two outlook windows, one on two different screens does not work both go to the same screen

[bradyguyc]

Microsoft PowerToys version

0.84.0

Installation method

PowerToys auto-update

Running as admin

None

Area(s) with issue?

Workspaces

Steps to reproduce

First, let me say thanks for a great new toy. Appreciate everyone involved.

create a workspace with three screens. Put outlook email on one screen and outlook calendar on another.

✔️ Expected Behavior

for the outlook email window to be on one screen and the calendar window on the other as per the setup.

❌ Actual Behavior

both outlook windows appeared on the same screen. I also get an error message from outlook saying that another version of outlook is already running but both windows do open up. I suspect that there may need to be a delay in starting the windows.

Other Software

No response

[plante-msft]

@bradyguyc a delay in launch between the two instances does in fact fix the issue.

A simple but not so robust solution could be to add the ability for users to set a per-app delay when launching an application.

[Wolfskii]

@bradyguyc a delay in launch between the two instances does in fact fix the issue.

A simple but not so robust solution could be to add the ability for users to set a per-app delay when launching an application.

I just encountered a similar use case for this, where I would want to open the main Steam window and then also the Steam Friends-window after by passing CLI-arguments. As of now they get placed in the exact same place and size.