Game opening on wrong monitor

[Electron]

i have a game, wich wont open on my main monitor, there are no settings in game.
i was hoping there would be some launch option wich could help?

[76561198407601200]

I don't know off hand if there's a way to have it select the correct monitor, what you can do is change the game's graphics settings to "windowed", drag the window to the correct one then set to full screen, assuming you are wanting it fullscreen to begin with. It is however only a temporary fix and would require you to do it again the next launch i believe.

[Electron]

the window wont drag, i just click on it and it doesnt let me move it

[Cheezus Crisp]

Originally posted by Electron:

the window wont drag, i just click on it and it doesnt let me move it

First, try Windows key+Shift+Arrow keys(Left or right)

Not all games support multi-monitors or switching off the main monitor. If this is the case, run Steam in Big Picture mode and configure it to the monitor you want. That will set that monitor as the default monitor the next time you open big picture and all games will open on that monitor regardless.

[Iceira]

you sure this is not a graphic primary screen selection, if Nvidia card see nvidia controll panel
the nr 1 and 2 matter where it goes.

[Electron]

yeah, what i have done is disconnect the hdmi cable to my second monitor, launch the game, then reconnect it, it is working so far

[Supafly]

Originally posted by Electron:

yeah, what i have done is disconnect the hdmi cable to my second monitor, launch the game, then reconnect it, it is working so far

Have you tried just turning the monitor off before you load the game. I mean the switch on the monitor not a the plug. I have 3 display connected to my GPU but as I don't use them all the time I turn some off and when I do they don't show in windows or any other applications.

[Satoru]

Games will open on the 'primary' monitor as specified by windows. This is pretty much the default

if a game opens on a different window, thats only possilbe if the game has an option to do so. Generally speakin gmost games dont even have this option anyway so games willl always open on the primary window

[ReBoot]

What game is it?

[Electron]

the game is world of subways 3

[Jwiggs7]

Every game I have on steams begins loading on the correct monitor. Then, when the game opens it switches to my secondary monitor. My nvidia and windows setting are both correct. I did just buy a new Samsung G7. I did not have this issue before installing that monitor.

[Veradigm]

I have this same issue with Doom Eternal
i have my desk monitor set as the primary display and my TV as secondary however doom refuses to launch on my main display

[Bill]

This thread was quite old before the recent post, so we're locking it to prevent confusion.