Solved I actually WANT to move some windows off the screen!


I came across Ghost Plugs when searching about this problem and thought about trying one of them, but does the virtual display driver not do the same thing, or am I wrong?
yep, it does. just headless (no hardware involved)

btw, you can assign a hotkey to place the window where you want it and then activate whatever window you want off the screen and press the hotkey combo you assigned. will save time and steps, and hopefully be the best workaround for you until we get it fully situated.

right click SmartContextMenu tray icon > settings > Menu tab > Scroll down to "Custom" under "Alignment" and click the "..." button. Assign the key combo and save

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  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
I came across a program called WindowManager (DeskSoft - WindowManager - Window position and size manager) which allows application windows to be placed at any position and at any size (even off the edges using a minus co-ordinate!), and any/all windows to be returned to a specific position (absolute or relative) using a user-defined keyboard shortcut. Seems to do everything I want, so I'm going to have a play with it over the weekend, but ultimately I'd prefer the issue to not exist at all :rolleyes:

Even if I do manage to get the fundamental issue resolved, I can see WindowManager being so useful that I'll probably buy it. So far it's been excellent!

I do appreciate all of the help and suggestions by the way! :-):-);-)

Oh PS. Dell have been less than useless. I have a 3-year, onsite next business day warranty, and whilst I don't expect an engineer to come out, I think at least Dell Support could have responded after two days... :oops:
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex Tower Plus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-13500
    Memory
    48GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial CT5003PSSD8 NVME SSD, 2x WD20EURS 2TB hard drives, 1 WDS500G2B0A SSD
    Keyboard
    Aris Mechanical Illuminated Backlit Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft 5-button wired USB mouse (old!)
    Internet Speed
    70Mb/s
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security
Just a quick update for anyone who's interested - the DisplayPort to VGA cable arrived earlier and it seems to have solved the issue! :D

I replaced the DP to HDMI cable with it, and after numerous powering off and on of the monitor, numerous cycles of putting the system to sleep, hibernate and wake-ups, every restart has resulted in all windows being in exactly the same place as they were before powering off - no moving or resizing of any windows :D

So it does seem to be an issue with DisplayPort and power, as there's also no device disconnect/reconnect sounds with the new cable.

Lesson learned for me - next time I buy a monitor (which won't be for a while as I've bought two in the last two months), it'll not have a DisplayPort connection on it - it's just too much unnecessary aggravation, all for nothing. I'd assumed that getting a new pc with DP would be a good thing. Wrong!

And I can't see any difference in quality or resolution using VGA, so all's good :-)

Thanks again to everyone who gave advice, especially dacrone ;-) (y)
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 11 Pro
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Dell Optiplex Tower Plus
    CPU
    Intel Core i5-13500
    Memory
    48GB
    Screen Resolution
    1920x1080
    Hard Drives
    500GB Crucial CT5003PSSD8 NVME SSD, 2x WD20EURS 2TB hard drives, 1 WDS500G2B0A SSD
    Keyboard
    Aris Mechanical Illuminated Backlit Keyboard
    Mouse
    Microsoft 5-button wired USB mouse (old!)
    Internet Speed
    70Mb/s
    Antivirus
    Bitdefender Total Security

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