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House of Roberts

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11. I hit Ctrl+Shift+ and I get the same menu as

Reply to walkingman (Reply #10)

Wed Feb 11, 2026, 02:44 PM

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the one under the profile icon upper right. It’s also the same options as Person 1 in the three dot menu, but that one has the option to close the profile, which I’m afraid to do without getting the profile back first.
Apparently this is where I’m stuck.
The hidden profile appears to not exist. I am the only profile visible and yet the computer knows there are 10 windows open (somewhere).

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I don't have any advice, but I sympathize. I just turn my machine off and back on again. Walleye Wednesday #1

You might have hit Alt with F4. If so it's just gone. SheltieLover Wednesday #2

The tabs/windows aren't in the recently closed list. House of Roberts Wednesday #7

Dunno. SheltieLover Wednesday #8

It would help to know what "disappeared"...application or browser or whatever. walkingman Wednesday #3

Lenovo desktop computer, running Chrome and House of Roberts Wednesday #4

You could try this - it might show the files that you had open in explorer? walkingman Wednesday #6

Let me add this: House of Roberts Wednesday #9

If you have multiple profiles in Chrome browser try switching... walkingman Wednesday #10

I hit Ctrl+Shift+ and I get the same menu as House of Roberts Wednesday #11

I normally use firefox for my browser but I opened chrome to see if I could see walkingman Wednesday #12

I finally forced a shutdown House of Roberts Wednesday #13

Good for you - stuff happens. It has happened to everyone, so don't feel like the "Lone Ranger" ☮ walkingman Wednesday #14

I'm not a windows person Tasmanian Devil Wednesday #15

Some user errors canetoad Wednesday #5