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How can I lock my taskbar to my second monitor in Windows 11
In windows 10 I could put the taskbar on whichever monitor I wanted, but that capability seems to have been removed in Windows 11. I've been using a program called StartAllBack but while it does let ...
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How can I prevent the Windows Terminal app pinned to the taskbar from opening a new tab when the terminal is on the secondary monitor in Windows 11?
I'm using Windows 11 with two monitors, and I have pinned Windows Terminal to the taskbar. Occasionally, I move the Windows Terminal window to the secondary monitor, but I often forget it's there and ...
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Plugging in a second monitor makes windows go behind my panel. How do I debug this?
On my main screen only, I have an Xfce panel (i.e. my taskbar) at the top of my screen. When I plug in my second monitor, my windows resize and have their tops go behind the panel. This persists until ...
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Want taskbar and Alt-Tab switcher to appear on two different monitors (Win 11)
I have two monitors- primary/landscape/central and secondary/portrait/to-the-left. I would like the Windows 11 taskbar permanently on the left monitor while keeping the alt-tab switcher on the central ...
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Windows 11 Taskbar disappears when switching between 1 monitor and 2 monitors, and switching primary monitors
I use both 1 and 2 monitors often, and I switch between the setups frequently. In this post, the larger 1440p monitor will be referred to as the LG, and the smaller 1080p one HP.
The Windows taskbar ...
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How to display app icons on second monitor?
I just updated from Windows 10 to Windows 11 today (a few minutes ago).
I have all of these icons at the bottom right corner of my main screen. Before the upgrade, I could just drag the taskbar from ...
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4 monitor computer, resets task bar every time I turn off screens, method to move task bar and resize not using mouse?
I have a computer with 4 screens.
4 monitor display:
Monitor 1 (primary) is 2k 165hz displayport screen that I use for gaming, 2 & 3 are 1080p @60 for other stuff, and 4 is a drawing tablet.
My ...
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Windows 11: the bottom of snapped windows on second monitor are placed behind taskbar
I've recently moved to windows 11 on two separate systems. In both cases I'm working on a laptop (1920x1080 display) and have a 3840x1600 second monitor connected. I've enabled "show taskbar on ...
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Windows 10 Taskbar and multiple monitors
I am running Windows 10 with TWO monitors. When right-clicking the TaskBar on the MAIN Monitor, the TaskBar context menu has a "Toolbars" menu item:
But when right-clicking the TaskBar on ...
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Task bar icons missing on second screen
On windows 11, sometimes after a reboot when I plug in my second monitor to my laptop the icons go missing on the second screen.
Below are screenshots from the two screens, the first image is the main ...
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How to set application to display to open on second monitor through Windows or 3rd party application?
So my main usecase is the following: I would like to see my tray icons, clock and notifications on my second monitor. For this I need my second monitor to be the "main" display in windows. (...
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Taskbar hiding behind maximized window in Windows 10 Dual Monitor
i'm using windows 10 with a dual monitor setup
after some random time using the computer the taskbar (which is set to auto-hide) will keep hidden behind any maximized window and won't pop up when the ...
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Windows 10 stretches taskbar icons when connected to external monitor
I set my taskbar to "Never combine" so that the individual windows are shown. As you can see in the image, when I connect to an external monitor, it stretches the taskbar icons. ...
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Main Taskbar (with searchbox) Showing Up on the Wrong Display
(Windows 10 Pro Build 19042.685)
The bar I am talking about is the taskbar that has the following on the leftmost side:
My main display is set to my middle monitor, and after setting the main display,...
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How to show quicklaunch bar on second monitor
I've got a quicklaunch folder setup and on my taskbar, but it will only show on the main taskbar. I would like it on both monitors. I tried dragging it much like moving the main taskbar to whatever ...
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