https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009 DisplayFusion RSS: Primary monitor not where I tell it or where it thinks it is Sat, 23 May 2026 03:58:55 GMT en hourly 1 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/RSS/?TopicID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009 https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#8 Mon, 04 Feb 2013 20:44:41 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#8 DisplayFusion Ok, I just noticed in your screenshot, that the taskbar on the middle monitor is set to auto-hide. Is that intended?

Also, once you've got the Windows taskbar on the correct monitor, you could try using the Settings > Taskbar > Reset All Taskbars to set the DisplayFusion ones back to the default. That should cause the DisplayFusion taskbars to re-enable on the non-primary monitors, and be located on the same side of the monitor as the one on the primary monitor.

Note that using the Reset all taskbars option will remove and pinned shortcuts from the DisplayFusion taskbars, so if you have shortcuts on the DisplayFusion taskbars, you can try the Enable All Taskbars button first. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#7 Sat, 02 Feb 2013 18:13:28 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#7 DisplayFusion Well, the condition I was in at that moment was the first time I had seen that particular glitch and I ended up just rebooting. when I first installed DF, and it was working more often than not, there was a strange anomaly I noticed a few times, when the task bar on the middle monitor, the windows taskbar on the correct monitor, as it slid back from an auto-hide, it showed up as a 'shadow', or dark area on the left monitor, like a pocket-door with the walls removed, it was rendered, only partially as a darker area, sliding off the center monitor onto the adjacent left monitor, annoying but no real problem. It quit doing this, but that's about when it decided to always migrate over to the left side of the left monitor even though DF and windows both said the central monitor was the primary. An FYI, maybe it means something.

As of yesterday, I uninstalled DF, I really need the windows, full-blown taskbar on the central, tall monitor. If you come up with any ideas, I'd love to get it working, just the easy title-bar buttons to move a window to the next monitor isd really hard to give up, the explorer/windows keyboard shortcuts that are supposed to do that do not work, they've almost never worked on any system I've had, and I'm talking back to vista. Curious. And thanks again. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#6 Fri, 01 Feb 2013 16:43:22 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#6 DisplayFusion Thanks for sending the troubleshooting info! The other thread you linked to is an issue with the Start menu, not the taskbar itself.

From the troubleshooting info, it looks like your Windows taskbar is there on the left monitor (at least the system thinks it is), so I'm not sure why it wouldn't actually be there. It almost seems like another program my be hiding it or something.

At any rate, I don't think this is being caused by DisplayFusion, but to check, could you try exiting DisplayFusion to see if the Windows taskbar comes back? ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#5 Wed, 30 Jan 2013 11:15:05 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#5 DisplayFusion Sorry it took me so long to get back, I have set the Windows, Primary monitor task bar to be on the middle monitor the way you say, and probably every way it can be done, and it will always go awry at some point. I did it exactly as you say, first telling DisplayFusion to only have the one taskbar, and it worked, but after a while, I then had a non-windows taskbar on that monitor, and none elsewhere. If I get the primary on the correct monitor, with taskbars set to be on all monitors, it at some point I will fiind it over on the left, incorrect monitor, or as has just now happened, for the first time, I have a DisplayFusion taskbar on the primary and right-side monitor and nothing on the left monitor, so I have no windows taskbar at all. I'm including attached troubleshooting logfile. Also, this post, though with win8, has a similar problem and includes a link to a post with a win7 user having similar problems:
http://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/start-menu-show-on-wrong-monitor-start-menu-x-latest-beta-display-fusion-windows-8-64-bit/?ID=13d18fc3-8ea6-4324-882c-66ca10cbc34e

Thanks again for your time. ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#4 Thu, 24 Jan 2013 16:47:17 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#4 DisplayFusion If you can get the taskbar to move to any side of the desired monitor, then from there you should be able to do the following:

• Right-click the taskbar, choose Properties
• Select "Right" from the "Taskbar location on screen" drop-down
• Click Apply

Regarding the Quick Launch toolbar functionality: that isn't something that DisplayFusion adds ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#3 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 22:16:19 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#3 DisplayFusion Thanks for responding. I can't get it to drag to another monitor, I can drag it to top or bottom or left side, the right side, where it butts up against the middle monitor, where I want it, where displayfusion AND windows says it it is--and they LIE, it doesn't do anything. I had display fusion on my system quite a ways back and it did the same thing. This would have been a very different setup, yet it is behaving in the same way. Maybe it doesn't like a monitor border with a screen on the other side?

I just told windows to make the right monitor the primary monitor, checked displayfusion and it had updated, indicating the primary monitor is the right and correct one, BUT the taskbar stays on the left monitor, which is #2. I went ahead and attached a huge screen shot so you can see the whole mess. I've tried with rebooting after the switch, all to no avail. With windows, displayfusion not installed, it stays put on the primary monitor. That's too much real estate to mouse over every time I need to access the windows taskbar. One thing I only just noticed is the ability to have your quicklaunch toolbar alongside the regular toolbar as opposed to between the taskbar and the notification area. I hadn't stumbled across this before, is that something that's been there all along or is it a product of having displayfusion installed?

Thanks again ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#2 Fri, 18 Jan 2013 15:36:10 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009#2 DisplayFusion You should be able to move the native Windows taskbar to whatever screen you like by doing the following:

• Right-click the taskbar > uncheck "Lock the Taskbar"
• Left-click and drag the taskbar to whichever monitor you would like it to be on

Regarding the sticky mouse request, I'll add it to our feature request list

Edit: Noticed that we already have a request for the mouse catch, and your vote is on it from an email sent to us in November 2012. We'll be sure to post an update here if/when we're able to implement it.

Thanks! ]]> https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009 Thu, 17 Jan 2013 19:28:34 GMT Binary Fortress Software https://www.displayfusion.com/Discussions/View/primary-monitor-not-where-i-tell-it-or-where-it-thinks-it-is/?ID=f6d138cf-8720-4796-a97b-a03d61008009 DisplayFusion Windoows7-64, debug attached, 3 monitor setup, want the primary on the middle monitor, taller than the sides, but it seems it will only exist on the left monitor [left side, best when you have many many windows open at any one time]. The monitor configuration shows that monitor 3, the middle one, is set as primary, but reality doesn't care how often you say something, it doesn't make it true, the primary taskbar is on monitor 2, on the left. Monitor 1 is on first video card, 2 & 3 on a second. I thought about permuting these until maybe I got something to work, but that isn't as simple as it might seem it ought to be in my particular situation. Any ideas? I've set it to that monitor then switched back, no help, reinstalled, been through at least 2 or 3 versions of DF, all behaved the same.

And I want to add another plug for getting a 'sticky mouse' feature [mouse hits a nonexistent screen boundary when trying to cross over to the next one, sticking briefly on the original, leaving enough time for the taskbar to pop out] for monitor edges to facilitate getting the taskbar to unhide and stay unhid when you have another monitor adjacent to that screen boundary, thus limiting the precision needed to keep mouse within the taskbar as you scroll down a tall left side.

Thanks for any help. ]]>