Vmware dual monitor problem

Question

Hi,

I am running VMware under windows on a dell d630 laptop. I am using the laptop monitor plus an external lcd, with the vmware maximized on an lcd and windows running on the laptop monitor. The lcd is much larger and therefore has larger resolution.

When I minimize and then maximize under windows, the vmware window is minimized, but then maximized to only part of the screen. It is quite obvious that it is maximized to the resolution of the laptop monitor, instead of the lcd. I get the same kind of behavior when I move the vmware window from the lcd to the laptop monitor and back. This kind of behavior only happens with the vmware window, and not, say, with a browser window running on the same external monitor.

The best solution for me would be that the windows minimize command would not affect the vmware window (or the external monitor in general). A software called "ultramon" does this, but it costs around $40 - a bit expensive for the simple fix I need.

I would be happy to learn any solution that would at least make maximization after minimization return to the original state of the window.

Thanks!

--- Eyal Rozenman

Answer 1

If you can't find an easy solution I can vouch for UltraMon as being worth the money. I wouldn't be without it on any of my dual-monitor setups.

Answer 2

Apart from UltraMon, WinSplit allows you to maximise windows to "tiles" on your screens. This might do the job in your case.

Answer 3

As edg suggested, you can use WinSplit to move the window between monitors and maximize to one monitor. Ctrl+Alt+[left or right arrow key] to move it to the other monitor, then Ctrl+Alt+Numpad5 to maximize it to that monitor.