Start Premiere Pro on dual monitors

[jacksneogen]

Ever since updating to the new release, both my work colleague and I have discovered that Pr already starts on just one of our monitors, and then we need to manually expand the window across the second. Minor issue, but annoying. Are we doing something wrong?

Thanks.

[R Neil Haugen]

No clue. I've got 2018 on a Win10 machine with dual monitors, and in some workspaces have it set for Mercury Transmit to the second monitor, and in others I've created a custom workspace with two separate ... windows?

If I quit in the M-T mode, when I start back up that's what I get. If I quit in a workspace with two windows, on restarting that's what I get.

So ... not able to replicate what's happening with your systems.

Although, rather than 'expanding' across the two monitors, mine are separate windows ... maybe that's the issue?

Neil

[jacksneogen]

Thanks. Interesting.

We're both running Windows 7, and all I know is that, whereas before Premiere always opened up projects spread across both monitors. Now, it doesn't, and even when you click the box to change the size of the window, it doesn't expand, it shrinks it slightly, meaning you have to manually drag out the right side across the other monitor. I've tinkered with user preferences, but to no avail. As for the number of windows, I have the following panels, but I believe it's technically all one window. Here's how it should/used to look.

[R Neil Haugen]

You might just set up a second major panel, with several subs, and size that to cover the other monitor. Save as a custom workspace.

It would at least be consistent.

Neil

[jacksneogen · Accepted solution]

I found an option under Windows > Workspaces for "dual screen no full screen". When I clicked that, it didn't change my current layout, but after saving it, saving the project and exiting, I reopened the program and it opened on both monitors.

So I guess the problem is solved.

Thanks.

[jacksneogen]

A bit of clarification: while I thought that this was a preset screen layout, when I checked my colleague's computer, she didn't have it. So she clicked on another dual-screen workspace, saved it, then saved her project, exited and re-started Pr. And it opened on both monitors. So I think our issue is solved, but I'm not sure exactly how/why.