diff --git a/OpenNest.Desktop.Tests/WindowPlacementTests.cs b/OpenNest.Desktop.Tests/WindowPlacementTests.cs
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+namespace OpenNest.Desktop.Tests;
+
+public class WindowPlacementTests
+{
+    private static readonly PixelRect Primary = new(0, 0, 1920, 1040);
+    private static readonly PixelRect Right = new(1920, 0, 2560, 1400);
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Read_TheWinFormsAppsMaximizedWindow()
+    {
+        // As DesktopPC's real user-settings.json holds it.
+        var settings = new Dictionary<string, string>
+        {
+            ["MainWindowLocation"] = "-8, -8",
+            ["MainWindowSize"] = "1936, 1048",
+            ["MainWindowState"] = "Maximized",
+        };
+
+        var placement = WindowPlacement.Read(settings, WindowPlacement.MainWindow);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new WindowPlacement((-8, -8), (1936, 1048), true), placement);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void Read_NothingSaved_IsNull()
+    {
+        var empty = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+
+        Assert.Null(WindowPlacement.Read(empty, WindowPlacement.MainWindow));
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("Minimized")]
+    [InlineData("Normal")]
+    [InlineData("garbage")]
+    public void Read_OnlyMaximizedRestoresMaximized(string state)
+    {
+        var settings = new Dictionary<string, string>
+        {
+            ["MainWindowSize"] = "800, 600",
+            ["MainWindowState"] = state,
+        };
+
+        Assert.False(WindowPlacement.Read(settings, WindowPlacement.MainWindow)!.Maximized);
+    }
+
+    [Theory]
+    [InlineData("abc")]
+    [InlineData("800")]
+    [InlineData("800, 600, 4")]
+    [InlineData("0, 600")]
+    [InlineData("800, -1")]
+    public void Read_UnusableSizeIsDropped(string size)
+    {
+        var settings = new Dictionary<string, string>
+        {
+            ["MainWindowLocation"] = "10, 20",
+            ["MainWindowSize"] = size,
+        };
+
+        var placement = WindowPlacement.Read(settings, WindowPlacement.MainWindow);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new WindowPlacement((10, 20), null, false), placement);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void WriteTo_UsesTheWinFormsNamesAndFormat()
+    {
+        var settings = new Dictionary<string, string> { ["Other"] = "kept" };
+
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((100, 50), (1200, 800), false);
+
+        placement.WriteTo(settings, WindowPlacement.MainWindow);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new Dictionary<string, string>
+        {
+            ["Other"] = "kept",
+            ["MainWindowLocation"] = "100, 50",
+            ["MainWindowSize"] = "1200, 800",
+            ["MainWindowState"] = "Normal",
+        }, settings);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void WriteThenRead_RoundTrips()
+    {
+        var settings = new Dictionary<string, string>();
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((-1500, 30), (1400, 860), true);
+
+        placement.WriteTo(settings, "DrawingSetsWindow");
+
+        Assert.Equal(placement, WindowPlacement.Read(settings, "DrawingSetsWindow"));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FitTo_KeepsAPlacementOnASecondScreen()
+    {
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((2000, 100), (2400, 1300), false);
+
+        Assert.Equal(placement, placement.FitTo([Primary, Right]));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FitTo_DropsAPositionOffEveryScreen()
+    {
+        // The second monitor was unplugged since the window closed there.
