Windows 7, annoying me already

[Brent]

Forgive me, late to this thread, don't know if this might solve your issue or not, on your taskbar, right click and go to properties, then go to the drop down box that says Taskbar buttons: set it to "Never combine" This helps me locate things on my taskbar easier

 

[Iasius]

Well, I got Windows 7 Pro for free through MSDNAA, but I do have one question (which I also posed in TNZ):

I don't see any major differences so far, except for one annoyance:

Sometimes, I watch TV on my primary display which means that it is at times "hidden" (my main display has a DVI in from my PC and also a HDMI in from the media receiver with which I view IPTV).

Now, I'd start say Firefox and it would open on that display I'm not seeing right now. In that case, I used to simply right-click on the task bar and select move (or restore+move), then dragging the window to another display.

However, with the Windows 7 taskbar, that doesn't work. Does anyone know how I can get that functionality back?

Another annoyance got solved when I selected "Always show all icons and notifications on the taskbar".




Edit: Since I've encountered a few questions so far about what exactly is my problem, maybe this more thorough explanation helps:

I don't know. I get that menu whenever I right-click on a window. Maybe it's just the program you're using to watch TV?

Yeah, I get that menu whenever I right-click on a window's bar, my problem is when that window is on a display that is not currently active.
In Vista and XP I used to be able to right-click on the taskbar itself, where the, say, Firefox 'thingie' was visible and do that even if the window was not visible (due to being on an inactive display) since the task bar is on the left-side monitor.
Right now, if I click on the Firefox icon, I only get a choice of "Firefox" (start another instance), "Unpin this program from the taskbar" or "Close window".

What I'm looking for is an option to restore and move the window in question.


It's definitely not an issue with the "TV program" since it's not really related to that at all (ie it's not a program running on my PC). It would be the same problem if that display was simply switched off. I have a triple monitor setup and the middle monitor doubles as my TV. If I want to use that monitor as a TV, I simply switch the input signal from DVI (connected to the PC) to HDMI1 (connected to the media receiver) using my remote control. I hope that description helps clarify the problem.


Edit: Maybe this image helps, just imagine the middle part of the picture (ie the middle monitor) is switched off:

And now imagine that I want to move that Firefox window to the monitor on the left (or right). I first have to 'restore' it and then 'move' it. My question is how can I do that (aside from keyboard shortcuts)?


(The black bars occur because I have a 1280x1024+1920x1200+1680x1050 desktop and they are aligned at the bottom.)