https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2 DisplayFusion RSS: Apps moving from one monitor to another on PC startup Windows 10 Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:21:17 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#15 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 17:57:20 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#15 DisplayFusion If it doesn't detect a monitor #2 it won't try to move it. Do you want it moved somewhere else when you have the laptop disconnected? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#14 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 15:12:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#14 DisplayFusion Ho Owen, Adding the trigger seems to have resolved the problem. But I do have a question. This is a laptop that sits in a dock. If I pull the laptop out and run it standalone, will the trigger still force FF to the other monitor even if it's not connected? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#13 Thu, 17 Apr 2025 12:09:59 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#13 DisplayFusion If you create a trigger that uses the "Window Created" event, add in Firefox to the "Process Filename" match condition, and then set an action to move it to the monitor you would like, does that fix it up?

You can add a wait action first if the trigger happens to quickly and Outlook is still overriding it. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#12 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:43:42 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#12 DisplayFusion No worries! Thanks for looking into this for me. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#11 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 20:10:40 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#11 DisplayFusion Sorry for the delay, thanks for the log! I want to check in with our developers on something here. I'll keep you posted when I have more news.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#10 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 16:10:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#10 DisplayFusion Here you go! It happened around 11:06 or so. I exited all apps, then started the log and fired up Outlook first, then Firefox. After Firefox switched monitors, I stopped the log and exported it. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#9 Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:56:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#9 DisplayFusion Could you send me a debug log for this?

• On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal"
• Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
• Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
• Reply with the file attached
• Disable debug logging after sending the log
  

]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#8 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 18:50:50 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#8 DisplayFusion If I terminate the DisplayFusion process, the windows works normally. I can start Outlook and FF literally at the same time and the go to the correct monitors and stay there. If I exit Outlook and FF and restart DisplayFusion, the issue comes back. It's actually pretty easy to duplicate. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#7 Mon, 31 Mar 2025 17:36:16 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#7 DisplayFusion Well that is... interesting

If you exit DisplayFusion, can you reproduce that same behaviour? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#6 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 14:47:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#6 DisplayFusion Well, this morning when I started the PC, I started Outlook first and it came up on the main monitor(right) which is correct. I then started FF right after that. I saw a brief flash on the left monitor and FF came up on the main monitor (right) instead. I had to manually switch it to the left monitor. Outlook takes a several seconds to start on my system. So it was still "starting up" when I started FF.

I tried another test. I left FF on the left monitor and exited Outlook. I then started Outlook again, and during the Outlook startup process, FF switched monitors without any input from me. I think we may have discovered something. The Outlook startup process is triggering the montitor switch if FF is running. I also noticed the FF seems to prefer the right monitor after this happens.

I tried the same using Chrome vs FF and there was no switching. Chrome stayed put. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#5 Fri, 28 Mar 2025 13:03:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#5 DisplayFusion If you set the "Delay Loading Taskbars after Login (seconds)" option in the DisplayFusion Settings > Advanced Settings window to 60, then re-enable the taskbars, does that make any difference at all?

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#4 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 16:15:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#4 DisplayFusion So far so good. No isues with apps flipping yesterday or today. Keeping my fingers crossed. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#3 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 20:15:53 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#3 DisplayFusion I do have the multi-monitor taskbar enabled. I'll disable it and see if it makes a difference. It might a day or two to get back to you. Thanks for the idea! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#2 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 19:36:46 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2#2 DisplayFusion If you disable the DisplayFusion multi-monitor taskbar feature and re-test, does this still happen? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 14:44:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/apps-moving-from-one-monitor-to-another-on-pc-startup-windows-10/?ID=0195c89c-6fc4-71f7-9d51-c6b5ce6cc9d2 DisplayFusion I've been a DF user for years and love it. Buty latey I've been having trouble with apps like FF and Outlook switching from one monitor to aother when the app starts. This happens in the morning when I power on my docked laptop. I'll start Outlook then while Outlook is comming up on the correct monitor, I'll start FF. FF lives on my second monitor and usually starts there. But what will happen is Outlook will on it's own, flip to the other monitor, or FF will flip to the main monitor. It's a bit frustrating to have to manually move everythnag back. I'm on DF Pro 11.1.1 on WIN 10 22H2 ]]>