applications launching on unlisted virtual desktops

Hi all,

I am having an Issue on my Intel NUC running Windows 10 Pro. version 22H2. Some applications that I try to launch (e.g. Task manager, google chrome), will launch successfully but on unlisted desktops. I thought task Manager was broken initially, but I saw this problem when accessing my Intel NUC using Chrome Remote Desktop.

I have tried using the windows task view shortcut (Win key + TAB key) to look at open applications/desktops, but even when task manager is open on an unlisted desktop, I am unable to access it.

I am currently reinstalling Windows to see if this will fix the problem. However, I am open to suggestions. I uninstalled chrome remote desktop and the host client but this issue is still occurring. As you can see from the screenshots, there are multiple virtual desktops open that I am unable to access. The only way that I could access these multiple desktops is through chrome remote desktop (when I had it installed on this machine).

As you can see from the screenshots, clearly task manager is open, but it's not showing up in the Task View Window.

Thanks,

Andrew Van Ek

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I also posted this on the microsoft community forums. I would like a wide variety of suggestions and things to try.
Thanks in advance for all of the help!