Why am I unable to connect Surface Laptop 7 to external monitor?

I bought a Surface Laptop 7 with Windows 11 Pro. I am trying to connect it to an external display (LG monitor) via the USB-C cable (USB-C on Surface; Display Port on the monitor). It sometimes works but most of the time does not. I have to do many trial and error pressing the Windows + P key and selecting the option to display only on the secondary screen as I am not interested in the laptop screen. Has anyone run into this and know a reliable fix? Since it works sometimes, there is no problem with the cable or the monitor. And when I say it does not work what I mean is that the monitor does n

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