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Windows 10, two monitor setup, second monitor turned off but Windows still works as if it's on?

Bought a second monitor today, plugged it in, turned my old monitor into portrait. I don't plan on using this second monitor a lot, only when reading some longer stuff, so I turned it off (with the ...
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Windows Background randomly updates to green

If my desktop somehow updates, the wallpaper gets replaced with green color. That looks like this: If I right-click and do “Refresh”, the whole background gets green. I think that has something to do ...
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Desktop not recognizing monitors through USB-C docking station

I have a work laptop and a personal desktop in my home office. I would like to be able to use my monitors and peripherals on both, ideally by just plugging the docking station into whichever one I'm ...
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Windows 10 desktop Icons rearrange when I change displays

I have two displays. Monitor 1 is 60hz 2650 x 1440 Monitor 2 is actually a drawing tablet, 1920 x 1080. I've had the tablet for a year and the monitor since I got my computer in 2017, but lately, I ...
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Switching the two active windows on two monitors

at my new workplace, i have two different sized monitors, so having the important stuff on the bigger screen becomes more important. I wondering if theres a hotkey/shortcut to just switch the two ...
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Windows 10 multiple desktop dual monitors swapping

I am using Windows 10 and I have dual monitors. When I create multiple desktops and when I press CTRL + WIN + RIGHT or LEFT ALT both monitor desktops move together so does anybody know how can I move ...
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Duplicate Windows 10 desktop icons so that they're visible on all monitors

I've recently got a second monitor for my PC. I'm running Windows 10 and I was wondering if there is a way to show the desktop icons that are on the main display on the other screen as well. ...
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Shortcut missing from desktop but is in desktop folder

I have a couple shortcuts that are not visible on desktop but if i go to Computer > desktop I can see them in the folder. It is visible when I plug in a different laptop to my monitor, so multiple ...
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Putting taskbar position on TOP cuts off bottom of programs

So this is a very strange and fairly irritating issue I have with Windows 10. On my primary monitor, with the taskbar positioned on top; certain parts of my programs often get cut off and overflow ...
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Can a fake second display be enabled in Windows 10?

I just updated to Windows 10 and discovered that Microsoft broke this method of adding a fake second monitor: Is there a way to fake a dual (second) monitor which I rely on for scaling some small ...
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