Defenders of Ardania - Monitor Problem Fixed

Defenders of Ardania has an incredibly annoying problem on my computer.

In the first time in probably thousands of games I've played, the game starts on a secondary monitor (which has happened just once before) AND it doesn't a control to change the monitor.

That is unacceptable here. I looked for a solution, and the only one I found was using DisplayFusion (which I have been using for some time, it is pretty good) and monitor profiles to turn off both secondary monitors.

Just right-click on the Display Fusion icon and choose Monitor Profiles->Create/Edit Monitor Profiles. In the Monitor Configuration screen that appears, choose the monitors you want to turn off and change Extend Desktop to this Monitor to Disconnect this monitor.

This worked properly, but it is interesting to say that Windows Explorer crashed a couple of times when I switched to my regular profile, and some apps moved from their usual location.

Note that you can turn the monitors off in the regular Windows configuration screen, too. But if you are going to do it regularly, it might be easier to use a separate utility.

If anyone has a better solution, please mention it on comments below.

Comments

Pandaclysm said…
This isn't a fix. You're telling your pc that you only have one monitor. This is more of a cop-out if anything. Excellent work. Let me just unplug it. : /
March 18, 2012 at 8:38:00 PM GMT-3
STG said…
Well, a fix is a way of making it work. Doing it this way makes it run on the monitor you wanted it to.

If you think unplugging the monitors every time you play is more convenient than clicking on a setting, go ahead.
March 19, 2012 at 11:11:00 AM GMT-3
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