Windows 10: Open apps move to secondary monitor when displays are turned off

Whenever I turn off my monitors, all open apps move from monitor 2 (my primary display) to monitor 3. This only happens when the computer is NOT sleeping during the time the monitors were turned off. Does anyone have a solution to this or at least a way to quickly bring apps back to monitor 2?

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Setting Up A Older Secondary Monitor


ok decided to reopen in the hopes someone might have a solution for a new issues i noticed. when i do a restart the secondary monitor takes over, and not until windows is about to go to the desktop does the secondary monitor turn off and the primary display turn on. i would think there is some way to make the default monitor stay on during a reboot. any suggestion would be great. thanks

main monitor dvi to hdmi on video card
secondary monitor dvi to dvi

 

Unable to interact with the content on the secondary monitor

I have three monitors plugged into a evga GTX 1060 ACX 2.0, the system is running latest Windows 10 pro.

Every night I put the computer to sleep. Occasionally, and more frequently the past week, I wake the computer in the morning to find very strange behavior:

• Whatever monitor is my main display works perfectly
• Secondary monitors turn on and show the last content they had (any open browsers, programs, etc)
• I can move my mouse into the secondary screens and see it moving around just fine
• When I click or do any kind of interaction on those screen, the visuals do not update (again, mouse around moving is fine)
  • Click a window, the window focus never shows; scroll or press a button on a website, doesn't show any changes; click the Windows button, menu doesn't open
• However, I can still interact with the screens despite not being able to see what I'm changing
  • Drag a window off the screen and it magically appears on the main display; press the 1-Click buy on an Amazon item, receive it 2-5 business days later
• Changing the main display changes the screen I can interact with
• Mucking with the resolution of the secondary monitors does not fix the issue but it does update their visuals
• Display driver details:
  • Date: 2018-11-12
  • Version: 25.21.14.1694
• I am in the process of downloading NVidia 2019 drivers to see if that helps

The only fix I've found so far (with my limited experience debugging display issues) is restarting the computer. Help!

***Modified title from: Secondary display content is frozen, can still see mouse and "interact" with frozen windows***

 

Notifications Displayed on secondary monitor, when I use 2 monitors in "extended display"

Hello Angel Cabrero,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.

To resolve the issue, follow the below mentioned methods and see if it works.

Method 1: Interchange the display monitor.

Switch the main monitor and the secondary monitor by making the secondary monitor as your main display and reboot the PC.

Later change it back to your preferred monitor and check if the issue persists.

Method 2: Update Display drivers.

If the display drivers are outdated, you might face such issues. So it's necessary to update the drivers to the latest build.

• Right click on the Start menu and select Device Manager.
  
• Narrow down to Display adapters and expand it.
  
• Right click on the display driver and click on Update driver to get the latest build.

Hope it helps.

Mala S

Microsoft Community - Moderator