15 Replies Latest reply: Oct 15, 2014 9:42 AM by mtythor RSS

    Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6

    BJBBJB1 Community Member

      I am a long-time serial Photoshop upgrader.  I am always amazed at what changes version to version.....

       

      I happen to have a second monitor that is an extended gamut monitor and I like LR and PS to both open on it.

      LR5 does....PS CS6 did. However PS CC does not.  It does not seem to "remember" where it last was run like prior versions.

       

      Am I missing a setting somewhere?  I am running Win7 64 bit if that matters.

       

      Thanks,

      BJBBJB1

        • 1. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
          Mylenium CommunityMVP

          That would be a setting in your graphics driver/ Windows itself, respectively, not Photoshop... Though using hardware acceleration and the stuff that goes with it still could override it and force your graphics hardware to draw PS's program window in the primary context where most hardware resources are avialable. ultimately it realyl comes down to how your setup is specifically.

           

          Mylenium

          • 2. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
            Chris Cox Adobe Employee

            That could be Photoshop itself, but we haven't changed that behavior as far as I know.

            It might happen if your preferences aren't being saved for some reason, or if the OS tells Photoshop that the second monitor is not there - but that's all I can think of.

            • 3. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
              BJBBJB1 Community Member

              Hmmmm, thanks to both. I am pretty technical and am familiar with video driver settings, etc.

              All I can tell you is I can start, use and exit PS CS6 and start it again, and it will start on the right monitor.

               

              If I do the same with PS CC, it always starts on the main monitor.

              So "something" has changed, at lease with how it behaves with Windows 7 64 bit and my Nvidia video card and driver.

              I mean I can recreate that with this combination, it behaves differently. Every time...

               

              Needless to say this is very annoying! 

               

              BJBBJB1

              • 4. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                BJBBJB1 Community Member

                Wow....this is SOOOO annoying after using PS CC in my workflow for a few weeks.  Does anyone have a workaround/command line/setting....anything that makes PS CC remember which monitor it was closed on last?

                Every time I open it I have to drag it to the correct monitor.  I guarantee that CS6 and CS5 did not act like this.

                 

                BJBBJB1

                • 5. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                  RossDearsley Community Member

                  I'm experiencing the same problem - but only after having reinstalled my operating system?  Before the reinstall my Photoshop CC was working as with previous versions, and loading on the last monitor it had been displayed on.

                   

                  So this suggests that  Mylenium was on the right track with his comment.

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                  * I know it's not a solution, but to make life a bit easier in the meantime you can use the 'windows key + right/left arrows' to quickly move an active application to your other monitors rather than having to drag it with the mouse.

                   

                  Also, the 'windows key + up arrow' maximizes an active application/window.

                   

                  These commands work in Windows7, not sure about other versions.

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                  However, I would also love to hear a permanent solution to this problem if anyone has any ideas? thanks!

                  • 6. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                    RossDearsley Community Member

                    I've have just solved this problem on my system!

                     

                    It seemed to be caused by Photoshop being maximised when you exit it!

                     

                    I dragged Photoshop to my chosen monitor, made sure it was not maximized to the screen edges, and then closed the application. When I opened it next time it opened on the correct monitior rather than switching back to the main display monitor.

                     

                    I then maximised Photoshop and closed it, reopened it again and thankfully it was still on the correct chosen monitor. So from this point on, I don't need to worry about wether it's maximised or not.

                     

                    So it seems that the initial exit of Photoshop in a non-maximized window state is what 'locks' it to your chosen monitor?

                     

                    This is on a Windows7 Pro system.

                     

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                    Hope this might solve your problems too!

                    • 7. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                      BJBBJB1 Community Member

                      Ross,

                      Thanks!!!  Hopefully Adobe will actually acknowledge this issue and fix it with these promised constant updates via the cloud.

                      Thanks again.  I think I will just keep my "non-maximized" windows dragged to cover the entire screen.....essentially maximized.  So I only will close it while it is minimized.

                       

                      BJBBJB1

                      • 8. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                        Ed_Engberg Community Member

                        Tried the minimize window trick but it didn't work for me. I have a 3 monitor set up and a while ago I saved a Photoshop Workspace to put the main PS window on the left-most monitor. I must of inadvertantly changed that to another configuration with the main window on the right-most monitor. I selected the reset to the saved workskpace and now it always opens in the correct monitor. PS tries to follow whatever you have set up as a workspace.

                        • 9. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                          BJBBJB1 Community Member

                          Just to confirm, "stretch to the edge but don't maximize trick" worked.  In my case, the workspace had nothing to do with it.

                          Has Adobe acklnowledged this issue?  Again, I keep hearing about quick updates to fix things.  This is rather obvious.

                          It also does this on another computer I was looking at.  So it is NOT just a few PC's with something unique that are doing it.

                           

                          BJBBJB1

                          • 10. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                            RossDearsley Community Member

                            Great! Glad this worked out for you too.

                            It's nice to be able to just get on with using the software the way you want to isn't it.

                            • 11. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                              Tony123456 Community Member

                              I was searching for an answer to this question and read the post above about having PS minimized when you exit to make it remember the last screen it closed on. In my case it was opening on my second monitor and never would open on my primary monitor, no matter how many times I drug it over. (I was always dragging it over maximized and then closing it while it was still maximized.) When I drug it to my primary monitor, made it not maximized (double clicked the upper frame edge), and then closed PS that fixed it. I have opened it, maximized it, and then tried closing and opening it several times it opens on the primary monitor, maximized. Problem solved! I have PS CC.

                              • 12. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                                BJBBJB1 Community Member

                                I just installed Photoshop CC 2014.  And STILL....STILL....the same kind of nonsense trying to get PS CC to remember which monitor you want it to open on!!

                                 

                                I thought I would share how I finally kind of got it to work and remember.

                                 

                                Still, if you maximize it, it won't remember.  If you start with it minimized but stretched to the edge, now it won't remember either.

                                 

                                If you minimize in a smaller window, THEN it remembers.

                                So you then stretch it a little bit more......and it it remembers....

                                 

                                Then you stretch it close to the edge????  It starts up in the other monitor!!

                                 

                                So....you have to open and close PS CC 2014 like 40 times to try to get it as close to the edge as you can and still get it to open in the correct monitor.

                                 

                                Yeah, I know we can report a bug. This has been reported, just not fixed.

                                 

                                BJBBJB1

                                • 13. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                                  Warunicorn CommunityMVP

                                  I'm trying to repro this but no matter what, PS CC 2014 opens on the last monitor I had it maximized or restored down on. (I have a dual monitor setup using a GeForce GTX 650 using its dual DVI ports and the latest drivers (v. 344.11 as of this post).)

                                  • 14. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                                    BJBBJB1 Community Member

                                    GTX560 here with dual monitors.

                                     

                                    Only unique thing I can think of is both monitors are different sizes/resolutions....and one is Adobe RGB colorspace which of course is the one I want it to open on!

                                     

                                    BJBBJB1

                                    • 15. Re: Get Photoshop CC to open on second monitor by default like CS6
                                      mtythor Community Member

                                      This worked for me. Thanks!