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((2000, 100), (1200, 800), false);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new WindowPlacement(null, (1200, 800), false), placement.FitTo([Primary]));
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FitTo_DropsASizeTooBigForItsScreen()
+    {
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((100, 100), (2400, 1300), false);
+
+        var fitted = placement.FitTo([Primary, Right]);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new WindowPlacement((100, 100), null, false), fitted);
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void FitTo_KeepsMaximized()
+    {
+        var placement = new WindowPlacement((-8, -8), (1936, 1048), true);
+
+        Assert.Equal(new WindowPlacement(null, null, true), placement.FitTo([Primary]));
+    }
+}
diff --git a/OpenNest.Desktop/WindowPlacement.cs b/OpenNest.Desktop/WindowPlacement.cs
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+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Globalization;
+
+namespace OpenNest.Desktop;
+
+/// <summary>A rectangle in screen pixels, standing in for each front end's own type.</summary>
+public readonly record struct PixelRect(int X, int Y, int Width, int Height)
+{
+    public bool Contains(int x, int y) => x >= X && y >= Y && x < X + Width && y < Y + Height;
+}
+
+/// <summary>
+/// A window's remembered size, position and maximized state, stored in the shared
+/// user-settings file under the names the WinForms app already uses
+/// (<c>&lt;name&gt;Location</c> "x, y", <c>&lt;name&gt;Size</c> "width, height" and
+/// <c>&lt;name&gt;State</c> "Normal" or "Maximized", all in screen pixels). A window is never
+/// restored minimized.
+/// </summary>
+public sealed record WindowPlacement(
+    (int X, int Y)? Location,
+    (int Width, int Height)? Size,
+    bool Maximized)
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The main window's names: MainWindowLocation, MainWindowSize and MainWindowState.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string MainWindow = "MainWindow";
+
+    /// <summary>The placement saved under <paramref name="name"/>, or null if none.</summary>
+    public static WindowPlacement Read(IReadOnlyDictionary<string, string> settings, string name)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(settings);
+        var location = settings.TryGetValue(name + "Location", out var l) ? ParsePair(l) : null;
+        var size = settings.TryGetValue(name + "Size", out var s) ? ParsePair(s) : null;
+        if (size is { } pair && (pair.A <= 0 || pair.B <= 0))
+            size = null;
+        var maximized = settings.TryGetValue(name + "State", out var state)
+            && string.Equals(state?.Trim(), "Maximized", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+        if (location is null && size is null && !maximized)
+            return null;
+
+        return new WindowPlacement(
+            location is { } at ? (at.A, at.B) : null,
+            size is { } wh ? (wh.A, wh.B) : null,
+            maximized);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>Stores it under <paramref name="name"/> in the WinForms format.</summary>
+    public void WriteTo(IDictionary<string, string> settings, string name)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(settings);
+        if (Location is { } at)
+            settings[name + "Location"] = Format(at.X, at.Y);
+        if (Size is { } size)
+            settings[name + "Size"] = Format(size.Width, size.Height);
+        settings[name + "State"] = Maximized ? "Maximized" : "Normal";
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// What still fits the current screens: the position is kept only when it lies on one of
+    /// <paramref name="workingAreas"/>, and the size only when it fits that screen (the first
+    /// screen when the position was dropped), as the WinForms app restores its main window.
+    /// </summary>
+    public WindowPlacement FitTo(IReadOnlyList<PixelRect> workingAreas)
+    {
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(workingAreas);
+        if (workingAreas.Count == 0)
+            return this with { Location = null, Size = null };
+
+        PixelRect? screen = null;
+        if (Location is { } at)
+        {
+            foreach (var area in workingAreas)
+            {
+                if (area.Contains(at.X, at.Y))
+                {
+                    screen = area;
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        var target = screen ?? workingAreas[0];
+        var fits = Size is { } wh && wh.Width <= target.Width && wh.Height <= target.Height;
+        var size = fits ? Size : null;
+        return this with { Location = screen is null ? null : Location, Size = size };
+    }
+
+    private static (int A, int B)? ParsePair(string text)
+    {
+        var parts = text?.Split(',');
+        if (parts is not { Length: 2 })
+            return null;
+
+        return TryParseInt(parts[0], out var a) && TryParseInt(parts[1], out var b) ? (a, b) : null;
+    }
+
+    private static bool TryParseInt(string text, out int value) =>
+        int.TryParse(text.Trim(), NumberStyles.Integer, CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, out value);
+
+    private static string Format(int a, int b) =>
+        string.Create(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture, $"{a}, {b}");
+}