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  1. #1
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    How do I make FFXIV start up on my secondary monitor?

    Hello, sorry for the newb question. I tried to find the dual-monitor thread but it seems to have disappeared on me.

    I just now got dual monitor set up, so still a bit newb at it (the fact i set it up is a miracle) I downloaded Ultramon for the task bar to be set. My primary is on my left, my secondary is on my right, I want FFXIV to play on my secondary monitor which is on the right, but every time i start it up it always starts on the left, even if i reposition it etc. I have the FFevo windower that allows me to play in full screen w/o borders. If there is a hotkey that allows for the window border to appear temporarily so i can move monitors, that would be ok. However, if there's any permanent solution to making my secondary monitor have FFXIV start up on it all the time that would be great. If anyone knows how, I would like to know.

    Thanks for your time.

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    ask on their forums... look in the install folder for an ini file (some .txt probably) and read through the settings.

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    Use shift window program then tell it which monitor to start it up

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    In the FFXIVConfig utility, there's an option to choose which display you want it to start on.

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    Thanks Ama! I never noticed that xD haha

    EDIT: I tried it and it failed, set to MON2 but it still played in MON1, and just for troubleshooting purposes I also tried setting it to MON1 but same result

    EDIT2: lol, ok, well without the windower it works fine, but obviously crashes when i click anything else, I'll try the other windower out there... or just deal with it lol

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    So does it work in the regular windowed mode or just full screen set to monitor 2 in the config? If full screen, it's crashing when you start other programs? I'm curious because that seems strange or completely backwards on SE's part.

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    I use autohotkey which was the first thing posted for windowing. It has not let me down