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Assigning A Virtual Desktop To A Monitor In Windows 10

Answer : I may be late to the party, but there is a workaround that can get near what you want to do: Type Win + Tab to show up the Multiple Desktops panel also showing windows of the current desktop. Right click on one of them and you can choose either "Show this window on all desktops" or "Show windows from this app on all desktops". You can now switch desktop and they'll stick to the screen. Afaik, if you choose the 2nd option, it will remember your choice even if you close all windows from the app at one point. hope it helps Unfortunately not with the windows 10 feature. Each virtual desktop contains all of your monitors. So when you switch to another virtual desktop you are switching to a new virtual desktop that spans all of your monitors. Maybe one of the third party solutions can do this and run on Windows 10.

Can A Fake Second Display Be Enabled In Windows 10?

Answer : Just spent last two hours trying to figure this out. First go to Control Panel (not Settings app) Go to Adjust Screen Resolution. You will get a similar window as you did in Windows 7. Click Detect Go to display Drop Down and select "Display Device on VGA" Select Desired Resolution. If windows is unable to save your settings use the software from your video card to adjust the resolution. If you aren't able to output the display to the Fake screen only, Press Windows+P and the select "Second display only" I hope this helps. This is by far not the ideal solution, but for now it will do: I put a 102 Ohm resistor across pins 2 and 7 of my VGA port (also known as the headless Mac Mini trick), and Windows 10 now believes I have a second monitor attached. On a different computer I had to use pins 1 and 6 and reboot before the "monitor" would work. I had the same problem and came up with a fairly simple solution: Just connect your p...