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I am looking for an application with features as follows:-

  • It will give me a dual monitor set up with a Windows 7 taskbar with Aero peek and the Start Menu on each monitor.

  • The taskbar should display only the applications running on that monitor and the start menu should start applications on the same monitor as it resides.

I have tried the following applications without success:

  • Nvidia nview manager,
  • Ultramon,
  • Display Fusion,
  • Multimon Taskbar Pro

Does such an application exist?

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Actual Multiple Monitors is the only tool (that I know of) that has two Start Menu buttons.

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Thanks, this is exactly what I wanted. If only the built in support in Windows for multiple monitors and virtual desktops was better! – Christopher Edwards Oct 22 '09 at 10:55
Yesterday, the [new version 2.0][1] of Actual Multiple Monitors has been released. In addition to the Start menu, it can also display the system tray, clock and primary Taskbar toolbars (Quick Launch, Desktop, Windows Media Player, etc.) on secondary monitors. Also, it offers such usability features as snapping windows to desktop boundaries and to each other, dragging/sizing a window by its arbitrary point, dragging taskbar buttons and system tray icons with the mouse, semi-transparent taskbars, ability to open new windows by default on the monitor where the mouse pointer is on at – Alex Fadeyev Feb 2 '10 at 6:24
Only Actual Multiple Monitors fully supports all Windows 7 features.. It really cool!! I like it very much!.. – user58123 Dec 6 '10 at 10:53
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Actual Multiple Monitors 3.1 is amazing. Problem is it's 40 bucks after 30 days. That's crazy for a simple program. $20.00US maybe, and that's pushing it. They would sell tons if they lowered the price. Display Fusion and "UltraMon" are descent but I dont believe they do what your looking for. I've been searching since I got my 2nd monitor as well. – user76391 Apr 13 '11 at 20:34
FYI @CJM I removed the link because the authors of this product have spammed it over 60 times in (now deleted) answers on Super User. No punishment to you, of course, since you had no way of knowing that. We just don't want to be rewarding spammers by sending visitors of one of our highest-viewed questions to their site. – nhinkle♦ Mar 23 at 10:00
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I believe that DisplayFusion: Multi-Monitor Taskbar is the only solution for Windows 7 that works at this moment.

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Oh well, if that's true, then since that application does not do it, I will have to wait until an application does support this feature. Maybe I'll put in feature requests. – Christopher Edwards Sep 18 '09 at 13:23
As far as Windows 7 is concerned Ultramon beta has support for the taskbar requirement, but now the start button requirement. – Greg Buehler Sep 18 '09 at 13:32
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Be aware that the free version of Display Fusion does not support the multiple monitor taskbar. You need to pay for the Pro version for this feature. – Ashwin Dec 2 '09 at 1:45
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I found another utility called Multi-Monitor Taskbar which does this. But, it seemed not to work on my Windows 7.

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The newest version of DisplayFusion (version 3.3.1, from May 22nd, 2011) now lets you add Start buttons to taskbars on secondary monitors.

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While it is not possible to duplicate the Windows Start Menu, as a workaround you can use a 'faked' Start Menu by ways of a new tool bar with UltraMon.

Go to "Toolbars" >"New Toolbar"

In the dialog box point it towards "C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\" (without the quotes).

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