diff --git a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java
index bcfd141fe0d..e9d76e272aa 100644
--- a/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
+++ b/bundles/org.eclipse.swt/Eclipse SWT/win32/org/eclipse/swt/widgets/Control.java	
@@ -668,12 +668,25 @@ Control computeTabRoot () {
 
 void createHandle () {
 	long hwndParent = widgetParent ();
+
+	int x=OS.CW_USEDEFAULT;
+	int y=0;
+
+	// Set it to be near the top-left corner of the parent shell by default
+	if (hwndParent != 0) {
+		RECT rect = new RECT();
+		OS.GetWindowRect(hwndParent, rect);
+
+		x = rect.left + 100;
+		y = rect.top + 100;
+	}
+
 	handle = OS.CreateWindowEx (
 		widgetExtStyle (),
 		windowClass (),
 		null,
 		widgetStyle (),
-		OS.CW_USEDEFAULT, 0, OS.CW_USEDEFAULT, 0,
+		x, y, OS.CW_USEDEFAULT, 0,
 		hwndParent,
 		0,
 		OS.GetModuleHandle (null),