Using a windows 7 laptop when I switch off/disconnect & reconnect my external monitor, or after getting the laptop out of sleep mode sometimes the screen resolution is all wrong and if I go to display settings the external monitor hasn't been recognised properly and I can't set it to its ideal resolution. To fix this I have to unplug and plug back in again.
Is it possible to set up a keyboard shortcut/batch file to set the screen to its ideal resolution (either by having the system do a redetect without unplugging or by just overriding the settings the system uses with a hard-coded value I set myself).
Best Answer
Nircmd is a nice command line utility that can help. It has an option to set screen resolution and even accepts options to set a specific monitor to a specific resolution.
If you read through the documentation then it appears you can create a command shortcut with Nircmd that you should then be able to modify to add a shortcut to. Look for the "cmdshortcut" command.