Actual Multiple Monitors clones the Windows Taskbar, Start button, system tray and the Alt-Tab Task Switcher on secondary monitors, and also offers new multi-monitor window management services, such as switching windows between monitors in a flash.
Version: 8.13.2Actual Multiple Monitors is the unique toolkit which improves the usability of Windows user interface and make the work with multi-monitor setups much more comfortable and effective.
License: Free To Try $24.95
Operating System: Windows
Homepage: www.actualtools.com
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Powerful yet easy-to-use, the program adds a copy of the original Windows Taskbar onto each secondary display, simplifying and unifying the task management on all monitors.
Each such copy can either display only the tasks running on the same monitor or mirror the contents of main Taskbar. Moreover, each secondary taskbar can display the Start button, the notification area (system tray), any toolbars (like Quick Launch, etc.) and the clock.
Also, you can clone the Alt-Tab Task Switcher window on each monitor to get rid of turning your attention to the primary monitor every time you need to switch tasks.
Finally, all taskbars can be semi-transparent!
Actual Multiple Monitors greatly enhances window management within the expanded screen space with such usability tools as quick switching windows between monitors via special button in each window's title bar or via hotkeys, easy dragging / sizing windows by an arbitrary point, snapping windows to desktop boundaries and to each other (sticky borders), emulation of Windows 7 Aero Snap on XP / Vista, making any window span the entire desktop or fit monitor's width / height - and many others!
To make your work environment even more comfortable and efficient, Actual Multiple Monitors offers setting up rules for your favorite apps to choose which monitor displays the program at startup.
You can also create desktop profiles, which include such display properties as screen resolution, refresh rate, color depth, status (primary or secondary), the type of wallpaper and screen saver (shared or individual on each display). Last but not least - the program can save and restore the order of icons on your desktop in case they were garbled in some way.
Try Actual Multiple Monitors right now - and it will make arranging multi-monitor setups a breeze!
Version 8.13.2: 1) Fixed dwm.exe crash in Windows Vista/7. 2) Improved title buttons placement in Google Chrome. 3) Improved compatibility with Chromium-based apps (Opera/Vivaldi/Yander.Browser, Slack, Spotify). 4) Fixed active window scrolling. 5) Fixed Configuration window look in high DPI resolutions.
Version 8.13: 1) Added auto-restoration of window layout after changing desktop configuration. 2) Reduced system workload on multi-core CPUs. 3) Improved Wrap the Desktop feature. 4) Fixed automatic mode of Save Idle Screens feature. 5) Fixed Drag to Scroll and Easy Dragging/Sizing features.
Version 8.12.2: 1) Improved compatibility with Windows 10 Spring Creators Update.
Version 8.12: 1) Added: New feature Per-application Audio Device Switcher. 2) Changed: Windows 10 Fall Creators Update compatibility improved. 3) Fixed: Extra buttons overlapped the My Account button in Google Chrome 64+. 4) Fixed: Extra buttons in Firefox Quantum got misplaced and drawn in wrong color.
Version 8.11.3: 1) Fixed: Active app might hang forever when rolling mouse wheel. 2) Fixed: (Win10 FCU) Actual Taskbar CPU usage was too high on different DPI monitors. 3) Fixed: (Win10 FCU) Actual Taskbar lost its toolbar arrangement at startup. 4) Fixed: (Win10 CU) Sometimes vertical Actual Taskbar got invisible.
Version 8.11.2: 1) Improved Windows 10 Creators Update compatibility. 2) Fixed Multi-monitor Taskbar. 3) Fixed and improved Multi-monitor Background Slideshow.
Version 8.11.1: 1) Improved Multi-monitor Alt-Tab: now it shows all windows on all monitors. 2) Improved auto-detection of free space for extra title buttons in Google Chrome. 3) Improved Windows 10 compatibility: a) fixed crashes of various apps; b) fixed hung Magnifier; c) fixed black desktop after refresh.
Version 8.11: 1) Improved the speed of advanced mouse features on 64-bit multi-core CPUs (8+ real cores). 2) Added the support of system taskbar controls. 3) Added the ability to create specific window settings for Metro (UWP) apps in Windows 10. 4) Improved the slideshow timing (both background and screensaver).
Version 8.10.2: 1) Added Action Center button on secondary taskbars in Windows 10. 2) Added context menu for Start button on secondary taskbars. 3) Improved monitor selector dialog. 4) Improved title buttons look in Windows 10. 5) Improved compatibility with the recent builds of Windows 10 Insider Preview.
Version 8.10.1: 1) Added Arabic translation. 2) Fixed title buttons look in Office 2013/2016 in Windows 10. 3) Fixed Desktop Divider Tiles Editor. 4) Fixed the taskbar icons disappearance after applying the changes in the Configuration window. 5) Fixed hardware-accelerated mirroring in Windows 10.