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I just read:
How to quickly move current window to another Task View / desktop in Windows 10?
But most/all solutions assume you can see and interact with that window to be moved. What if you can't? What if the other desktop is on a monitor that's turned-off - and you want to bring the window over?
Note: I'm not referring to other virtual desktops, but rather - focused desktops on different monitors.
einpoklum
Posted 2020-02-24T14:49:32.573
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If you are able to set focus on the window, you can move it with the windows key + arrow to move between monitors.
You many need to press Win+Arrow repeatedly, as at first the window may switch to a position aligned to the side edge of the display, and then to the adjacent display on the next press.
Yanzzee
Posted 2020-02-24T14:49:32.573
Reputation: 413
There is a better shortcut that doesn't require repeated presses--see my answer. – loopernow – 2020-02-27T17:33:46.387
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A good question that has not yet been correctly resolved. I am using Nirsoft's MultiMonitorTools here: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/multi_monitor_tool.html
You can enable preview of an invisible display - Monitor Preview. You can also move application windows between displays.
IGRIG
Posted 2020-02-24T14:49:32.573
Reputation: 57
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Set focus to the window with Alt-Tab, then use Win-Shift-arrow key (right or left arrow key, depending on "where" the turned-off monitor is in relation to the turned-on monitor) to send the window to the other monitor.
This Windows 10 keyboard shortcut is specifically for sending windows between monitors.
loopernow
Posted 2020-02-24T14:49:32.573
Reputation: 64
@einpoklum I don't believe so. Win+arrow key (the other answer) is a different keyboard shortcut from Win-Shift-arrow key (my answer). They have different behaviors. – loopernow – 2020-02-27T19:00:14.690
Oh, I see. Sorry. I'll try that too. – einpoklum – 2020-02-27T20:02:51.683
Can you see the window in Task View? – harrymc – 2020-02-24T14:54:46.327
@harrymc: Right now I'm not at that computer, but - suppose that I can't. Or, ok, suppose that I can; that's one answer, at least. – einpoklum – 2020-02-24T15:58:10.453
The question you linked to is about virtual desktops, which implies that you want to know how to move a window from a non-focused virtual desktop to the focused desktop without switching to the non-focused virtual desktop. But the example you give of a second, turned-off monitor is an example of a second screen on a focused desktop. Which scenario is your question about? – loopernow – 2020-02-27T14:44:30.730
@loopernow: See edit. – einpoklum – 2020-02-27T15:46:30.770