Extending desktop to projector

With XP I could plug a projector into the laptop VGA connection, right click on the screen and use settings to extend the desk top to the projector, the same as I could with a second monitor.

With Win 7 I can still extend my desktop to a monitor, with essentially similar steps.

However when I try to do the same with a projector I don't get and "extend" option, only choices between the laptop screen, the projector or a duplicate of the laptop screen on the projector.

How can I extend to a projector? In this case a BENQ.

We replaced the win 7 notebook with one running XP and had an extended desktop straight away. Just had to install the software and data on that one as well.

if you do a <FN> <F8> do you get an option to extend?

The windows + P does not give the Extend option as on e of its choices - That's kind of the point of my question - how can I get it to give me one. It obviously recognises the projector is there since I can duplicate the laptop screen on it.

Hi Petey

That thread seems to deal with a case where the second monitor was not recognised at all. In our case we can duplicate the laptop screen on the projector but can't extend it.

I'm wondering if the issue may be to do with the projector, in that it does scan through its connection options until it finds a signal. If we have been on duplicate and change it to eg show desktop on laptop only, it starts scanning again, so maybe Win 7 loses its recognition of the projector as soon as it starts scanning.

As I said with XP we have got the extended desk top and the application is running as intended.

This is not my laptop but one belonging to one of the members at the golf club, which came with W7 installed.

We instead used one belonging to another member which had XP.

I might also add that in the settings screen With W7, we do get the 2 "monitors" displayed and can change the resolution of each independently.