Take Control of Your Screens with MultiMonitorTool

Thanks to a significant reduction in costs, the idea of having more than one screen on your computer is no longer so far-fetched. Extending the desktop across two or more screens instead of rotating virtual desktops can be much more practical and comfortable for users. Windows has certainly gone from lesser to greater with support for multiple screens, but if you are looking for an external application to manage them, you just need to visit the NirSoft portal and download its tool called MultiMonitorTool.

Why use more than one screen?

Some portals offer very cheap screens. Of course, there are much more expensive models, but if you have a project to add an extra screen to your computer, you can do it without burning your wallet.

Now, if the goal of the additional screens is simply to clone the content of the main desktop (perhaps for a presentation, for example), the truth is that there is not much to manage.

The most common idea when installing additional screens is to extend the desktop, and have the ability to use several applications in full screen without windows getting in each other's way.

I have heard several people talk about the “pleasure” of editing giant Excel spreadsheets (or at least of considerable width) using two or more screens, but that would be just one of many possibilities.

When it comes to managing multiple screens, Windows offers different options and keyboard shortcuts (with the intervention of the video driver in certain cases).

It is not always necessary to visit the screen properties, but that user who needs to change parameters frequently will find this action frustrating over time.

In that case, it might be better to have a dedicated tool like MultiMonitorTool.

Control multiple screens

The software comes from NirSoft, an old acquaintance here at NeoTeo, so it is automatically a very lightweight program that does not even require installation, and has flexibility far above what Windows provides in this field.

You can activate and deactivate screens with just a combination of keys, as well as move windows from one screen to another, and quickly specify which one you want to be the main screen. As if that were not enough, MultiMonitorTool also offers a “preview” of the selected screen.

MultiMonitorTool allows you to change the screen resolution and color depth, but these functions are only available through configuration files, and not with keyboard shortcuts.

The good news is that you can specify resolutions by just editing the .cfg file of each monitor in Notepad, and if you do not need the main MultiMonitor interface (for example, once you have mastered it completely), it is possible to use command lines to change its behavior.

The official site indicates that MultiMonitorTool will not be very useful if all you do is clone the main desktop on multiple screens, but if extending the desktop is an everyday thing, you should have it nearby.

Official site and download: MultiMonitorTool