Windows – Switch primary and secondary screen with keyboard shortcut

external displaykeyboard shortcutsmultiple-monitorswindows 10

I have two screen one is monitor which is secondary screen and is in extended mode and another is laptop which is primary screen.
Whenever I open anything new it opens in primary screen(i.e. laptop) and then I have to drag it to secondary screen(i.e. monitor).

Is there any shortcut to switch primary screen and secondary screen which let me open file in screen where I have opened it?

Best Answer

If your keyboard allows you to customise the fn keys behavior, here is how to do it:

  • Download NirSoft (it has a bunch of useful tools)
  • Extract the file multimonitortool.exe (under NirSoft folder) to the desired location.
  • Create a txt file next to it (the name doesn't matter), and put that content inside:
.\multimonitortool.exe /SetNextPrimary
  • Save and rename the extension to .bat

If you run this file, it will switch your primary monitor to the next available.

Now you can setup your keyboard to execute that file when a specific Fn key is pressed.

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