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I have a dual monitor setup, and I would like to instruct Windows to save all newly created icons STARTING on the secondary monitor, not the primary monitor, as is the default. By default, Windows will go column by column and row by row until it finds an empty location to place an icon.

Can I change some setting somewhere that allows for the starting position for this "search" to start at the top left of the secondary monitor instead. This way all new stuff is AUTOMATICALLY created on the secondary desktop, and my primary desktop stays uncluttered.

Again, OS is Windows 7

Thanks.

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This is really a question for SuperUser, not SO. Good question though! – Dan Puzey May 3 '11 at 14:47
The terms "primary" and "secondary" are all relative. You could simply tell Windows that your primary desktop is your secondary desktop, and then you could use them the opposite way. – Cody Gray May 3 '11 at 15:35
@Cody: you can do that, but it screws with other things too. E.g.: games will generally run on the primary monitor, so you may want to maintain the primary monitor for that purpose while using the secondary for Windows taskbar/icons/etc. – Dan Puzey May 9 '11 at 14:21
@Dan: Hm, I guess. I've never had that experience. All moderately well designed software nowadays seems to support multiple monitors. But I don't play a lot of games. And I certainly didn't have a better solution! – Cody Gray May 9 '11 at 14:22
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