Display Settings: Windows 10/11

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Getting Started

To open your display settings:

  • Right-click anywhere on your desktop and select Display settings from the menu.
  • Alternatively, open the Start Menu, search "Display," and you should see the “Duplicate or extend to a connected display” setting.

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Rearrange Your Displays

  • Click the Identify button to display a number on each screen.
  • Drag and Drop the numbered boxes to match your desk layout.
  • Click the Apply button to save the new arrangement.

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Multiple displays options

  • Duplicate: All screens show the same content. 
  • Extend: Each screen is independent
  • Disconnect this display: Sometimes this option gets selected accidentally causing a monitor to not work. Switching it to one of the other options may solve the problem.

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Setting your Main display

  • Select one of the monitors and check the box to set it to the main display, this will put the windows search bar and system tray on that screen.

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