[dba-Tech] Dialog Box Positioning

Have you tried Multimonitor Taskbar from MediaChance?

http://www.mediachance.com/free/multimon.htm


-- 
Stuart

On 25 Jan 2010 at 17:03, Dan Waters wrote:

> Hi Lambert,
> 
> That worked!  I have not been using DualView because that put the taskbar
> all the way across both monitors, which I liked.  But by using DualView, the
> taskbar is only on the primary (left) monitor, and that's where all the
> system dialog boxes now center on.  I'll live with the short taskbar.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Heenan, Lambert
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 8:47 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dialog Box Positioning
> 
> Dan,
> 
> If you open Control Panel  and then run the Nvidia nVeiw Desktop Manager, on
> the 'Windows' tab there is a combo box labeled 'Dialog Positioning'. With
> luck that will held.
> 
> Having said that, on my dual monitor system the dialog combo is set at 'No
> repositioning' and my dialog boxes do not come spread across the two
> monitors. But on searching the held file for 'position dialog' I see that
> the solution is simple.
> 
> Open the nVidia control panel and in the 'Select a Category' screen click
> 'Display'. On the next screen select 'Change display configuration' (in the
> 'Multiple Displays' section of the screen.) You will then see several
> choices of display modes to use. You probably have chosen 'As one large
> horizontal desktop (Horizontal Span)', but if you choose the last option:
> 'Configured independently from each other (Dualview)' your problem should be
> fixed.
> 
> Lambert :-) 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Dan Waters
> Sent: Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:41 PM
> To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Dialog Box Positioning
> 
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I just looked at this.  It isn't something I need because my one taskbar,
> and the desktop, already spans across both monitors.  I'm using Nvidia
> software to manage my monitors.
> 
> So, my PC sees my desktop as a single 3200 X 1200 virtual monitor, and when
> a dialog box pops up, it goes right in the middle of that, half on one
> physical monitor and half on the other.
> 
> The MultiMon taskbar program wasn't designed to determine which physical
> monitor a dialog box should center on when it opens.
> 
> Thanks!
> Dan
> 
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