Is it possible to have a second monitor that is unaffected by fullscreen games on the first monitor?
I like to have movies and whatnot going on in my smaller second monitor, typically while playing games. Sadly, some older games have absolutely tiny resolutions compared to what my main monitor can crank out, and running them fullscreen pushes everything around on the second monitor.
As an example, say I run an 800X600 game on my main 1920X1080 monitor. Everything not in that 800X600space is then shoved onto my second monitor, thus pushing everything that was ACTUALLY on that monitor off into some weird negative space.
Is there anything I can do to prevent this, besides playing in windowed mode? I can't SEE anything with the windows that small, sadly. My eyes aren't the best.
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I have not personally used it, but my brother bought DisplayFusion (now available on Steam!) because it's supposed to fix this exact issue.
It supposedly also fixes the issue where changing the resolution screws up your desktop icons.
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Can fullscreen game on second monitor?
Connect the second monitor to your PC, and launch the game you wish to play. Next, navigate to your desktop screen, and hit Windows and P keys together. A few options will display, select the PC screen only option. Finally, your primary display will go blank, but the game will continue to run on the second monitor.How do I use a second monitor without closing games?
How To Keep Game From Minimizing When Using Second ScreenDoes a 2nd monitor affect FPS?
Right-click your desktop and choose Display Settings. Click the Identify button to observe how the displays are numbered. Scroll down to the Multiple-display section and click on the drop-down list. Choose the number of the monitor identified in the steps before that you want to use to display the game.How to Play Games on Second Monitor (Fullscreen)
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I ran into this problem now that my main monitor is no longer the rightmost one and my solution was to set my middle monitor to be the rightmost one in Windows' display configuration and use this AutoHotkey script to make the mouse wrap around my desktop so I don't need to go all the way left to reach my right hand monitor.
Answer 3
I use a slightly modified version of this script: https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/112113-dockwin-storerecall-window-positions/
Here: https://pastebin.com/0MuUi5cQ - added ID support so if the window's name has changed since the last save (like switch to another tab in Chrome) it can fall back to id
You can save the windows' size and position before playing and restore it after playing or even if you ALT-TAB out from the game with a hotkey. The best would be if it was automatic, but still it saves you from resizing windows everytime after playing.
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