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When I use 2 monitors, one on VGA and one on hdmi, Win 7 will always assign the hdmi monitor as 1 and the VGA monitor as 2. How can I manually assign these?

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this is so silly there is seemingly no way to change this. I have the same problem with a TV I have connected on HDMI. Since it's decided that the TV is screen #1, whenever I connect it all the windows pop over to that screen, even though I usually only want it for VLC. Especially annoying bc the 'do you want to keep these settings?' countdown also pops over and is invisible at my computer. – Damon Apr 8 at 4:13
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I have read this software allows you to change that.

http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/

Depending on the Video driver you have whether you can change it in Video properties.

http://www.vistax64.com/vista-general/81095-changing-monitor-identities.html

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thank you for the links I will play with the nvidia control panel and see what I find... – flawedoptics Jan 16 '11 at 23:14
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In Windows 7, if you right click on your desktop, you can go to personalize and appearance and personalization. From there, you can go to display and screen resolution. In this window you can assign the monitor numbers.

You can find more info here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Move-windows-between-multiple-monitors

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Thank you, I am familiar with these settings but I cannot find on the link where it says how to assign which monitor is 1 and which is 2. I have no problem switching between monitors and changing resolutions but in all my testing windows will always assign my hdmi monitor as 1 and my vga as 2 if both are hooked up. I cannot, for the life of me, figure out how to manually assign them a number. – flawedoptics Jan 16 '11 at 23:10
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