I’m sure I didn’t close the cursor window that I checked in, but sometimes I just can’t find it. When I create a new window and reopen the disappeared project, it reappears and the terminal remains connected, which means it hasn’t been completely closed, it’s just hidden for some reason?
Steps to Reproduce
open project with cursor and the window disappear，when i create a new window and open the project that i thought missed，it will appear again
Expected Behavior
the project in cursor window always exist untill i close it
Hey, thanks for the report. Based on your description the terminal stays connected and the window comes back after you reopen the project, the window isn’t actually closing. It’s moving outside the visible screen area. This often happens when a secondary monitor gets disconnected or goes to sleep, or when the window ends up partly off-screen.
You can bring the window back without reopening the folder:
Alt+Tab to the Cursor window, then Win+Left or Win+Right to snap it back to the main monitor.
Or Shift+Right Click the Cursor icon on the taskbar, choose Move, then use an arrow key and move the mouse to drag the window back onto the screen.
To help narrow down the cause:
Do you use multiple monitors?
Does it seem related to a monitor turning off or sleeping, or after an update?
1.I do use multiple monitors.
2. Only one monitor is in use and all other monitors are turned off, with the screen projection mode set to “second screen only”.
3. Occasionally
Thanks, that explains it. Second screen only mode is a common trigger. Cursor saves the window position based on your monitor layout, and when only one screen is active, the window can end up at the coordinates of the disabled monitor, so it’s off-screen. The window is still running, which is why the terminal is connected and it comes back when you reopen the folder.
To bring the window back without reopening the project:
Switch to the Cursor window with Alt+Tab, then press Win+Shift+Left or Win+Shift+Right to move it to the active monitor.
As a last resort, Shift+Right Click the Cursor icon on the taskbar, select Move, then use an arrow key and move your mouse.
On Windows 10, you can also right-click an empty area of the taskbar and choose Cascade windows. This pulls all windows onto the current screen. Windows 11 doesn’t have this option.
To avoid this in the future, try to keep the same display setup, or switch projection mode before launching Cursor, not after windows are already open. There’s currently no automatic way to bring the window back on-screen when the monitor layout changes. We know about this limitation, but I can’t share an ETA.
If you still can’t get the window back after these steps, let me know and we can dig in further.