Need to reboot after some programs refuse to start

Sometimes, in other words, not easily reproducible, a program will refuse to run when I click on its icon. Notably this is classic Outlook, Office 365, but I have had this problem with other programs. Other times, Outlook prompts me for my ISP's password, which is stored in Outlook's config file (I think). A reboot usually solves these problems. In some cases I have had to power down my system. I had these problems when I was still running Windows 10, and I was hoping that the upgrade to Windows 11 would eliminate these problems, but that's not the case.

My install is 26100,5074, and was an in-place upgrade from Win 10 2H22.

Do I need to do a clean install? (I hope not).

Although I don't know what your problems might be, I have a similar issue with VeraCrypt. When I try to launch it with a .lnk file with specific parameters, it seems to do nothing. Looking into Process Explorer (similar to Task Manager) shows that there have been multiple launches, but none are showing a window for some reason. Killing all the instances and launching again works for me. My hypothesis, or lame excuse for it, is that multiple processes are competing for the same resources, resulting in deadlocks.

Maybe you can check if this is a problem for you, which might suggest a similar solution.

How often you reboot (never, once a week or daily)?

Megahertz said:

How often you reboot (never, once a week or daily)?

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Only when I need to. I can go weeks without a reboot. Normally just hibernate at night.

I always recommend to shutdown a computer when not in use and disable Fast start.

This procedure make sure you start with a clean memory