May 24

Windows: Windows 10/11 An application is missing from all screens when using multiple monitors


1. Use alt + tab to put the focus on the application

2. Goto to the menu bar and place the cursor over the application.  The preview of the application should automatically pop up.  If it does not alt + tab to it a second time to try and regain focus.

3. On the preview of the picture right click then click maximize.

4. The application will now maximize onto the screen it was last ran on.

5. Exit the application and then restart it.

6. The application will start maximized.  On the title bar of the application, on the far right side, click on the restore icon, left of the X.

7. Your application should be back to normal.

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January 26

Windows: Shutdown wsl

If you are using Linux in wsl on Windows 10 and 11 you may find a time where you want to restart Linux environment. To do this do the following in Powershell:

Get-Service LxssManager | Restart-Service
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September 26

Microsoft Outlook 2016 hangs on the splash screen

When starting outlook the splash screen displays “starting”, but Outlook never starts.

  1. Close Outlook
  2. Start the “Run” command
  3. Type: outlook.exe /safe
  4. You may be prompted for your user credentials.  If so, enter them.
  5. Outlook should start fairly quickly.  It may take a minute or two to sync to the server.
  6. Close Outlook
  7. Start Outlook as you normally would.

By: Timothy Conrad

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