MAJOR Desktop Issue ...

Question

Hey mac fans, I own the a last gen. G5 Power Mac and an old G4 PMac. My issue is with the G4. I came back to it after it was off for a while during lunch and found when I started it up that I couldn't see the entire desktop on my screen. Instead, I could only see the right side of it. The left side is far off to the left, off the viewable part of the screen. I know there's more than I can see because I know there's a ton more stuff on my desktop, and plus I can see the cursor move off the screen when I go left. And if I open a finder window, only half of it appears on the screen.
So, I know what you're thinking: Go into System Preferences and fix the resolution which is messed up for some reason. Well, I'd love to, but when I click on the program, it opens off screen and I can't see where it is to drag it over. The dock is also on the left side, so I can't even use it.
I'm at my boiling point over here, I'm so frustrated. Has this ever happened to anyone? How can I get out of it ???
Thanks,
Johnny
PowerPC G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  
PowerPC G5   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Answer 1

Open the Script Editor in the /Applications/AppleScript/ folder and enter the following:
tell application "System Preferences"
set bounds of window 1 to {214, 34, 809, 506}
end tell
Press the Run button to move the System Preferences window. The first two numbers identify the upper left corner of the window, and the second two specify where the bottom right corner should be.
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