DisplayFusion RSS: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 14 May 2024 15:17:01 GMT

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Without locking there isn't an event we can fire off for the trigger, but you can attach a hotkey to the "Restore window positions" function and run it manually.

It is possible to add it I have used some software on github which is able to do it which was able to restore my windows after monitors went to sleep. But would much rather have it all in Displayfusion

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 13 May 2024 14:53:12 GMT

Without locking there isn't an event we can fire off for the trigger, but you can attach a hotkey to the "Restore window positions" function and run it manually.

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 13 May 2024 13:27:47 GMT

My system is not set to lock on screen saver how can I make it still work without the lock?

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 18 May 2023 14:21:42 GMT

Could you send me over another debug log with those updated triggers? Here are the steps again:

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 18 May 2023 10:40:50 GMT

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Thanks for sending that over. Could you try out this guide and let me know if it works? https://www.displayfusion.com/HelpGuide/AutomaticallySavingAndRestoringWindowPositionsOnDockUndock/

please see my triggers. I will apprciate any help.

it's driving me crazy as i need to reset my applications everytime i unlock my laptop

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 17 May 2023 17:49:44 GMT

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Thanks for sending that over. Could you try out this guide and let me know if it works? https://www.displayfusion.com/HelpGuide/AutomaticallySavingAndRestoringWindowPositionsOnDockUndock/

unfortunately, it didn't work

To be clear on my issue:

I have 2 monitors (set up as horizontal ) -so i have 4 windows across the monitors
One of them is set as the primary
whenever i unlock my laptop, all my browsers/applications move to the primary monitor
Previously,my browsers/applications stayed within their respective windows

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 15 May 2023 14:10:24 GMT

Thanks for sending that over. Could you try out this guide and let me know if it works? https://www.displayfusion.com/HelpGuide/AutomaticallySavingAndRestoringWindowPositionsOnDockUndock/

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 12 May 2023 14:05:21 GMT

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Could you send me over a debug log? Here are the steps:

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

Hello, please see attahced.

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 02 May 2023 14:49:15 GMT

Could you send me over a debug log? Here are the steps:

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 01 May 2023 18:42:19 GMT

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If you add a hotkey to the "Restore Window Positions From Last Save" function in the DisplayFusion Settings > Functions tab, and then run it manually after waking from sleep, do the windows get moved?

unfortunately, it didn't work. Also, when i unlock the laptop, DF reloads i.e it starts to reload all the task managers (i use 2 monitors and a horizontal split)

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Fri, 28 Apr 2023 09:41:36 GMT

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Thanks but i don't know how to add hotkeys. i can see the option within the functions tab but not sure what to do

Ignore me. I worked it out

About to try it

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:50:03 GMT

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 27 Apr 2023 15:10:38 GMT

This hasn't worked for me. Followed the instructions from the first post but all windows always reverts to one screen
my time out is set to 60 secs so i have tried it from 1 to 10 secs for the 1st setting. Thoughts please

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 03 Aug 2022 15:58:24 GMT

I believe that insider build eventually turned into the Windows 11 official build. I took a look through the Windows 10 insider build but I couldn't find that setting, so I've updated the post accordingly.

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Tue, 02 Aug 2022 23:46:53 GMT

The header at the top of this thread says that the issue has been resolved with a certain build of Windows 10. My build number should be the latest as I just reinstalled Win 10 with all its updates as of July 2022, but I am still getting the behavior.

What I am doing wrong here?

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Mon, 13 Sep 2021 13:50:40 GMT

Hi Ben,

Could you send me over a debug log? Here are the steps:

On the DisplayFusion Settings > Troubleshooting tab, change the Logging drop-down to "L1: Log Minimal" and click Apply
Reproduce the issue and note the time so we'll know where to check in the log file
Click the "Export Info to File" button on the Settings > Troubleshooting tab
Reply with the file attached
Disable debug logging after sending the log

Thanks!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 05:54:43 GMT

Restoring window positions now seem to be broken. I move windows around just to change my workspace and but when I want to restore everything the windows do not return to their saved locations. I have deleted window position profiles and added new profiles which does not resolve the issue.

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:45:51 GMT

Hi Manju,

Strange, were any windows getting moved at all when you unlocked your computer after following this guide?

Thanks!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 04:02:03 GMT

I was eagerly thinking to buy the pro license since everything looked smooth the first time.
Now everytime after sleep/lock the whole secondary monitor is kaput .
Although difficult, Im gonna continue using the PowerToys.
Its pain, but im uninstalling DisplayFusion after using it just for 1 day.

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Sun, 02 May 2021 12:36:40 GMT

"2021/04/30: Great news! The latest Windows 10 Insider Build (build 21287 and higher) resolves the issue of application windows moving around when DisplayPort monitors resume from sleep!"

Jesus H. C.

I can't believe they are only fixing this atrocious Windows "feature" now - terrible. This was driving me crazy for a long time .

Using a Dell 27" U2715 monitor (portrait on side) together with an ASUS 27" HDR 120Hz monitor (main) both on Displayport.. the ASUS was slower waking up but for some reason all windows from Dell got moved to ASUS on wake.

Only thing from keeping me going mad over it, was the DisplayFusions Window Position Profiles function - I got used to pressing ALT-M every time!

This auto restore method described here only worked half of the time... it didn't always work in the case of monitor sleeping/restore when Windows did not lock itself yet.

I wonder when this will get on regular Windows build.

p.s there ARE comments on that blog post, but you can't see them unless you log in!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 22 Apr 2021 19:45:57 GMT

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After an hour or two of research this was the only software I could find that was capable of fixing this problem that Microsoft should've fixed ages ago. Thank you! Just wondering, what's the purpose of having the restore wait 5 seconds? 1 second seems to work fine for me as well.

Same here, I've tried several different softwares I found that supposedly would do what I wanted them to do. Installed the trial version of this program, got it to work within 10 minutes of reading and checking how-tos. Now purchased the full version so yeah, great job guys!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:39:41 GMT

Hello,

@TTE You can use the "BFS.DisplayFusion.SaveWindowPositionProfile("ProfileNameHere");" function to save your windows, and then the "BFS.General.SleepMonitors" and "BFS.General.LockDesktop" functions to sleep and lock your desktop.

@CorneliousJD We've released a new beta. Can you try updating, and recreating your position profiles and see if the issue persists? If it does, can you email us directly using the Help > Contact Us form?

Thanks!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 18:25:55 GMT

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... when I manually put my Windows PC to sleep and wake up, the screen's restored from the rather old windows position. How do I get the window position right before I set the PC to sleep?

Hi. It seems that nobody ever got back to @Danoc, and I have the same question as part of his. I want some kind of hotkey or script or custom/scripted function that will save all my RIGHT NOW window positions and then immediately put the computer to sleep. This seems easy enough to accomplish, but I can't figure out how. Any help is much appreciated!

Thanks so much in advance!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:29:23 GMT

Hello,

@AB23, This thread is getting pretty long. Could you send us in a request through the Help > Contact Us form, or start a new discussion post?

Thanks!

RE: Automatically Save and Restore Window Positions on Sleep/Resume

Binary Fortress Software — Thu, 04 Mar 2021 22:21:15 GMT

I have tried everything I can think of to make this work. I implemented the triggers above. I've tried adding other variants. Occasionally after lock or screen saver the trigger will move the windows back into place. But most of the time, when I return my windows are all over the place. Having this feature work is super important - having to move multiple windows back in place multiple times per day is really frustrating. I've attached logs (at minimal). If there is any help you can provide, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!