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BJBBJB1
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August 31, 2013
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Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6

  • August 31, 2013
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I am a long-time serial Photoshop upgrader.  I am always amazed at what changes version to version.....

 

I happen to have a second monitor that is an extended gamut monitor and I like LR and PS to both open on it.

LR5 does....PS CS6 did. However PS CC does not.  It does not seem to "remember" where it last was run like prior versions.

 

Am I missing a setting somewhere?  I am running Win7 64 bit if that matters.

 

Thanks,

BJBBJB1

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    Correct answer RossDearsley

    Wow....this is SOOOO annoying after using PS CC in my workflow for a few weeks.  Does anyone have a workaround/command line/setting....anything that makes PS CC remember which monitor it was closed on last?

    Every time I open it I have to drag it to the correct monitor.  I guarantee that CS6 and CS5 did not act like this.

    BJBBJB1


    I've have just solved this problem on my system!

    It seemed to be caused by Photoshop being maximised when you exit it!

    I dragged Photoshop to my chosen monitor, made sure it was not maximized to the screen edges, and then closed the application. When I opened it next time it opened on the correct monitior rather than switching back to the main display monitor.

    I then maximised Photoshop and closed it, reopened it again and thankfully it was still on the correct chosen monitor. So from this point on, I don't need to worry about wether it's maximised or not.

    So it seems that the initial exit of Photoshop in a non-maximized window state is what 'locks' it to your chosen monitor?

    This is on a Windows7 Pro system.

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    Hope this might solve your problems too!

    8 replies

    LionelCorneliusJr
    LionelCorneliusJr
    Participant
    August 9, 2019

    Worked for me also. Thanks Ross!

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    srlake314
    Participant
    November 17, 2017

    This is what I get regardless of closing opening, dragging, windows key<arrows, etc.  All the solutions listed above DOES NOT WORK.  The images do no load regardless.  It even remembered the dual monitor and STILL does not show the images and then when I maximize it, this is what I get!!!!!

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    juanf70186340
    Participant
    October 3, 2017

    omg thank you so much

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    pluspatru
    Participant
    August 8, 2016

    Thanks!

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    haroldh1983
    Participant
    July 27, 2016

    Hotcakes! You're awesome! 

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    Tony123456
    Known Participant
    June 11, 2014

    I was searching for an answer to this question and read the post above about having PS minimized when you exit to make it remember the last screen it closed on. In my case it was opening on my second monitor and never would open on my primary monitor, no matter how many times I drug it over. (I was always dragging it over maximized and then closing it while it was still maximized.) When I drug it to my primary monitor, made it not maximized (double clicked the upper frame edge), and then closed PS that fixed it. I have opened it, maximized it, and then tried closing and opening it several times it opens on the primary monitor, maximized. Problem solved! I have PS CC.

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      BJBBJB1Author
      Inspiring
      October 4, 2014

      I just installed Photoshop CC 2014.  And STILL....STILL....the same kind of nonsense trying to get PS CC to remember which monitor you want it to open on!!

      I thought I would share how I finally kind of got it to work and remember.

      Still, if you maximize it, it won't remember.  If you start with it minimized but stretched to the edge, now it won't remember either.

      If you minimize in a smaller window, THEN it remembers.

      So you then stretch it a little bit more......and it it remembers....

      Then you stretch it close to the edge????  It starts up in the other monitor!!

      So....you have to open and close PS CC 2014 like 40 times to try to get it as close to the edge as you can and still get it to open in the correct monitor.

      Yeah, I know we can report a bug. This has been reported, just not fixed.

      BJBBJB1

      War Unicorn
      Community Expert
      War UnicornCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      October 4, 2014

      I'm trying to repro this but no matter what, PS CC 2014 opens on the last monitor I had it maximized or restored down on. (I have a dual monitor setup using a GeForce GTX 650 using its dual DVI ports and the latest drivers (v. 344.11 as of this post).)

      Chris Cox
      Chris Cox
      Legend
      September 1, 2013

      That could be Photoshop itself, but we haven't changed that behavior as far as I know.

      It might happen if your preferences aren't being saved for some reason, or if the OS tells Photoshop that the second monitor is not there - but that's all I can think of.

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      BJBBJB1Author
      Inspiring
      September 1, 2013

      Hmmmm, thanks to both. I am pretty technical and am familiar with video driver settings, etc.

      All I can tell you is I can start, use and exit PS CS6 and start it again, and it will start on the right monitor.

      If I do the same with PS CC, it always starts on the main monitor.

      So "something" has changed, at lease with how it behaves with Windows 7 64 bit and my Nvidia video card and driver.

      I mean I can recreate that with this combination, it behaves differently. Every time...

      Needless to say this is very annoying! 

      BJBBJB1

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      BJBBJB1Author
      Inspiring
      September 8, 2013

      Wow....this is SOOOO annoying after using PS CC in my workflow for a few weeks.  Does anyone have a workaround/command line/setting....anything that makes PS CC remember which monitor it was closed on last?

      Every time I open it I have to drag it to the correct monitor.  I guarantee that CS6 and CS5 did not act like this.

      BJBBJB1

      Mylenium
      Mylenium
      Legend
      September 1, 2013

      That would be a setting in your graphics driver/ Windows itself, respectively, not Photoshop... Though using hardware acceleration and the stuff that goes with it still could override it and force your graphics hardware to draw PS's program window in the primary context where most hardware resources are avialable. ultimately it realyl comes down to how your setup is specifically.

      Mylenium

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