Windows 10: Two different background pictures, one for each monitor

I woke up this morning and i realised I'm not able to set up two different background images, as I said in the title.

The "Set for monitor 1" and "Set for monitor 2" buttons just dissapeared and now it only shows "Set as background image" as a whole, both monitors now must have the same image?



thanks.

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Different Backgrounds on each monitor

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



We understand that you are unable to set different wallpapers on each monitors.



We would suggest you to refer the steps mentioned below and see if that helps.



Method 1: Identify Displays.



Try using the Identify option to identify the displays and then check if you can set different background. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + I, to open
   Settings.
   
2. Click on System, and select
   Display on the left pane.
   
3. Now, under Rearrange your displays, click on
   Identify to identify the displays.
   

Refer screenshot below:









Once the displays are identified as Monitor 1 and Monitor 2, try setting the background.



Method 2: Duplicating Displays



One other thing we can try is to set the displays to Duplicate first and then Extend them.



To Duplicate the Displays, press Windows key + P, and select
Duplicate. Follow the same steps and select Extend.



After Extending the displays, check if we get the option to set different backgrounds.



Method 3: Reinstall Display Drivers.



If Method 1 and 2 didn’t help, we can try uninstalling and reinstalling the Display Drivers. Refer the steps mentioned below:

1. Press Windows key + X, and select
   Device Manager.
   
2. Expand Display adapters.
   
3. Now, right click on the Display
   device and select Uninstall Device.
   
4. Once the device is uninstalled, click on Actions and select
   Scan for hardware changes.
   
5. Restart the computer.
   

Let us know the results.



Regards,

Nikhar Khare

Microsoft Community - Moderator

 

2 Monitors Only One Background Picture

If you don't want to use third party software such as: display fusion, ultra mon...

Assuming you have 2 monitors. A simple way to set different background for each monitor is as follows:

1. Navigate to C:\Users\[Username]\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Windows\Themes
2. Rename the first jpg background to: Transcoded_000 with no file extension for the first monitor
3. Rename the second jpg file to: Transcoded_001 with no file extension for the second monitor
4. sign out and sign back in.

Hope this helps !!!

 

2 Monitors Only One Background Picture

Interesting solution