Windows 10: Please add the ability to show the system tray on multiple displays simultaneously.

This isn't really a question, and my request is really all in the title if you want a tl;dr version.


But I went to find what I thought would be a simple option in the taskbar settings. Failed to find it, went to Google. Turns out many, many people have asked the same question across years of Windows 10 being available, but it still has not been added as of December 2020.


So please, Microsoft: add the ability to display the system tray on multiple monitors at once.


To be clear, the system tray is the small cluster of icons in the bottom right by default at the end of the task bar, next to the clock and date display. On the primary monitor or secondary if you mess around with some settings, but never more than one at the same time! these icons provide convenient access to things like sound settings. That, in fact, is the one I'm most interested in, as I'm often switching between several different sound output devices. One of those devices is my TV, which is a bit away from my monitor, and right now it's very inconvenient to swap between my PC speakers and my TV's sound output if I'm accessing the PC from the TV position.


Anyway, it's a simple feature, you can already duplicate your entire taskbar on multiple monitors, and Windows 10 is ancient now. Please add it.


Thanks!

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Multiple tray icons in Windows 10

Hi All,

We have a Java based with some native components and SWT as frontend.

We contribute our tray icon to windows notification area.

Now below is the problem

• If an user is working on the application and then the system goes to sleep/hibernate
• When the system wakes up it has multiple tray icons for the same application.

We have seen it happening for multiple applications. Is it a known issue or are there any workarounds ?

Regards,

Saurav

 

Is there a way to show multiple notifications simultaneously?

Hello guys,

back in the windows 7 days it was possible to see multiple notifications popup simultaneously.

For example if you were to receive let's say 3 emails at the same time, 3 notification pop-ups would appear over the desktop, piled up, one above each other.

Now instead, in windows 10, notifications are displayed one by one over the desktop, and if you wanna see them all you have to open the notification center.

So my question is... is there a way to configure it like windows 7? is there a way to show multiple notification pop-ups at the same time?

Thanks

 

How to save a multiple displays settings?

Hi VAinc,

Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums

You may want to answer these questions to get more clarity on this issue:

1. May I know the make and model of the PC?
   
2. Did you try updating your display driver?
   
3. Are you getting any error message?
   

I suggest you to follow the below steps and check if it helps.

Steps 1:

1. Go to settings
   
2. Click on “System"
   
3. Then click on Display
   
4. Move your mouse to the monitor that needs to be set as primary and check the box
   "Make this my main display"
   
5. Under "Multiple displays" select "Duplicate these displays"
   
6. Then select “Keep this display settings”
   

Once you make these changes, you may restart the computer and check.

Hope it helps,

Mithin EJ

Microsoft Community- Moderator