Switching Photoshop and all windows to different monitors

Question

I work in PhotoShop daily and sometimes I use a digital pad so I can draw pictures using a stylus rather then my mouse.  The pad is a 22 inch Huion tablet which is hooked up like a third monitor. The problem is when I use it and work in PhotoShop I have to drag PhotoShop over to that pad. That wouldn't be so bad but any window that has not yet been open will open on the default monitor and not the monitor where I dragged PhotoShop. My question is this, is there a way to bring PhotoShop to another monitor all at once so everything opens at that location rather than the default location?

Kevin Stohlmeyer · Accepted Answer

Hi @chrisl79471202 this would have to be something you setup in your Windows OS not something Photoshop can handle. An app like DisplayFusion can tell the OS which monitor to open apps in and hot swap monitors.

Léo Rubira · Answer

I have a 49 inch main monitor and a 16 inch tablet and I have this same problem, especially with Photoshop.

Due to the difference in screen quality between my two monitors, I usually illustrate on the graphics tablet and process the image on the main monitor, which is larger, and every time I have to drag the Adobe software and all the windows, one at a time during execution of the work because Photoshop's production windows are set in previously established positions.

I decided to buy and use the DisplayFusion manager, as suggested by Kevin Stohlmeyer, but the process remains the same: dragging the software to the desired window and then each Photoshop adjustment window.
DisplayFusion makes this process a little simpler as to switch software or windows between monitors you just need to click with the central mouse button instead of clicking and dragging from one monitor to another.

In fact, this feature of loading functionality windows along with software is an Adobe problem and I never found a solution for it.

This simple lack of function reduces my productivity and irritates me, it's like having to pack my bags, move to the next house, unpack my bags and then redo everything again when I return to the previous house.

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