Windows 10: How to prevent windows opening apps on a display

Hi all,


I have a system with two display adaptors and 3 'monitors'.


My main display adaptor has my two usable monitors attached to it, whilst the second display adaptor has a HDMI cable plugged into to a USB HDMI capture card for another computer. This appears to Windows as a generic PnP monitor, but it is not really a viewable monitor as such.

I run OBS a program and direct it to output its video to the second display adaptor with the HDMI capture card plugged in the 3rd 'monitor'.

I want to use my main two displays for running Windows apps, but dont want Windows to ever use the 3rd display. I want this to be used just by the OBS app. I have searched for ages trying to find out if I can do this and drawn a blank.


I would have thought this could be a valuable feature for Windows - especially for folks doing video editing, with one screen reserved for viewing the output and so should not be used by Windows itself for opening apps/dialogs etc.


Can this be done?


Regards Tony.

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