Windows 10: Any app/setting to force notifications to 2nd/3rd monitor instead of primary?

Been looking without any success. I would like to force notifications to another monitor outside of the primary. It makes no sense to me to even have them in the lower right, its annoying and gets in the way. Keeping them on another monitor would be far more helpful.

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Is there a way to force notifications to present on a 2nd (or 3rd) monitor?

Right now they will always show on whatever monitor is considered "the primary monitor". You can switch which one is being used as primary by doing this:

1) Right-click desktop, choose Display Settings

2) Click the monitor icon you want to set as primary

3) Check the "Make this my main display" checkbox

4) Click Apply

Now that monitor will be used for all notifications. You can continue to use the other monitor for your games/whatever else.

If so desired, you can also unlock and drag your taskbar around so that the primary taskbar (the one with the notification icons near the clock) appears on whichever monitor you want it to show on too).

 

Is there a way to force notifications to present on a 2nd (or 3rd) monitor?

I've been having trouble with games minimizing when some notifications pop up in Windows 10. I haven't found a way to force them to my 2nd monitor (no, DisplayFusion doesn't do it either) despite my best efforts.

Has anyone discovered a way to do this?

Thanks

Tib

 

Is there a way to force notifications to present on a 2nd (or 3rd) monitor?

You are correct - notifications are always shown on the primary monitor (just like I said above). I never claimed that the primary taskbar had anything to do with that, I was just pointing out that if moving the primary monitor caused an inconvenience due
to the taskbar, that you could independently move the taskbar without regard to the primary monitor.

I was not aware of any game that only defaults to the primary monitor, none of my Steam games do that. I've already configured mine as discussed above.