the window edge with the mouse.

[erick (Eric)]

Many thanks Andrew. I've made progress. On my machine it works with:-

Right click the window's entry in the task bar.
Select "Move" from the menu.
Do not move the mouse after selecting "Move".
Press the left arrow key.
Move the mouse left and the window will appear from the right.

I don't get any edge of the window appearing after I click "move". But the above works.

BUT, it only works for windows which have a "move" option on the right mouse click menu. I have a few items which don't have the option. The just have "restore", "minimise" and "close". One important one I use is "mailwasher". Any further ideas for this one?

[higginsdj]

Some lappies will let you set the screen resolution much larger than the screen will display. When set you can scroll around the desktop and invariably see at least part of the offending windows and drag them back.