Stop DisplayPort monitors from moving icons and windows around when power-cycled
Did you recently purchase a monitor with DisplayPort only to find out that it moves your icons and windows around when you turn it off and turn it back on? Today, I'll show you how to stop that from happening WITHOUT relying on third-party software to put everything back where it should go when the display is off.
Extra information:
-- As far as I know, this only works if you have one monitor. It might work in a multi-monitor setup, but I didn't test it.
-- The Dell P2317H only has DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA inputs. If it had a DVI input, I wouldn't have discovered the DisplayPort problem shown in this video.
-- I've heard that icons will rearrange when using HDMI as well, but I haven't tested it. This video might help with that.
-- I found out about this solution from literally one post on a forum which I think was the LinusTechTips forum.
-- There are solutions that require editing a registry key with the name of "SIMULATED..." or something, but some users reported that the key gets reset when power-cycling their monitor.
-- If I missed anything, PLEASE post it in the Comments section and I'll try to remember to mention it in this description so that others can easily see it.
-- This might not work if you use your display at 4K or greater resolutions.
-- At 6:45 I show how a window doesn't move when turning off the display. However, it does move because the right side was slightly out of bounds.
-- The lights are off to reduce glare.
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Extra information:
-- As far as I know, this only works if you have one monitor. It might work in a multi-monitor setup, but I didn't test it.
-- The Dell P2317H only has DisplayPort, HDMI, and VGA inputs. If it had a DVI input, I wouldn't have discovered the DisplayPort problem shown in this video.
-- I've heard that icons will rearrange when using HDMI as well, but I haven't tested it. This video might help with that.
-- I found out about this solution from literally one post on a forum which I think was the LinusTechTips forum.
-- There are solutions that require editing a registry key with the name of "SIMULATED..." or something, but some users reported that the key gets reset when power-cycling their monitor.
-- If I missed anything, PLEASE post it in the Comments section and I'll try to remember to mention it in this description so that others can easily see it.
-- This might not work if you use your display at 4K or greater resolutions.
-- At 6:45 I show how a window doesn't move when turning off the display. However, it does move because the right side was slightly out of bounds.
-- The lights are off to reduce glare.
-------------------------------------------------------
If you like what you saw in this video, why not subscribe to my channel to be alerted when I upload more content?
(This video was edited with Adobe Premiere Pro CC 2015.4, MS Paint, Media Encoder CC 2015.4. Recorded with OBS, Audacity.)
MY LINKS:
Primary Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIEyCGDqoo2rrfZVydaM-2A
Secondary Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVk9yYuTvmUSs56Sjxq2rLQ
Facebook:
https://www.fb.com/drewnayloryoutube
Old Website:
http://drewnayloremulation.weebly.com/index.html
New Website:
http://drewnaylor.github.io/
Thank you and please enjoy the video.
#DREWNAYLOR1
Use the above string to find videos from my main YouTube channel on this site.