If this is a laptop, you may have set for dual monitor and everything's opening on a monitor that's not there.
Hi,
Whenever I try to access my documents or any other file in windows explorer through the taskbar or the start button it won't open. I can clearly see the miniature previews open on the taskbar button but I can't see the window itself in full view when I click on it. Is there anything I can do about this besides recovering to an earlier point?
Thanks.

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