Windows 10: Application window sized beyond height of screen cannot be resized by dragging or window menu.

An application has resized such that it is larger than my screen. I cannot drag it beyond the top of the screen to reach the bottom border. The window move menu does not move it above the top of thes screen, nor does the window resize method work. The functionality to cascade or tile desktop windows easily addresses this, but has been removed from windows 11. I imagine this situation could also occur when using different screen resolutions such as the laptop screen vs the desktop screen.So far I have come up with several ways to work around this, but those are work arounds, not actual sol

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Multi-Monitor dragging windows between screens resizes window

I recently retired a laptop that had it's own screen as 1920x1080 and had a second monitor plugged in that was set to 1920x1080 and when I dragged any application's window between screens, I would see no change in size of the window being dragged. I could move back and forth and the size would never change.

However, my new laptop (an Acer Aspire 5) which also has it's native screen 1920x1080 and has that very same monitor now plugged into it and set to 1920x1080, now when I drag any window across from one screen to the other, the window resizes. I see it change exactly as it passes the threshold of the window being 50% on one screen and 50% on the other. I can wobble it back and forth (left/right) at this threshold point and see it being resized up/down in height by a roughly 100-150 pixels. It's not the most annoying problem to have, but annoying enough.

When I right-click on my desktop and choose display, I see that both screens are set to 1920x1080 and I have them in a 2:1 layout and have the external monitor (display 2) as the main screen and have my start menu/toolbars on there (with vertical layout on the right side of the screen). I don't know if this is relevant ... as I drag the window, it goes behind the start menu/toolbars as it crosses monitors.

Setup:
Acer Aspire 5 15" 1920x1080p i7-8565U 16GB, External monitor 27" LG 1920x1080. Windows 10 Home.

 

brand new Dell windows 10 cannot resize menu

Hello Donna,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Community.

We understand your concern in this regard.

We're not sure how exactly you're trying do it. To resize the Start menu in Windows 10,

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  Select Start, select the top or side border, and then drag to your desired size.
  
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  If you want to see all your apps, grab the top or side borders of the Start menu and drag them to your desired size.
  
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  Finally, if you want to make the Start menu completely full screen, go to
  Settings > Personalization > Start,
  and then turn on Use Start full screen.
  

To resize an app tile, go to Start, right-click a tile, and select Resize.
Then pick a size.

Let us know if you require further assistance.

 

( Still ) Can't resize Start Menu by dragging

I did a fresh install of Windows 10 on a new computer.

I then resized the Start Menu by dragging it vertically and horizontally. Worked.

Then, Windows prompted for a restart due to new updates. Did that.

Now, I cannot resize the Start Menu by dragging. Nothing happens.

I can't make it smaller. I can't make it bigger. Nothing.

Tried a suggestion of holding the Windows key and using the arrow keys. Nothing.

How do I do it?