Windows 10: Cannot drag an excel file to the second monitor when at extended displays

I am using a laptop and a universal docking system from J5 create. I can see 2 monitors display 1 and 2. My display is set at extended displays and I drag my excel file from monitor 1 to 2 and nothing happen. What did I miss?


Your help is much appreciated. Sonya

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Extend Display to second and third monitors

Hi Ian,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I appreciate the efforts taken by you in resolving the issue. I understand that you are unable to extend the display to second or third monitor. I’ll certainly assist you with the issue.



However, it would be great if you can help us with the details requested below:

• What happens when you try to extend the display?
  
• Do you receive any error message/code?
  
• Are you aware of any changes made to the computer recently?
  
• Which build version of Windows 10 is installed on the computer? To check type:
  winver in the search bar on the Taskbar and hit
  Enter.
  
• What is the make and model of the laptop?
  

Ideally, to extend the display we can use the shortcut Windows logo key + P, and select
Extend from the menu.



I would suggest you to refer the troubleshooting steps mentioned in the article

Troubleshoot external monitor connections in Windows 10 and see if that helps.



For additional information, see
Set up dual monitors on Windows 10.



Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Dragging window to second monitor

Hello- I have connected a VGA / Hdmi cable from my laptop to a second monitor. The second monitor does show my pc screen, however, even after extending the display, I am unable to drag a window from pc to 2nd monitor. I have disabled Snap. I have double
clicked the title bar and then dragged to side of screen but it will not show at all on 2nd monitor.

I appreciate any feedback.

Thank you,

Lisa

 

Cannot extend display to second monitor

I am using windows 10 pro on my Powerspec desktop PC. I have one HP monitor and one AOC monitor. I had three monitors (one HP and 2 AOC monitors) working fine using extended display. After removing one monitor (now have 2), the extended display does not work any more. I can use "Duplicate these displays", "Show only on 1" or "Show only on 2", all work fine, except "Extend these displays". When I select Extended, the second screen shows up with task bar, but I cannot move any window onto the second screen. The mouse does not move over either. I tried update the display driver, rebooting computer, reconnect the cable, nothing works! What's wrong?