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RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 12 Dec 2016 16:20:42 GMT

Perfect!
Thanks again, Keith and Co! :)

EDIT:

I actually didn't want to use a keycombination for this job, so i made a Trigger:
Add - Set Event to 'Desktop Locked'. Then add Action as 'Save Window Positions'.

Then i made another Trigger with these settings:
Event: 'Desktop Unlocked'
Action: 'Restore Window Positions From Last Save'

Worked for me on Windows 10.

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 18:46:08 GMT

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Nah, it's a Windows thing. I get this request a lot, but every now and then I like to go through the basic troubleshooting steps just to make sure it really isn't a DisplayFusion issue

The issue is that when some monitors sleep (usually DisplayPort monitors and HDMI TVs), they get treated as fully disconnected from the system (exactly the same as physically unplugging it). When that happens, Windows does a full re-detection of all monitors, and in the process, the open application windows get jumbled around.

DisplayFusion has two functions on the Settings > Functions tab that can help:

Save Window Positions: You can run this before leaving the computer.
Restore Window Positions: You can run this when returning, to restore the positions after they've been jumbled.

One thing to note is that the windows are uniquely identified by their window handle, which changes when the window is closed, or the computer is restarted. So, the best thing to do is save the positions right before leaving the computer, that way you'll get the most recent layout when you restore

Hope that helps!

That helps a lot! DF saves the day again!

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 15:14:41 GMT

Save Window Positions: You can run this before leaving the computer.
Restore Window Positions: You can run this when returning, to restore the positions after they've been jumbled.

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 10 Dec 2015 11:41:34 GMT

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Ok, how about if you exit DisplayFusion completely before the computer enters sleep? Are they still jumbled again on resume?

I turned off displayfusion completely and tried again, the windows are still moving all over the place.
Must be something with my graphics card then?

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 16:33:30 GMT

Ok, how about if you exit DisplayFusion completely before the computer enters sleep? Are they still jumbled again on resume?

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 09 Dec 2015 14:14:21 GMT

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If you disable the DisplayFusion taskbars before letting the computer enter sleep, do the windows still get jumbled when you resume?

Hi Keith,

I disabled multi monitor taskbar in displayfusion.
Put the PC to sleep and woke it up.

All windows from the vertical screen are still moved to center screen.
The windows on the center screen moved to the left screen.

Weird.

RE: Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 20:27:40 GMT

If you disable the DisplayFusion taskbars before letting the computer enter sleep, do the windows still get jumbled when you resume?

Windows going to wrong monitor when waking up PC

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 08 Dec 2015 10:31:59 GMT

Hi,

Whenever I have a bunch of windows open and then put the PC in sleep mode, almost all windows are on the wrong monitor when waking up the PC. Is there anything that can be done about this?
I am using from left to right: LG34UM65, LG34UM95 and Asus 4k (portrait) - it's usually the windows that are on the portrait mode that are suddenly positioned on the leftmost monitor when the PC wakes up.