Windows 10: Desktop Dual Monitor Issues / Desktop Apps Wrong Monitor

Discus and support Desktop Dual Monitor Issues / Desktop Apps Wrong Monitor in Windows 10 Ask Insider to solve the problem; Hi, just wanting to get some further help with an issue I'm having. Bit of backstory, so I sent my monitor away to be repaired and it came back today... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Ask Insider' started by /u/Thirkey4221, Feb 1, 2021.

  1. Desktop Dual Monitor Issues / Desktop Apps Wrong Monitor


    Hi, just wanting to get some further help with an issue I'm having. Bit of backstory, so I sent my monitor away to be repaired and it came back today all fixed. But since getting it back today it thinks it's the main monitor as it has the desktop apps on the background?

    I've been mucking around in device manager and updated my AMD drivers, even tried rolling it back and not too sure what else I can try.

    Windows 10 | AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT



    • Main monitor is display port and is plugged into the primary display port on the graphics card
    • Second monitor is on HDMI and is in the secondary input on the graphics card.



    Computer boots and displays information on the main monitor, but once unlocked the second monitor acts as the primary despite the "make main monitor" setting.

    When toggling the "make main monitor" setting from monitor 1 to 2 the desktop icons appear on the main monitor for the briefest period of time and then changes to the second monitor.



    Not the biggest deal to be worried about, more of a curiosity and I would like to know how to fix it.

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    /u/Thirkey4221, Feb 1, 2021
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  2. Yro82 Win User

    Remote Desktop app (NOT Connection) dual monitor

    Hey how do I use dual monitor for Remote Desktop app (NOT Remote Desktop Connection). Im on a PC running Windows 10 home.
     
    Yro82, Feb 1, 2021
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  3. RNL94 Win User
    Virtual Desktop / Dual Monitor Issue

    I just setup a 2nd monitor to work from home. Using Windows 10, I am able to move things around from monitor to monitor without issue. However, when I login to the virtual desktop for work, I am unable to drag anything from work to the 2nd monitor.....the
    cursor moves, but the windows do not "travel" with it.

    If I minimize my virtual desktop, I am able to move my personal items around as usual.

    Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
     
    RNL94, Feb 1, 2021
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  4. Desktop Dual Monitor Issues / Desktop Apps Wrong Monitor

    Desktop with dual monitors one black


    I have dual monitors on my desktop. Its a 64 bit I7 3.2ghz (6 core) with 13gb of ram. I am running a single Geforce GTX570. When I loaded Windows 10 I didn't have any issues at all with the the monitor set up. Now only one of my monitors works. If I
    switch the cables both monitors function. I have been through the MS troubleshooting and have gotten no where. And have reloaded my drivers at least three times now.

    Anyone have any idea what is going on here?
     
    FrankAcree, Feb 1, 2021
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