Dual Monitor: control where a "child" window opens?

[Bob]

Is it possible to control where a "child" (pop-up) window opens on a dual
monitor setup?

For example, I use SyncToy (A Microsoft Powertoy program) and I need to keep
it on my right (secondary) monitor. When I run this program, the results
window opens on the primary monitor in front of what I'm doing there. I
know it is possible to get this child window to open on the other monitor,
because it did one session. I just don't know what I did to cause that.

I've tried dragging the results window to the secondary monitor and closing
it there. I always close the program itself in the right monitor when I'm
done. I've tried shift-click, alt-click, and ctrl-click to close the
program. The next time I open the program it comes up in the left monitor
again.

I searched the Knowledge Base and Googled these newsgroups without success.

Dell 8400
Windows XP SP-2
Radeon X800 SE display adapter
Samsung SyncMaster 214T primary monitor
Dell 1704FPT secondary monitor


Thanks.

 

[DL]

Is it not an option of your ATI dual monitor drivers software?, it certainly
used to be (last ATI I had)

 

[Bob]

I had looked through there but didn't see anything that looked like it would
apply. What would it be under?

 

[DL]

Well I'm no longer using ATI, as I recollect there should be an option to
select which display an app opens on

 

[Guest]

It may be part of the ATI Hydravision software, which is a separate
install from the drivers. This is my memory of older drivers from a
couple of years ago, and so may have changed since (I'm not sure if
Hydravision still exists in the current ATI software).

 

[Bob]

I don't seem to have that option or software. Is there a program or utility
somewhere that could be used?

 

[DL]

I couldnt get on ATI support>drivers for your model but I assume ATI still
uses Hydrovision which was the multimonitor utility
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/common/hydravision.html

 

[JD]

Does ATI come with the monitor or the display adapter? I'm about to
replace both but I'd like to keep the ATI software.

The original poster is using a Radeon X800 SE display adapter and a
Samsung SyncMaster 214T monitor. I'm using a VisionTek Xtasy 9200SE
display adapter and an LG LCD monitor. ATI came with the display adapter
and not the monitor?

 

[Bob]

That looks like that will work - I'll give it a shot.

Thanks.

 

[Bob]

I found out how to get the program to run in the right monitor - move the
taskbar over there before starting it.

This trick doesn't work with all programs, but maybe it'll work for yours
too.