Actual Multiple Monitors transforms how users interact with extended desktop configurations by filling the usability gaps often found in native Windows multi-display support. While modern operating systems handle basic extension well, this specialized utility provides granular control over individual screens, effectively treating each monitor as a fully independent workspace. It serves as a comprehensive enhancement suite for professionals and gamers who need superior window management, dedicated taskbars on every display, and precise control over how applications behave across a multi-screen environment.
Key Features
- Fully Functional Multi-Monitor Taskbars: Replicates the Windows Taskbar on every secondary display, complete with a working Start button, system tray, clock, and toolbars. Unlike the standard Windows implementation, these extended taskbars allow you to pin apps specifically to one monitor and access background tray icons without reverting to the primary screen.
- Desktop Divider: Splits a large monitor or multiple screens into non-overlapping tiles, allowing windows to snap instantly into predefined layouts. This function acts as an advanced tiling window manager, ensuring that complex setups—such as a trading terminal or a coding environment—remain organized without manual resizing.
- Advanced Window Management Controls: Adds handy extra buttons to every window's title bar, enabling single-click actions like "Move to Next Monitor" or "Maximize to Desktop." These controls significantly reduce the mouse travel distance required to organize scattered applications.
- Independent Wallpaper & Screensaver Subsystems: Overrides standard limitations by allowing distinct wallpapers and screensavers for each monitor. Users can span a single high-resolution image across all displays or set individual slideshows from local sources or online repositories for each screen.
- Mouse Behavior & Locking: Prevents the cursor from accidentally drifting to another screen during full-screen applications or gaming sessions. Features like "Tight Monitor Boundaries" and "Lock Mouse to Monitor" ensure that input stays exactly where it is intended, which is critical for maintaining focus in fast-paced workflows or immersive games.
Use Cases
This software is particularly beneficial for financial traders and software developers who require distinct, rigid layouts across three or more screens to monitor real-time data without window overlap. It also solves major headaches for streamers and gamers by preventing full-screen games on the primary monitor from minimizing when clicking an application on a secondary display.
By offering deep customization options that native Windows settings lack, Actual Multiple Monitors provides the structural reliability needed for complex, high-productivity desktop environments.
Version 8.15.3 — May 2025
- Added the ability to completely disable system-wide mouse input processing by turning off all features that rely on mouse hooks, such as easy window dragging and scrolling inactive windows.
- Improved overall application performance, resulting in slightly faster operation speeds.
- Updated hotkey behavior so that only the "Configure" and "Pause/Resume" shortcuts remain active when the software is paused.
- Fixed visual compatibility issues with the Light theme on Windows 10 and 11, specifically resolving white toolbar items and system tray icons (e.g., Network, Sound, Battery).
- Fixed a bug on Windows Vista and later where additional title bar buttons could occasionally prevent the main application window from receiving input focus.
