VLC has gone over the top left of the screen. How do I move it?

Solution 1:

It is very weird for the "move" not to work. Did you just try with the mouse?

This probably would've failed as you have to click (and drag) on the title bar or very few other areas that may also be hidden.

Try to do "move again" and press Shift+→ or ↓ on the Keyboard and see if you can move it that way.

Solution 2:

May be by following the advice in the "Bring Misplaced Off-Screen Windows Back to Your Desktop (Keyboard Trick)"

First make sure you’ve alt-tabbed to the window, or clicked on it once to bring it into focus. Then right-click on the taskbar and choose Move

At this point, you should notice that your cursor changes to the “Move” cursor, but you still can’t move anything.

Just hit any one of the arrow keys (Left, Right, Down, Up), move your mouse, and the window should magically “pop” back onto the screen.

Note: For keyboard savvy people, you can jus:

• alt-tab to the window,
• use Alt+Space, then
• M, then Arrow key, and then
• move your mouse.

As Liam Mitchell adds in the comments

Alt+Space X to maximize then drag title bar down fixed it.

Solution 3:

_{From an anonymous user:}

But actually there is an easier working solution in the VideoLAN Forum:

Removal of the directory %appdata%\vlc helps. I removed the folder and it rebuilt what it needed when it started it up again It seem to have fixed the problem.

Solution 4:

here's one mighty little tool for you:

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