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  1. Posts : 128
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    2 Monitors Only One Background Picture


    With the latest build 10074 there doesn't appear to be a way to use two different background pictures on two monitors. This feature has been available since Windows 7, perhaps earlier. I have provided that information to Microsoft.

    Using a horizontal inversion on one picture makes a nice desktop background.
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  2. Posts : 2,799
    Linux Mint 20.1 Win10Prox64
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    Yes, They took this option out. However, you can use a third party software such as: DisplayFusion: Multiple Monitors Made Easy! Binary Fortress Software

    Free version to set it then exit the program.
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  3. Posts : 17,838
    Windows 10
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    I noticed also that an HD wide, (3840X1080), won't span two monitors either!
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  4. Posts : 3,257
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    CalBear37 said:
    With the latest build 10074 there doesn't appear to be a way to use two different background pictures on two monitors. This feature has been available since Windows 7, perhaps earlier. I have provided that information to Microsoft.

    Using a horizontal inversion on one picture makes a nice desktop background.
    2 Monitors Only One Background Picture-2monitorbackground.jpg
    This is a casualty of removing the legacy theming system. I'm sure it will return at some point, but may not make the final release.

    All that really did was create a bitmap that was a combination of the two bitmaps. You can just as easily create one yourself in paint. Just create a bitmap that is as large as your two monitors wide, and as tall as your largest monitor, then copy and paste one image into one side of it and the other image into the other and save it somewhere. Then use this image.
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  5. Posts : 16,623
    Windows 11 Pro X64
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    When using a slideshow, you can have different backgrounds for each monitor
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  6. Posts : 67
    Win 10 Insider
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    I have 2 monitors, each showing a different background. If I right click on the screen and click " next desktop background" it changes the background on one monitor and if I right click and click " next desktop background" again, it changes the other one. Build 10074.
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  7. Posts : 128
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    Dude said:
    When using a slideshow, you can have different backgrounds for each monitor
    Thanks! That works for now. I expect MS will put the feature back in for RTM.
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  8. Posts : 16,623
    Windows 11 Pro X64
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    CalBear37 said:
    Thanks! That works for now. I expect MS will put the feature back in for RTM.
    Good to hear, I think it will be back in the final version.
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  9. Posts : 7,254
    Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
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    I can vouch for DisplayFusion, its a good program and does a lot more than just wallpaper management.
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  10. Posts : 457
    Windows 10
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    swarfega said:
    I can vouch for DisplayFusion, its a good program and does a lot more than just wallpaper management.
    Yes me too and these people are quite fast at making sure DisplayFusion works with the new builds of Windows 10.
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