news:ACCE27B4-0FD1-4EC7-8304-E0AF770E9843@microsoft.com:

> HI all...
>
>   I have two monitors set up, and as far as I know its working
>   correctly....
> I go into Display Property Settings, set the two monitors, and set the
> second monitor to "Extend My Windows Desktop to this computer"
> enabled... the second monitor displays my desktop image but none of my
> Icons, folders, etc on my second monitor? What do I need to do to do
> this? to open different folders on different monitors?
>
> Also, I go the the "Identify" stage of the setup.... shows a 1 on my
> first monitor and 2 on my second so... that is correct as far as I
> know...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brook

"blank" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?QnJvb2s=?= <Br***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:ACCE27B4-0FD1-4EC7-8304-E0AF770E9843@microsoft.com:
>
> > HI all...
> >
> >   I have two monitors set up, and as far as I know its working
> >   correctly....
> > I go into Display Property Settings, set the two monitors, and set the
> > second monitor to "Extend My Windows Desktop to this computer"
> > enabled... the second monitor displays my desktop image but none of my
> > Icons, folders, etc on my second monitor? What do I need to do to do
> > this? to open different folders on different monitors?
> >
> > Also, I go the the "Identify" stage of the setup.... shows a 1 on my
> > first monitor and 2 on my second so... that is correct as far as I
> > know...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Brook
>
> If you open a window on the one monitor, can you then drag it over to the
> other?  If you normally open your applications maximized, they will fill
> the one monitor and you won't be able to drag them - you have to
> "restore" the window instead of maximize it before you can drag it to the
> other monitor (you can then maximize it on that monitor).
> Note that if you have the cables swapped, the one on your right may be
> the one that the computer thinks is on the left.  That is what the
> "identify" function helps you determine - on that same screen you can
> drag the monitor icon to the other side to match your physical setup.
> Normally, your taskbar will be on whichever monitor you have set as
> primary, and many windows (especially notifications) will open on that
> monitor by default.  If you "auto arrange" your desktop, it will put your
> icons on the primary monitor (unless there are enough to fill it, when it
> will start to use the secondary monitory).  If you do not "auto arrange",
> you should be able to drag icons from one monitor to the other.
>