Dual Monitors

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Norman D Walsh
Sep 27, 2003
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I am running Photoshop 7.0 on dual monitors.
When I select the File Browser Tab it opens the browser in my secondary monitor. I would like to know how to prevent this.
I want the window to open in the same monitor as the program ie the primary monitor. Thanks for any help.
wallie
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Norbert Bissinger
Sep 27, 2003
Just drag it over to the monitor you want it to be.
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Stefan Klein
Sep 27, 2003
This happens on my machine,if the browser window is too large.Make it a bit smaller.

Stefan
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dave milbut
Sep 27, 2003
it’s sizable. grab a corner and make it smaller yourself.
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Andrew Pietrzyk
Sep 28, 2003
File Browser has always been little screwed when it comes to dual monitors. You can’t drag it outside PS window. AFAIK there are two ways you can have it open on second monitor.

You can drag Options Bar onto secondary monitor with Browser docked to the Palette Well and click on the tab…

….or you can spread PS window across both monitors and have Browser there as separate window.

So how did you manage to open File Browser on your second monitor?
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Norman D Walsh
Sep 28, 2003
It automatically opens in the second monitor when I click the File Browser tab.

After reading the posts I find that its o/k if I resize the window,although the File Browser tab disappears and I then have to use the keyboard shortcuts to open and close it.
Thanks guys
RL
Robert_Levine
Jan 7, 2004
Just drag the palettes over to the second monitor. How do you have them set up. As one large monitor or two independent ones?

Bob
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nvslater
Jan 7, 2004
I dont have them setup yet
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Robert_Levine
Jan 7, 2004
Then install drivers following the manufacturers instructions.

Come on back if you have any issues.

Bob
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nvslater
Jan 7, 2004
Do you recommend 1 big monitor?
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Brian
Jan 7, 2004
nvslater wrote:
Do you recommend 1 big monitor?

I know you weren’t asking me, but I don’t – two monitors is a great asset for any app that makes extensive use of palettes (Adobe, Macromedia, etc.).
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Robert_Levine
Jan 7, 2004
Agreed. They should be independent.

Bob
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eddie_booth
Jan 30, 2004
I have Photoshop 4.0.1 on XP with 2 monitors (matrox550 card, 1g ram, 2.6 p4)

My question is I can move the photoshop window and working picture onto screen 2 but none of the pallets. (Painter 5.5 has similar prob) The only advice I can get is that if its a MS DOS prog then it cannot utilise the two screens.

Because PS4 is a Win 95 program and the fact half of it does display over two screens I’m trying to confirm that this is a problem only corrected by an upgrade to XP compatable software?

please tell me there is a patch or something!
Cheers, Ed.
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Jan 30, 2004
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