Finding Your Off-Screen Window or Application in Windows 7

That's true. I actually started using this after I had written this blog. Using the mouse, use the two steps indicated above to right-click the "mini view", and select move just like above, but before doing anything else, hit one of the arrow keys (cursor keys, whatever you call them) once or twice. This captures thew aforementioned window with both the mouse and the keyboard. Now, simply "waggle" (or move back and forth, and up and down) your mouse until you can see the edges of your window, and use your mouse to pull it back in view.

This is handy too if a toolbar has gotten in the way, or some other dialog is blocking your close or minimize buttons.

Have you tried using the Aero Windows switcher first (Windows key, plus tab) , or simply Alt-Tab to force control back to the OS, and cycling to the desktop. I've used that in games before to move a windowed game with relative success. That being said, if you've chosen the "Full Screen" option in your game, then you are probably right. Usually, these game modes will hand over all control to whatever application is actually running full screen. If it's a game, then it's likely that most of the windows function keys will be disabled (either by default or by some options screen). No one wants to be showing their mad skillz in a frag-fest and have the windows start menu pop up. :) In that case, you don't have many options, but to run the game in a "windowed mode" (if available) and you've usually got to have pretty decent hardware to handle that for today's games.