Jul262012

How can I make Windows 7 notifications appear on a second monitor?

Don Blevens asks:

I am running Win7 with Triple-Monitors. I would like to get my notifications to show up on my 2nd monitor since I run quite a few games in full-screen mode on my main monitor. I have quite a few pgms which use Win7 Notifications and I need to see them WHEN they pop up. When I am in full-screen game mode I lose the Win7 task bar thus all notifications. Is it possible to re-route the notifications. If not, can I use Google Chrome (my browser of choice) to show my notifications somehow?

Browser: Chrome 20
System: Windows
Tagged: dual monitor, notification, windows 7, windows tips

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Bruce Epper

July 27, 2012

So far, Trillian is the only app that I have seen that allows you to change where notifications appear but still they are all displayed on the primary monitor; you can just control which corner it appears in on your primary display. While digging through the registry, I have not seen any settings that change the default area for notifications to appear.

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UD98

July 27, 2012

you cant

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ferdinan Sitohang

July 27, 2012

Since notifications is display on the right corner, order your screen into monitor 1 (primary), monitor 2(the right corner of your screen/ not secondary), monitor 3( the secondary).