Multi-Monitor Blanking in Windows 7


  1. Sanj Gupta
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    Multi-Monitor Blanking in Windows 7


    Can someone suggest me on how to blank screens for a multi-monitor setup?

    I have used IOCTL_VIDEO_SET_OUTPUT_DEVICE_POWER_STATE for windows XP and it works just perfect for me. This has been deprecated in Windows 7. Is there something similar I can try for windows 7?
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  3. Kari
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    Windows 10 Pro x64 EN-GB
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    Hi Sanj Gupta, welcome to the Seven Forums.

    I'm not sure if I underdstand you correctly. Here's instructions how to blank all displays with mouse click: Help - Screen Blanker Utility - Is there One ?

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  4. Sanj Gupta
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    Ahh. My bad. By that, I meant programmatically.

    I know that way. Could you suggest me some other way which could be a part of my own script? Maybe some APIs I can use?
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