Faster way to switch between monitor configurations?
I've got my PC in the same room with my main TV now, so I disconnected the little media PC I had hooked up to the TV (which barely ran Hulu, since it was constructed from a bunch of old, spare parts), and plugged my main rig into the television. My card has more than two ports, but only supports two simultaneous monitors (as far as I can find), so I need to switch out my secondary monitor for the television in my configuration, when I want to use the television for Hulu.
This means opening up the Resolution Settings, then selecting the television, choosing 'extend desktop onto this monitor' from the drop down, then click 'apply', then wait for it to finish flickering before clicking 'Keep settings'.
It's not an egregious number of steps, but it seems to me like there should be a way to create a one-click switch of some-kind. Does anyone know if there is a way to create a short-cut to a specific monitor setting, or perhaps a third-party application which can manage it for me?
If there was a way to keep it from screwing up the locations of my icons and widgets each time, that would also be awesome.
This means opening up the Resolution Settings, then selecting the television, choosing 'extend desktop onto this monitor' from the drop down, then click 'apply', then wait for it to finish flickering before clicking 'Keep settings'.
It's not an egregious number of steps, but it seems to me like there should be a way to create a one-click switch of some-kind. Does anyone know if there is a way to create a short-cut to a specific monitor setting, or perhaps a third-party application which can manage it for me?
If there was a way to keep it from screwing up the locations of my icons and widgets each time, that would also be awesome.
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I do think it also has a way to save icon position.
I have one script to select my monitor in the living room and one script to select my monitor in the kitchen.
I can share the script i have as an example once i get home.
http://www.autohotkey.com/
Thanks. It's a good shortcut to remember (I'd never seen it before), but it doesn't help with the third monitor.
My card is nVidia. I wonder if they have something similar.
*heads over to the googles.