This Windows shortcut has been a godsend for multi-monitor life

This Windows shortcut has been a godsend for multi-monitor life

6 years ago
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https://www.pcgamer.com/this-windows-shortcut-has-been-a-godsend-for-multi-monitor-life/

I have a weird multi-monitor setup at home. There are two 27-inch monitors on my desk, but I really don't need both of them for work, and usually my second monitor stays off all day. It doesn't even face the front of my desk: it's faced off to the side, in the direction of my bed, because I only turn it on to play games or watch TV from a comfortable horizontal. When I want to play a game on that screen, I set it as my primary display, Windows shifts the Start menu to that screen—and that's when everything gets a bit annoying.

Sometimes I forget to set my normal monitor back to primary, so the next morning I need to physically rotate the second screen so I can see it from my desk and restore the proper order. Or sometimes Windows gets confused, and saves the position of certain programs, like Slack or Spotify, on the wrong monitor. Every day I end up having to turn the damn thing on, let Windows pause a few times as it adjusts, rotate it around, move a window or two, and then put it back. Unsurprisingly, there's a way better solution.

This Windows shortcut has been a godsend for multi-monitor life

Oct 30, 2018, 12:13am UTC
https://www.pcgamer.com/this-windows-shortcut-has-been-a-godsend-for-multi-monitor-life/ > I have a weird multi-monitor setup at home. There are two 27-inch monitors on my desk, but I really don't need both of them for work, and usually my second monitor stays off all day. It doesn't even face the front of my desk: it's faced off to the side, in the direction of my bed, because I only turn it on to play games or watch TV from a comfortable horizontal. When I want to play a game on that screen, I set it as my primary display, Windows shifts the Start menu to that screen—and that's when everything gets a bit annoying. > Sometimes I forget to set my normal monitor back to primary, so the next morning I need to physically rotate the second screen so I can see it from my desk and restore the proper order. Or sometimes Windows gets confused, and saves the position of certain programs, like Slack or Spotify, on the wrong monitor. Every day I end up having to turn the damn thing on, let Windows pause a few times as it adjusts, rotate it around, move a window or two, and then put it back. Unsurprisingly, there's a way better solution.