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Challenge:<\/h3>\n

Consider a laptop that runs a Windows Operating system. (We have found that this applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well.)
\nLet\u2019s say, when at work, I connect a monitor via USB to the \\”left\\” of the laptop monitor. It\\’s identified as monitor 3.
\nAt home, I use a monitor that sits to the right of the laptop monitor. It\\’s monitor 2.
\nMonitor 1 is the inbuilt laptop monitor.
\nNow at home I open a window, any window, on monitor 2. Then I come to work and plug in monitor 3. Anything I had open on monitor 2 is now stuck in un-retrievable land. It keeps attempting to display on a monitor that is no longer connected.<\/p>\n

Solution:<\/h3>\n

If you look closely, you\u2019ll see that you still get the icon for the app down in your task bar. If so, do the following:<\/p>\n