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On Fri, 4 Apr 2025 18:38:29 -0400, Paul wrote:

> Windows 8.0 had the "full screen mode" for Apps, where the App lacked an
> "X" for dismiss, in the upper right corner. You could use Alt-F4, to
> escape from that. There is a video of a test subject, who kinda freezes
> up and does the "deer in the headlights" face, in response to there
> being no "X"
> in the corner  That got fixed in Windows 8.1 .

I've had that deer in the headlights look a few times. The first time I 
got a window too close to a corner and it went full screen my reaction was 
'WTF? What did I do and how do I get rid of it?'