DisplayFusion RSS: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354 DisplayFusion RSS: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock Sun, 03 May 2026 12:15:04 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354 RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#77 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 20:20:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#77 DisplayFusion Try this:

https://github.com/manutalcual/winredock ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#76 Tue, 11 Oct 2022 19:43:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#76 DisplayFusion @cbns: Could you attach screenshots of the Trigger rules you've setup for this? ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#75 Mon, 10 Oct 2022 12:55:36 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#75 DisplayFusion I set things up according to this guide however it does not work. After monitors sleep, all windows are resized and on only one monitor. I have been using persistentWindows which works, but is kinda slow and laggy (https://github.com/kangyu-california/PersistentWindows) ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#74 Sun, 05 Dec 2021 08:28:08 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#74 DisplayFusion I am looking for a solution to retain my window positions with dock and undock operations, Is there an alternative to Display Fusion for this purpose just to do a comparison study? I am looking for a product with support not an open source one. Display fusion comes with a lot of other features which is not needed and with the amount of manual work needed to achieve this I am not sure how the machine-wide deployment works where different users will have 2 screen or 3 screen monitor profile and it is not feasible to do from user to user. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#73 Fri, 03 Dec 2021 18:48:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#73 DisplayFusion Hi Tomislav,

This is currently on our feature request list, so I've added your vote to it. We'll be sure to let you know if/when we're able to implement it in the future.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#72 Thu, 02 Dec 2021 20:09:12 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#72 DisplayFusion So after encountering this same stupid Windows 10 issue, the only workaround for me was to set up the "Save Windows Position" trigger, and then a hotkey for restoring window positions.

Since I only have the "Turn off display" options configured (to 20 minutes) in my power options, while "Put computer to sleep" is set to "Never", is there any way to set up a trigger on "Screen wakeup", or "Mouse movement" or anything like that? Hook it into whatever Windows recognizes as the signal for "Turn screens back on"?

I would much prefer restoring windows to be handled automatically rather than having to use a hotkey for it, because this hacky solution of having to use any kind of software for this in the first place is already annoying enough :/ (but I'm still thankful it exists) ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#71 Thu, 29 Jul 2021 17:34:01 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#71 DisplayFusion Hello,

We're going to add this to our list to look into, and see if we can find a more permanent, and more reliable solution.

Thanks! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#70 Tue, 27 Jul 2021 22:17:03 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#70 DisplayFusion Give it some time, you'll see how unreliable it is. (I've pretty much given up and am looking for other solutions now.) ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#69 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 19:25:51 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#69 DisplayFusion Got it working, but as mentioned, it's somewhat of a hack. At the very least, a way to create these two triggers automatically would be nice. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#68 Thu, 22 Jul 2021 17:25:24 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#68 DisplayFusion
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is the DisplayFusion team planning to make this feature "built-in", in the near future?
At the moment I'm in the trial period of DisplayFusion and I'm impressed by the power of this tool but to be honest I'm wondering why such an important and time saving feature like this is still missing in the core.

I was expecting something like an "automatically handle monitor setups and window positions"-setting, that tells DisplayFusion to automatically save the window positions for all “ever seen” monitor setups and restore them when the monitor setup changes back to an already known one.
I have three monitor setups: one at work with 3 monitors, one at home with two monitors and, of course, the undocked "notebook display only" setup. At the moment I created three profiles but I noticed that I have to maintain these - e.g. when new windows are added, I cannot just override the profile because then changes I made to e.g. the "window title text" get lost.

Why is DisplayFusion so unintuitive and forces me to manually create monitor profiles and window profiles? I think it would be pretty easy for DisplayFusion to handle it all automatically.

You created this hacky workouround here (via triggers and timeouts) in 2016 and since then a lot of people responded to it, had problems with it and created other blogposts regarding / requesting the same feature.
Is there a reason you didn't integrate this feature in the past 6 years?


I would like to echo the sentiment here. The current method based on timers is hackish and unreliable. There's no synchronization between the tasks, which means every once in a while the "save window positions" will run after an external monitor has been connected, but before the "restore window positions" has run, resulting in bogus window positions being captured.

As Dave pointed out, this should just be built into DisplayFusion. A small bit of extra logic (e.g. don't save window positions during the first few seconds of an external display being connected) would greatly help. Surely it can't be that hard to implement?

My trial period of DisplayFusion is almost up, and honestly since this is the only thing I really want it's making it a deal-breaker to buy the full version.

Thanks for listening.

Alex ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#67 Wed, 26 May 2021 04:59:02 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#67 DisplayFusion I have an issue, if turn off my 2nd monitor all tabs on the 2nd monitor move to my 1st monitor (my laptop) when I turn off my 2nd monitor and even worse when I lock my Windows. It's really not fun.

It's really a waste of my time & kills my productivity.

I don't like using custom trigger explained in this article, because I don't like my tab move back to my laptop at all.

I found my own solution by connecting my laptop & my 2nd monitor using VGA cable instead of using HDMI cable. This work well with VGA cable because VGA port works differently compared to HDMI port.

It works like a charm, the tabs stick at my 2nd monitor and won't go back to my laptop if I turn off my monitor or when I lock my Windows.

The limitation using is, I no longer use built-in loudspeaker on my 2nd monitor but it's not a big deal since my laptop already has good built-in speaker.

So for you guys who are experiencing the same issue like me, feel free to try.

Kind Regards ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#66 Mon, 17 May 2021 12:19:57 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#66 DisplayFusion Hi Owen,

is the DisplayFusion team planning to make this feature "built-in", in the near future?
At the moment I'm in the trial period of DisplayFusion and I'm impressed by the power of this tool but to be honest I'm wondering why such an important and time saving feature like this is still missing in the core.

