How can I configure a display preference (i.e. Extend Displays) every time I plug in a VGA?
Whenever I would plug in my laptop to my monitor via VGA, it would extend the display (as I wanted). One day I decided to find out what "Show Desktop only on 2" (Screen 2, in my case my laptop) does. The result: my laptop screen would go dark.
Since that's not what I wanted, I changed it back to "Extend These Displays". However, to much dismay, whenever I have plugged in the VGA since the tinkering, my display setting defaults to "Show Desktop only on 2" and I have to manually change it every time (and I plug and unplug 20-30 times a day).
I haven't been able to find a "set a default configuration" option in display settings, but hopefully there's a solution..
Note: there is another answer on SU somewhat similar, but deals with connecting to multiple different monitors. However, I use only one, the same monitor, every time.