DisplayFusion RSS: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65 DisplayFusion RSS: Monitor ID's keep changing. Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:44:27 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65 RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#7 Tue, 30 Sep 2025 14:31:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#7 DisplayFusion Interestingly, one of my USB monitors died on me. With only two USB monitors it doesn't seem to be an issue, or at least I haven't been able to reproduce it. I'll post again if it changes before or after I replace the monitor. ]]> RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#6 Thu, 11 Sep 2025 17:21:06 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#6 DisplayFusion Strange, do the ID's get out of sync again when you reconnect those USB monitors? ]]> RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#5 Wed, 10 Sep 2025 15:28:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#5 DisplayFusion How/when does DF get the monitor IDs from Windows? Please see the attached screenshot for the source of my confusion.

I too have the problem where taskbar shortcuts keep switching monitors. I figured the IDs were getting shuffled due to race conditions at startup (especially since I sometimes run up to three monitors through USB). For example, in the screenshot, the shortcuts for Windows's monitor #1 are being displayed on DF's monitor #1.

In any case, the screenshot clearly shows that DF's numbering is different from Windows. Restarting DF doesn't change anything. Is there a way to sync them up? Are the deactivated monitors somehow confusing DF?

Edit: I did some experimenting. Unplugging the USB connections for the two deactivated monitors, and then restarting DF, changed the DF numbering from 4-5-1 to 2-3-1. Only when I then rebooted Windows did the two sync up.

Any clarity on how this is meant to operate would be appreciated. ]]> RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#4 Fri, 05 Sep 2025 15:11:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#4 DisplayFusion That's not something we support unfortunately ]]> RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#3 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 16:59:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#3 DisplayFusion Is there anything that I can do to tie a physical monitor location to port or something? ]]> RE: Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#2 Wed, 03 Sep 2025 11:41:15 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65#2 DisplayFusion DisplayFusion grabs the monitor ID's from Windows, so it won't be able to fix that. Sorry! ]]> Monitor ID's keep changing. https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65 Tue, 02 Sep 2025 07:08:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/monitor-ids-keep-changing/?ID=01990941-a658-76c6-8240-8789e8b70b65 DisplayFusion I just installed DF hoping it will resolve an issue I have with Windows 11. I have 3 exact same monitors all connected via Thunderbolt. The issue I have is monitor number 2 and 3 keep swapping their ID's. Pretty much every time I reboot these two monitors will swap IDs. I have DF setup to run my Monitor profile on startup but it doesn't do any good if monitors 2 and 3 are swapped. How can I fix this? ]]>