Solved Game on secondary monitor

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Hello All and Happy New Year!

I want a game to load up on my secondary monitor.

It runs in full-screen and I can't seem to toggle using WinKey+Tab.

How do I do that?
 

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Some games will work if you move the game to the second monitor while windowed then full screen it there. Others wont. And a LOT of games don't know anything about monitors at all and will only run full screen on the primary :(

There may be a chance that there is some kind of tweaky tool that might put full screen aps onto the second monitor, but I haven't heard of one myself.
 

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fseal is correct alot of games consume the primary monitor. For example Cod 4, so what I did is have a shortcut that goes right to the display properties, and when I want to run on the 37" I just click on the monitor and check make primary - apply then switch back when I'm done.
 

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I hate the smell of friggin corn chip butt breath snacks.
Well, that's bad news :cry:

I'll try the monitor-switching trick- and thanks for the quick feed-back!
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Home Premium x64AMD Phenom II X6 1600T16GB PC3-10700 (1342MHz)ATI Radeon 5770 HD (x2) CrossFire
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
OEM - Me
OS
Windows 7 Home Premium x64
CPU
AMD Phenom II X6 1600T
Motherboard
GigaByte GZ-990FXA-UD3
Memory
16GB PC3-10700 (1342MHz)
Graphics Card(s)
ATI Radeon 5770 HD (x2) CrossFire
Sound Card
On-board RealTek chipset
Monitor(s) Displays
3x Hanns-G 1920x1080 Monitors
Screen Resolution
3x Hanns-G 1920x1080 Monitors
Hard Drives
Intel 25-V SSD 40GB: 218 MB/s AT: 0.1ms
Intel X-25M SSD 80GB: 230MB/s AT: 0.1ms
Seagate 750GB: 133 MB/s AT: 13ms (perpendicular storage)
Buffalo HD-PCTU3 1TB External drive
PSU
OCZ Stealth X Stream 750W
Case
Cheap (unknown)
Cooling
Stock
Keyboard
HP USB
Mouse
LogiTech USB
Internet Speed
1.5 Mbps - Slow - At the tail-end of a rural network
Other Info
Printer: Epson Stylus C-84
Scanner: HP 3500C Flatbed
DVD-RW: Plextor
DVD-ROM: Unknown
WEI: 7.4
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