When i turn off my monitor, it switches desktops to my other screen automatically! How to prevent that?

winterwonderland · Feb 14, 2020

I have 4 screens where 1 of them is a big screen i use for watching youtube, movies etc., but when i turn off my main screen, a samsung 32CJG50, it switches the desktop to my big monitor.... really annoying when that happens. Is there a way to prevent that from happening? If so, how do i do it? Thanks.

Athlonite · Feb 14, 2020

probably not as the GPU just see's another turned on monitor and utilises it as it would your main monitor the same as if you pulled the cable for you main monitor

Toothless · Feb 14, 2020

Just have the other desktop turn off the monitor when not in use.

newtekie1 · Feb 14, 2020

Athlonite said:
probably not as the GPU just see's another turned on monitor and utilises it as it would your main monitor the same as if you pulled the cable for you main monitor

It's more to do with Windows than with the GPU. Windows has to have a primary monitor. When you turn off the primary monitor, the computer no longer sees that monitor as connected, it will re-assign the primary monitor to another monitor that it still sees connected.

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When i turn off my monitor, it switches desktops to my other screen automatically! How to prevent that?

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