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FX 500 and dual monitors with SWX2004

I recently moved all of my toolbars to a second smaller monitor to give me lots of space on my main 21" screen. Everything works great until I close and then re-open SWX and all of the toolbars are rearranged overlapping both monitors and they have to be set up on the smaller screen all over again. For some reason it will not remember their position prior to the program closing. I am having the same problem with AutoCAD except it moves all of the toolbars back to the main screen all stacked them on top of each other. All Microsoft office programs and Adobe Photoshop work fine and all toolbars show up in the same position every time the program is opened. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks

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Jerry
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I ran into the same problem on my home PC. I couldn't find a solution though so I simply keep SW on my 21" monitor and any other programs and folders on my 19".

Sorry I couldn't be more help. Maybe someone else has a solution.

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Seth Renigar

Does it make a difference wether the toolbars get docked or not. Just throwing one out into the dark.

Corey

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Corey Scheich

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Jerry

I think the problem is that opengl apps run natively on only one monitor (unless you use NVIDIA nview span mode which manages the whole window as one ) so it will replace items on the first mon during start up routine. the way around this for you since you use 2 diff size mons? (I have 2 mons the same size so I cant verify this but it should work)..is to use the span mode and use large icons for the toolbars since the resolution will be carried across both mons. drag the main SW window across the second mon far enough to accommodate all your toolbars docked on the right.set nview individual settings to remember the SW window position.I guess you will probably need to run 2560 x 960 i.e. 1280x960x2 as a compromise to accommodate the diff in monitor specs. setting icons large may make items look a bit gross on the

21" ... dunno ...guess you will need to experiment hope this helps
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neil

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