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I came across this very weird issue today. When I open SQL server management studio it shows up in the task bar but somehow it never appears on my screen, even when I do alt+tab to switch to SQL server window, it still shows up in the list of applications but does not appear when I select this application. It even shows up in Task Manager and I can close it from there. I have also restarted my system but without any success.

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  • Go through the link [Application appears in taskbar, but window is not visible](http://saniac.com/application-appears-in-taskbar-but-window-is-not-visible/) – Shakeer Mirza Apr 10 '17 at 06:16
  • I tried this but it doesn't seem to be the issue of position of window. – braceyourself Apr 10 '17 at 06:20
  • This issue not about specific programming. Its an OS issue. Google will give better output than Stack Overflow. – Shakeer Mirza Apr 10 '17 at 06:22
  • @ShakeerMirza: I did further research and it turned out to be the issue of window being hidden somewhere else itself. I have attached another monitor with my laptop and it was appearing in the external monitor and unfortunately that monitor was switched off. I haven't been so foolish in my life before. – braceyourself Apr 10 '17 at 06:26
  • I am having this problem now on windows 10 – Alexander Ryan Baggett Aug 22 '18 at 18:25

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I had this issue and resolved by in the application on taskbar 1 --> Shift + Right Click 2 --> Press Maximize

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  • I'm not seeing any maximize option, is that a hot key? [edit] I had multiple instances open, maximize option is there if you have just one. – infocyde Jan 17 '23 at 21:17
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I did further research and it turned out to be the issue of window being hidden somewhere else. I had attached another monitor with my laptop and SQL window was appearing in the external monitor and unfortunately that monitor was switched off. I haven't been so foolish in my life before.

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my problem soleved by: Shift + Right Click in profiler on taskbar and Press Maximize

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    Shift + Right Click on taskbar and Press Maximize was already given as an answer https://stackoverflow.com/a/63877233/73226 – Martin Smith Jan 15 '23 at 20:15