Powershell Request: Turn off individual displays using multi monitors

Ive asked on reddit about this, so now asking here too.

I strolled across someone desiring to be able to turn off extra monitors when using more than 2 monitors. Since I have 3, I thought it would be nice to have something like this and would be useful when watching a late night movie.

I have seen one or two scripts that do this but not with Powershell alone, afaik. I ask if this could be done, using powershell create a script to turn off each monitor separately using 2 separate desktop shortcuts, one for the left, one for the right, leaving the middle screen alone.

EDIT: maybe done thru a monitor profile change?

@moderators : thanks for moving but isnt this General since I'm asking about powershell?

EDIT 2: I wasnt aware of the WIN+P shortcut. It doesnt look like you can create a shortcut that way. So I imagine if thats in windows, it has to be available thru POWERSHELL too

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How would I submit something like this to the PoSh team at MS?

Hello @DTG1,

DTG1 said:

Ive asked on reddit about this, so now asking here too.

I have seen one or two scripts that do this but not with Powershell alone, afaik. I ask if this could be done, using powershell create a script to turn off each monitor separately using 2 separate desktop shortcuts, one for the left, one for the right, leaving the middle screen alone.

[1] I am assuming that they were Batch scripts, is that correct>
[2] Have you got the links to the Batch scripts?

DTG1 said:

I wasnt aware of the WIN+P shortcut. It doesnt look like you can create a shortcut that way.

These are my display switching shortcuts - they use the built-in DisplaySwitch.exe command

Display Switch - Change Presentation Mode to Project in Windows 10

1 PC display

Code:

DisplaySwitch.exe /internal

2 Duplicate displays

Code:

DisplaySwitch.exe /clone

3 Extend display

Code:

DisplaySwitch.exe /extend

4 External display

Code:

DisplaySwitch.exe /external

DisplaySwitch [Win-P dialog]

Code:

DisplaySwitch.exe

Settings, System, Display dialog

Code:

ms-settings:display

Denis

You might like to read

PS How to switch off display - PSMag
PS Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor - Stack Overflow

and, possibly,
Use PowerShell to Discover Multi-Monitor Information - Scripting Blog

Denis

I want to try to stay away from powering off the extra displays as they do disconnect and programs that run on those screens get moved to the center screen. So Display.exe is out.

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scrip...r-information/
Yep read this too. its discovery only.


@Paul-Black no, i just did a basic search for 'turning off multi monitors and look at several links. One post on reddit in r/powershell used AHK I think but that also used Display.exe.