Taskbar / Dual Monitor Setup

[MatthewL]

Just migrated fully to Windows 10 as my main system and got a slight bug that is puzzling me.

 

I run a dual screen setup screen 1 is my main setup screen 2 is for email and a few other apps. On Windows 7 once the apps were opened on that screen they would stay there and always open on that screen but now they don't.

 

My current monitors are Dell ones with USB hubs and are connected via DP, if I turn my monitor off when logged in everything transferred from screen 2 to 1 and visa versa, previously I was connected via HDMI/DVI so presume this must be the reason.

 

Is there any way to fix this as I am getting bored of dragging everything every time I come back to PC and starting up. I'm presuming its to do with the DP connected and guessing it would be fine on HDMI/DVI type connections.

 

New one to me and not experienced it but then not used many dual monitor setups for a period of time with 10 on them.

[atcoates]

Have you tried closing the apps with your finger on "ctrl" that sometimes works.

[howartp]

Can't answer specifically about win10, but the keyboard shortcuts of Win+left/right might help moving your apps across if you can't sort it.

Peter

[MatthewL]

Might be a bit further on with this, it would appear its to do with DisplayPort and with the monitor been powered off the computer see's it as disconnected. It seems to be a common bug/pain in the back side for many with 3rd party utilities to restore window layouts. On the Dell Display manager you can save your current layout and tick auto restore so once powered on it moves the apps back over. Problem only appears to be with DP port connected monitors which is a pain but one to watch for.

 

I've tweaked my setup so will see how I get on but its been driving me mad!

[markwilfan]

We've just stopped the pc from sleeping between 8 and 5