In a funny coincidence, just a few minutes ago I got an email indicating that an off-screen dialog bug I reported on Windows 8 almost three years ago has been f

In a funny coincidence, just a few minutes ago I got an email indicating that an off-screen dialog bug I reported on Windows 8 almost three years ago has been fixed. (Actually I think it was fixed early last year in a Windows Technical Preview build - two years after I reported it!) I had my ThinkPad and an external monitor positioned like this, with their arrangement set in the Display control panel to match: +----------------+ | | | | | External | | | +--------------+ | | | | +----------------+ | ThinkPad | | | +--------------+ When Windows 8 introduced the new file copy/move/delete dialogs, it also introduced a bug. With this monitor arrangement, the dialog would be displayed offscreen: +----------------+ | | | | [Dialog] | External | | | +--------------+ | | | | +----------------+ | ThinkPad | | | +--------------+ Oops. Just like in the XKCD, the modal dialog locked up the File Explorer window that had opened the dialog. After running into this many times I figured out a workaround using keyboard shortcuts to move the dialog back onscreen. http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-files/file-copydelete-dialog-is-offscreen-in-a-staggered/74cd289c-bbca-4740-8d13-93fca47a3ebb http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_8-f...