Switching primary monitors and taskbars

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Matthew Shapiro

29 discussion posts

Original setup: Primary on HDMI, secondary on DVI.
New setup: Primary on DVI, secondary on HDMI.

I have two monitors. My secondary one failed. I bought a replacement, but it's such a nice IPS panel that I want it for my primary display. What's the best way to change that?

I have the Windows taskbar showing all icons on my primary display, and a DF taskbar showing only relevant icons (plus a couple icons I pinned).

What I have tried was using DF's Monitor Configuration pane to set the new monitor as "primary". This had the effect of moving the Windows taskbar to the new display, and a DF taskbar appears on the secondary display. However, the DF taskbar is not the same DF taskbar (my pinned apps are missing). It is behaving as if each monitor has a unique DF taskbar; if I revert the change, so the wrong display is primary, the DF taskbar shows all my pinned apps again.

How do I move an existing, customized DF taskbar from one monitor to another?

• Attachment [protected]: DisplayFusion Backup (2017-10-20 @ 16-37, 8.99.99.104, PARSEVAL).reg [316,778 bytes]

Oct 20, 2017 • #1

You'll need to edit the registry to change the monitor IDs that the taskbars are associated with, like so:

Exit DisplayFusion (important!)
In regedit, navigate to Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Binary Fortress Software\DisplayFusion\Taskbars
Right-click the new ID (e.g. 1) for the DisplayFusion taskbar and choose Rename, and rename it to something like 1_old
Right-click the old ID (e.g. 2) and rename it to 1
Start DisplayFusion

Hope that helps!

Oct 24, 2017 • #2

Matthew Shapiro

29 discussion posts

Yup, worked perfectly. As an aside, if I do a clean reinstall of Windows and reload DF preferences from backup, will that restore: