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Offline Ty Juan

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stuck on wrong monitor
« on: May 02, 2026, 02:00:32 PM »
My game opens on the correct (main) display but when I pick an arena and the game changes to fullscreen mode, it also migrates over to monitor 2. 
Display 1 is definitely primary for everything else.

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #1 on: May 02, 2026, 02:32:28 PM »
The game is suppose to go to full screen mode. Is the game on the main monitor when you first open it? I think it opens to full screen on which ever monitor you open the game on. I dont know know of any ways to switch it to another screen, and I have 3.

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #2 on: May 02, 2026, 04:04:09 PM »
There is a drag and drop apps option in windows to change whats on which monitor. We’ve used up to 6 from one pc.

Problem is I don’t use the option, but I watched a tech at work drag em around displays

Sorry, all I know about it
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Offline Ty Juan

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #3 on: May 02, 2026, 06:56:20 PM »
Yeah when I run the program it starts on my primary monitor.  Then when I select an arena it goes to full screen on my secondary monitor.

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #4 on: May 02, 2026, 07:09:27 PM »
To move a game to another monitor, set your preferred monitor as the primary display in Windows display settings before launching the game, or use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right Arrow to switch the game window between monitors if it's in windowed or windowed borderless mode.

I have a triple monitor set up; If I'm playing a game on my main monitor and my monitors go into sleep mode while the game is running (Paused to go to the restroom on wed/revenge of taco Tuesday) when it wakes up the game often moves to another monitor. I usually run my non VR single monitor games in borderless Windowed Mode so the Win + Shift + arrow keys work for me.
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Offline Ty Juan

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #5 on: May 02, 2026, 07:43:12 PM »
This just makes my primary monitor display a all white screen while the game continues to display full screen on monitor 2. 

The game launches on monitor 1 (Primary / Preferred).  Then when I select an arena, the game migrates to the secondary monitor where it stays.

To move a game to another monitor, set your preferred monitor as the primary display in Windows display settings before launching the game, or use the keyboard shortcut Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right Arrow to switch the game window between monitors if it's in windowed or windowed borderless mode.

I have a triple monitor set up; If I'm playing a game on my main monitor and my monitors go into sleep mode while the game is running (Paused to go to the restroom on wed/revenge of taco Tuesday) when it wakes up the game often moves to another monitor. I usually run my non VR single monitor games in borderless Windowed Mode so the Win + Shift + arrow keys work for me.

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Re: stuck on wrong monitor
« Reply #6 on: May 02, 2026, 07:55:00 PM »
Fixed.

I had to set it to run on Monitor 3 to get it to run on monitor 1.

Go figure.