Windows 10: Windows opens programs on a second monitor, that is not connected

I have exactly the same problem as described in https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/windows-opens-programs-on-a-second-monitor-that-is/a62c1f88-14dd-49c3-b0c5-95243e821657

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Windows opens programs on a second monitor, that is not connected

I have a Dell XPS13 laptop. When on my desk, I use a second monitor through a docking station (USB3 Kensington). However, when I undock and go mobile, Windows insists on opening programs on the second monitor, even though it is no longer there and the settings
shows that the system knows it is disconnected. I can see the "open" program in task switcher, and I get all the usual options to Snap, Move to desktop etc., I just can't see the program window on my actual laptop screen.

To fix this, the only thing I have found is to connect to another monitor, and move the window onto the laptop screen, then disconnect the monitor. Most inconvenient, especially whn on a train!!

How can I prevent this, or at least move the windows to my main screen when it happens, without a second monitor to connect to. Please note, I am NOT talking about a virtual desktop, but a physical monitor.

 

Windows opens programs on a second monitor, that isn't connected

I have a Dell precision m4800 laptop. When on my desk, I use a second monitor through a docking station. However, when I undock and go mobile, Windows insists on opening programs on the second monitor, even though it is no longer there and the settings shows
that the system knows it is disconnected. I can see the "open" program in task switcher, and I get all the usual options to Snap, Move to desktop etc., I just can't see the program window on my actual laptop screen.

To fix this, the only thing I have found is to connect to another monitor, and move the window onto the laptop screen, then disconnect the monitor. And even this sometimes fails. This is ruining my meetings.

How can I prevent this, or at least move the windows to my main screen when it happens, without a second monitor to connect to. Please note, I am NOT talking about a virtual desktop, but a physical monitor.

 

Windows opens programs on a second monitor, that is not connected

Hi Romel. I already tried that - the system automatically disables the second monitor when it gets undocked (as I said in my original mail -
"the settings shows that the system knows it is disconnected".

When undocked, the Settings for Project are already on PC only, yet if I open a program that was last open on th second monitor, Windows opens it as though that monitor is still there. I.e. off in space. The Peek shows the open and running program, I just
can't see it unless I reconnect my second monitor. This is massively inconvenient.

So your answer does not solve the problem. I have checked, and a few other people I know are having similar problems!