- #HOW TO DISABLE TASKBAR FOR OTHER MONITORS HOW TO#
- #HOW TO DISABLE TASKBAR FOR OTHER MONITORS MOVIE#
#HOW TO DISABLE TASKBAR FOR OTHER MONITORS MOVIE#
Many of us like to watch a movie in Full screen or play a game while having an eye on the clock or battery (if you are using a laptop of course). Now, let’s talk about the whole taskbar thing Remember to have your displays in the Extend mode.Drag your taskbar (the one that contains the system tray) to the screen you want to show the system tray on.Right-click on any taskbar of yours and unlock your taskbar by clicking on lock taskbar in case its checked.Here are the steps from the video in text form: It’s really a piece of cake… All what you need to do is in this 6 seconds video: So, let’s begin with moving the system tray to another screen I’ll discuss both moving your system tray and your taskbar to another screen in this guide. The distinction is quite simple: you can have multiple taskbars, one on each screen, but Microsoft allows only one system tray which is the group of icons that appear next to your clock… This means the other taskbars will not show any icons next to the clock. I myself was confused about this matter and thanks to our dear readers’ comments, I was able to notice the mistake.
#HOW TO DISABLE TASKBAR FOR OTHER MONITORS HOW TO#
III- How to move the system tray to a different screen? First of all, the system tray isn’t the same as the taskbar If everything is okay, left-click Keep changes, otherwise, left-click Revert.Select one monitor from above and check the Make this my main display box to set your main monitor (if it’s greyed it means the selected monitor is already your main display).Drag the monitors to arrange them as you like.In the multiple display list choose Extend these displays.If you can only see one monitor with number one on it, left-click Detect.Right-click on your desktop and select Display Settings.You start by connecting both monitors to the computer using the suitable cable for each one and power on your monitors. If not, read on.įirst of all, your computer must have multiple display ports (VGA, HDMI, Mini Displayport … etc). If you have already done that and just need to get your sidebar working on another screen – you can skip this part. If you like to multi-task, you may need to keep an eye on more than one window at the same time. Sometimes, one monitor is not enough for you.