DisplayFusion RSS: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3 DisplayFusion RSS: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors Tue, 07 Apr 2026 15:31:26 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3 RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#8 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:40:33 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#8 DisplayFusion Ok, unfortunately then, the workaround I posted above is the only possible solution at the moment. It's not possible for us to reliably detect each physical monitor uniquely, so we have to rely on the IDs that are set by Windows :(

Sorry! ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#7 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:36:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#7 DisplayFusion
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Ah ok, quick question: When the monitor IDs change, do they only change in DisplayFusion, or do they also change in the Windows Screen Resolution settings?


They change in windows too. ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#6 Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:53:55 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#6 DisplayFusion Ah ok, quick question: When the monitor IDs change, do they only change in DisplayFusion, or do they also change in the Windows Screen Resolution settings? ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#5 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 19:02:09 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#5 DisplayFusion
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Ok, but once the new profile loads, and new random images a chosen, does the wallpaper not look as expected? Or is the issue just that you don't want it to load new random images when the profile changes?

Thanks!


The latter.

I have my images set to change once/day. Opening/closing the lid triggers unwanted changes. By default it switches which images are shown on which monitors; your change results in in selecting a new set of images to show on each screen.

What I'd like is for the images on the external monitors to remain constant when the lid is opened or closed; and only refresh once/day when the timer ticks. ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#4 Wed, 14 Nov 2012 18:56:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#4 DisplayFusion Ok, but once the new profile loads, and new random images a chosen, does the wallpaper not look as expected? Or is the issue just that you don't want it to load new random images when the profile changes?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#3 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 16:05:43 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#3 DisplayFusion I'm assuming that "Fix my wallpaper without prompting" is the autofix setting you're referring to.

With that assumption I tried what you suggested unsuccessfully. If I was using manually assigned monitor images I think what your suggestion is would have worked; but I'm using the option to select random images from a folder. As a result when the profile switches I get a different set of random images loaded across my monitors. ]]> RE: Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#2 Fri, 09 Nov 2012 19:33:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3#2 DisplayFusion This is unfortunately a tricky situation. There's no reliable way for us to identify a monitor by anything other than the ID number that Windows assigns to it. Some monitors show up simply as Generic Monitors, some report their serial numbers, some don't :(

However, you may be able to work around this issue by doing the following:
  • Setup your wallpaper with the laptop lid open and save it as Wallpaper Profile 1
  • Save the monitor layout as Monitor Profile 1, and assign Wallpaper Profile 1 to it
  • Setup your wallpaper with the laptop lid closed and save it as Wallpaper Profile 2
  • Save the monitor layout as Monitor Profile 2, and assign Wallpaper Profile 2 to it
  • Make sure the auto-fix settings are turned on in the Wallpaper Settings
After doing the above, when the monitor IDs and layout change, DisplayFusion should match it to the appropriate Monitor Profile, and in turn apply the assigned Wallpaper Profile.

Hope that helps! ]]> Multimonitor wallpaper images shift screens when windows renumbers monitors https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3 Wed, 07 Nov 2012 15:15:25 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/multimonitor-wallpaper-images-shift-screens-when-windows-renumbers-monitors/?ID=1dbbfe38-ffd1-4154-9565-84fdfb4127b3 DisplayFusion Win7-64 and DF v4.3.

I have a Dell Lattitude E6420 with support for upto 4 displays (2 each Intel IGP and nVidia Quadro). I use 3 external monitors and (sometimes) the laptop's build in screen. When the laptop is open windows numbers it's screen as 1 and the external displays as 2, 4, 3 (left to right as arranged on my desk), with the laptop to the right of the 3rd monitor. When i close the laptop it's screen goes away from windows options and my external monitors are renumbered as 1, 3, 2. When this happens Display Fusion uses the changed numbers to create a new multi-monitor wallpaper image based on monitor number not what the actual monitors are.

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initial state with laptop open
monitors numbers (left to right): 2, 4, 3 ,1
Displayed images (left to right): A, B, C, D

current behavior when laptop is closed
monitor numbers: 1, 3, 2
Displayed images: D, C, A (images remain mapped to monitor number, not to actual monitors)

What I expected (and would like to see happen) when laptop is closed
monitor numbers: 1, 3, 2
Displayed images: A, B, C (images remain mapped to physical monitors even though windows has renumbered them) ]]>