Spaztic_Reaper

I apologize if this seems to be a stupid question, but when I'm starting a game how do I have it go over to my 2nd display so i can keep my desktop at the same time on the primary display?

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Dyre Straits

I wouldn't call it a stupid question. But, maybe it's just a matter of semantics. If all you really want to do is run the game on the "second" display, why not set that one up as primary and your current "main" display as secondary?

The only other way I can think of...off the top of my head...is to run the game in Windowed Mode and move the game window over to the second display. But, that doesn't appeal to me, personally.

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Judas

If the game supports it (some older games still LOCK to the primary display) but under windows vista and 7 if you do the following your good to go

if it's full screen, ALT+ENTER will window it, at which point drag it over to the other monitor and hit ALT+ENTER again to full screen..

IF it goes back to the primary screen when you do that, your best bet is to leave it windowed on the other screen.

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Spaztic_Reaper

Thanks Judas, I'll try that. I like keeping my desktop on the smaller monitor, which is why I keep it as primary. So far I have been switching primary around. I was just looking for an easier way to have some apps(games mainly) start on the extended display, and windowed games don't appeal to me either.

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And when we all looked at our friend while sitting next to the train tracks he put an unlit cigarette in his mouth and about 5 seconds later exclaimed "Shit I coulda sworn smoke was coming out of it, mus' be trippin balls."