This is for my son's Win 8 Toshiba laptop. Recently several programs have started exhibiting this behavior. He can launch the app (such as Skype) and it then appears on the task bar, but it does not open to where he can see it. He can click on the app in the task bar, and it flashes the desktop as if it were going to maximize, but then it instantly disappears. This makes all the apps this is happening with completely unusable. I have tried to ALT-TAB to the app and get the same result. I see the open app in the ALT-TAB list, but when selected I get the same quick flash and then it's gone. I have no idea how to fix this.
Apps appear in task bar, but do not display on desktop
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Try moving your mouse to the top left corner of the screen and it should appear there. After it appears, click it.
Same result- quick animation flash and then back to the desktop.
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Hmm I don't know. I will look into it.
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After some researching I found this: Windows 8 apps crash immediately after opening - Microsoft Community That might help.
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Did that help your problem?
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Ok hopefully it works
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