Windows 10: How do I project to a second screen on Windows 8.1?

Yes I know it's an old OS, I'm borrowing the laptop while my PC is getting upgrades. When I try to project to a larger screen it just goes blank without showing anything in the output monitor nor laptop screen. I find the laptop screen a bit hard to see as small.Thanks

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Project Second screen constantly appearing.

Hi Norga,

Thank you for using Windows 10.

Let us know some more information so that we can diagnose and troubleshoot the issue in a better way:

• what is the exact issue that you want us to help with? Do you want to get help in projecting a second screen or to remove the popup?
• As you've said " I tried unsuccessfully to project a screen", do you wish to project a second screen currently?
• What happened exactly when you tried to project a second screen? Did you receive any error message or any error code?

The popup comes as the system might not be able to detect the monitors. I suggest you to update the Display drivers, it may force the system to detect the available monitors. Here is the steps:

• Press “Windows + X” and select Device manger.
• Locate the driver and expand the driver icon.
• Right click on the driver icon and click on Update.

Reply with the information and we'll be happy to assist you.

 

Project on second screen not working

Hi,

Thank you for posting your concern on Microsoft Answer Community.

As you have already did some troubleshooting steps to fix this issue, but to have a better clarity on this issue , we need few information.

1. How you are projecting the second monitor from the surface, whether it’s extended/duplicated?
   
2. How the physical hard connection made, USB-C, HDMI, or DisplayPort?

Meanwhile we want you to refer
Trouble connecting Surface
to a second screen article, which might help you to resolve the issue.

We await your response.

Aditya Roy

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

Project to a second screen

Hi Khalidshebak

The standard way to project to another screen is to press the Windows Key + P to open the Projection panel . . .

Right click your Desktop, choose new - Shortcut

Then, in the Location box, paste the appropriate text from the list below:

PC screen only

%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /internal

Duplicate

%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /clone

Extend

%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /extend

Second screen only

%windir%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe /external