Internet Explorer 8 Developer Tools not displaying

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Tom Hubbard picture Tom Hubbard · May 12, 2009 · Viewed 72k times · Source

Within the last day, in Internet Explorer 8, the developer tools window will not show up.

When I hit F12 or use menu Tools -> Developer Tools I get the Developer Tools entry in the Task Bar but the actual window will not show up.

It has been running fine for a month or so. I have tried rebooting with no luck.

Answer

Dirk Vollmar picture Dirk Vollmar · May 12, 2009

How do I get a window back on the screen when it moved far, far away?

From the article:

Switch to the application, say by clicking on its taskbar button or by Alt+Tab'ing to it. Then type Alt+Space to call up the System menu: You should get a window floating at the edge of the screen. Type M to select Move, then press an arrow key to enter Move mode.

Additional remark by @WebSolProv:

It would appear that something happens with IE that causes the developer tools window to be shrunk to the height of the header bar and width of about 2 inches. By using this solution you can then move the the window into view and enlarge as usual.

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