startup programs on multiple monitor

[Andre]

If I have 3 monitors for example, how can I start Internet Explorer
second.htm on the second monitor and Internet Explorer third.htm on the third
monitor from startup programs (i.e. automatically start when the PC is
booted)?

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:25:02 AM, and on a whim,
Andre pounded out on the keyboard:

If I have 3 monitors for example, how can I start Internet Explorer
second.htm on the second monitor and Internet Explorer third.htm on the third
monitor from startup programs (i.e. automatically start when the PC is
booted)?

Hi Andre,

A window positioning utility should work for you, one example is here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339650,00.asp

Google "window positioning utility". You'll find others.


Terry R.

 

[Andre]

The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 7:25:02 AM, and on a whim,
Andre pounded out on the keyboard:


Hi Andre,

A window positioning utility should work for you, one example is here:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2339650,00.asp

Google "window positioning utility". You'll find others.

Terry R.

Terry,

If I understand correctly these utilities allow me to specify that Internet
Explorer should start on a specific monitor, but not depending on which page
IE opens. Note that I want to start "iexplore -k second.htm" on the second
monitor and "iexplore -k third.htm" on the third monitor.

I do not have multiple monitors (yet), so I cannot try things myself, but
would a javascript moveTo(x,y), where x,y is a position on the second or
third screen work? I have no idea whether each screen starts with 0,0 or
continues from the previous screen.

Brgds, Andre

 

[Terry R.]

The date and time was Tuesday, June 23, 2009 10:41:02 AM, and on a whim,
Andre pounded out on the keyboard:

Terry,

If I understand correctly these utilities allow me to specify that Internet
Explorer should start on a specific monitor, but not depending on which page
IE opens. Note that I want to start "iexplore -k second.htm" on the second
monitor and "iexplore -k third.htm" on the third monitor.

I do not have multiple monitors (yet), so I cannot try things myself, but
would a javascript moveTo(x,y), where x,y is a position on the second or
third screen work? I have no idea whether each screen starts with 0,0 or
continues from the previous screen.

Brgds, Andre

The utilities allow you to set the position of any window, and since
most use the multiple monitor feature as an extended Desktop, all you're
doing is configuring the app to open in an x,y position on the Desktop.

You can configure your browser to open certain pages on launch. Firefox
has a group tab feature that allows you to open as many tabs as you like
when FF is launched. I'm sure IE offers the same.

Terry R.

 

[warwound]

Terry,

If I understand correctly these utilities allow me to specify that Internet
Explorer should start on a specific monitor, but not depending on which page
IE opens. Note that I want to start "iexplore -k second.htm" on the second
monitor and "iexplore -k third.htm" on the third monitor.

I do not have multiple monitors (yet), so I cannot try things myself, but
would a javascript moveTo(x,y), where x,y is a position on the second or
third screen work? I have no idea whether each screen starts with 0,0 or
continues from the previous screen.

Brgds, Andre

The javascript moveTo() function will not do as you want.

It's use is to simply adjust the position of a page within a browser
window that has scroll bar(s).

Martin.