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Discus and support Win10 bug: on plugging into dock, many windows maximised horizontally across extended... in Windows 10 Customization to solve the problem; Hi,after many years of doing this with no problems, this morning there was a major glitch.I came into the office and plugged my laptop into the dock... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Customization' started by A_BJ_Q, Apr 7, 2024.

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    Hi,after many years of doing this with no problems, this morning there was a major glitch.I came into the office and plugged my laptop into the dock all Dell stuff, USB-C dock connector.For some reason, Windows decided that individual applications now had to be spread horizontally across all 3 screens.I'll attach some photos if possible. [The BLUE bits are redactions to spare the innocent.]Affected applications: Command Line, Outlook, Chrome, RealVNC the worst because it went into mega-zoom mode!, and even settings I went in to try changing the desktop extending but then it went even more

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