I was expecting something like an "automatically handle monitor setups and window positions"-setting, that tells DisplayFusion to automatically save the window positions for all “ever seen” monitor setups and restore them when the monitor setup changes back to an already known one.
I have three monitor setups: one at work with 3 monitors, one at home with two monitors and, of course, the undocked "notebook display only" setup. At the moment I created three profiles but I noticed that I have to maintain these - e.g. when new windows are added, I cannot just override the profile because then changes I made to e.g. the "window title text" get lost.

Why is DisplayFusion so unintuitive and forces me to manually create monitor profiles and window profiles? I think it would be pretty easy for DisplayFusion to handle it all automatically.

You created this hacky workouround here (via triggers and timeouts) in 2016 and since then a lot of people responded to it, had problems with it and created other blogposts regarding / requesting the same feature.
Is there a reason you didn't integrate this feature in the past 6 years?

Regards,
Dave ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#65 Tue, 11 May 2021 15:57:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#65 DisplayFusion Hi Andy,

Is this happening with any other applications, outside of Outlook?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#64 Sun, 09 May 2021 09:36:18 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#64 DisplayFusion I am using the techniques discussed in this thread, and am using shortcuts to Save and Restore a layout (rather than the timer). However I have the following issue:

When I close an application e.g. Outlook, re-open it and then Restore the Layout, the application is not moved to the position which was originally saved.

How can I make the Restore Layout apply to applications regardless of whether they have been closed and re-opened since the Layout was saved?

Thanks

Andy ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#63 Thu, 18 Feb 2021 18:48:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#63 DisplayFusion Hello,

If you head into the Windows Settings > Accounts > Sign-in options, is "Use my sign-in info to automatically finish setting up my device after an update" enabled? If so, can you try disabling it and see if the issue persists?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#62 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 15:03:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#62 DisplayFusion
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The only issue is that this trigger runs on startup when DisplayFusion first starts up. Is there any way to not have it run on first start?

upvote this idea. Please make this happen. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#61 Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:14:37 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#61 DisplayFusion I have the same problem as wizonesolutions. Changing the trigger to "desktop unlocked" fixes this.

The only issue is that this trigger runs on startup when DisplayFusion first starts up. Is there any way to not have it run on first start?

It would be great if DisplayFusion has something "built in" to work around this monitor deep sleep issues. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#60 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 08:33:14 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#60 DisplayFusion I wish I could unsbuscribe from this topic so that I don't get notifications anymore. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#59 Tue, 07 Apr 2020 07:41:26 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#59 DisplayFusion Hi. Can you please describe how can I use scripts?? Or point me to some guide. Thank you. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#58 Mon, 06 Apr 2020 18:53:45 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#58 DisplayFusion @wizone: Glad to hear you were able to get it working! You can actually save a Window Position Profile with a Trigger rule and a Scripted Function. I've attached the Scripted Function, after you import it, make sure to set the profile name in the script. You can then run that Scripted Function from your Trigger rule. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#57 Sun, 05 Apr 2020 15:09:47 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#57 DisplayFusion Hi Keith,

What worked for me was basically changing the trigger to "Desktop Unlocked" instead of "Monitor Profile Changed" and filtering it to the specific monitor profile. I was able to lower the time to 1000ms. I'm really happy with this, since now I can even turn off my monitor at night, turn it back on, unlock, and have the windows where I did the day before! The program also replaced another one I was using to switch monitor resolutions on the fly, so I'll definitely be buying a license.

A neat feature in the future (if not already possible) would be saving to a specific Window Position Profile in a trigger. Loading is possible, but saving to a specific one (even if it already exists) doesn't seem to be. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#56 Fri, 27 Mar 2020 21:01:21 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#56 DisplayFusion @wizone: If that setting doesn't help, could you send us a support request via Help > Support Request in the DisplayFusion Settings window?

Thanks! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#55 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:59:49 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#55 DisplayFusion I have set this up, and I have read the previous replies, but it doesn't seem to be working. The scenario that I have is this:

- I use an ultrawide LG monitor
- When the display goes off when Windows is locked, it seems to recognize a monitor change and makes my laptop screen the primary display (normally, it's the big monitor, with the laptop screen disabled)
- So when I come back and log in, my windows are bunched-up in the top-left. I wait 5 seconds, but they don't get restored. Maybe it's trying to restore them from the lock screen rather than when I log in? I'm not sure if that matters

I think the trigger worked in the beginning, but it doesn't seem to be working now. Does it work even if I disable the notifications telling me that the window positions have been saved? Could it be saving the incorrect window positions? My Timer Interval trigger has the correct Monitor Profile selected, so it shouldn't be running when the laptop screen is active...

I have just checked the "don't run this trigger when the desktop is locked" box on the timer interval trigger, and I will see if that helps. ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#54 Tue, 21 Jan 2020 18:49:13 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#54 DisplayFusion @Adam: If you want to manually run the funtions via hotkeys, no Trigger rules are needed. On the Settings > Functions tab, set key combinations on the "Save Window Positions" and "Restore Window Positions from Last Save" functions.

Hope that helps! ]]> RE: Automatically Saving and Restoring Window Positions on Dock/Undock https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#53 Mon, 20 Jan 2020 22:57:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/automatically-saving-and-restoring-window-positions-on-dockundock/?ID=5540c67a-5e2b-4f41-b88c-de4d9c2fa354#53 DisplayFusion Hi Keith what settings would be different if we wanteed to remove the dock/undock/timer option and add hotkeys to accomplish this? ]]>