Windows 10: How to make a desktop shortcut to enable or disable a specific display ?

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    How to make a desktop shortcut to enable or disable a specific display ?


    Hi,I need to frequently change my desktop PC display configuration. My monitors themselves don't get plugged/unplugged frequently, but I often want to disable some of them.Right now I just go to the settings menu below and change it manually.I would like a one-click solution to enable one monitor or alternatively, a predefined display configuration.There is the Win+P shortcut that apparently triggers "%SystemRoot%\System32\DisplaySwitch.exe", which is a step in the right direction its different flags toggle the display configuration, but the documentation I found didn't allow enough freedo

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