Windows 7: can't reopen minimised window on taskbar, preview OK
I have a program and want to either bring its Window to the front or reopen it after it is minimised.
It is on the taskbar and hovering over it shows the preview of the window. However clicking on it does not make it reopen and become visible.
This happens with Notepad++ and Beyond Compare - both of which have tabbed panes.
Any advice on how to force the Window to reopen?
Solution 1:
Try hold Windows Key + Shift then press the Left Arrowkey 2 or 3 times. If that doesn't work try again with the Right Arrowkey instead.
Solution 2:
I solved the issue whereby only one icon in the taskbar won't maximize/restore:
Right-click the icon to see the pop-up menu with options (close window, pin to taskbar, name of program).
Click on the name of the program. This should result in the taskbar icon flashing.
Press and hold Win, and browse through opened windows by pressing Tab. You should have your software maximized again. If this doesn't work, do the next step.
Win+D (pressing these keys together should refresh your desktop to original positions).
Solution 3:
I had a same problem. Actually that window had displayed a modal dialog box and that dialog box had gone out of screen. these are the steps I followed on windows 10 . Other solutions in this post didn't worked for me on windows 10.
- Alt+Tab # displayed all window list with preview.
- Using right and left arrow key navigated to that particular window.
- Selected that window using enter key (At this point modal window was in focus but out of screen and wasn't visible.)
- Alt+Spacebar - this displayed top left context menu. Only move and resize was click-able. I selected move.
- Using arrow keys, I pulled it in mid of the screen, only dialog border was visible when I started using arrow keys.
- Enter key to fix new position.