How to Swap Display Identity (Identities)

ATI FIX:

I was able to fix this problem in Catalyst Control Center v12.4

Running: ATI Radeon HD 6850

Desktop Management-->Creating and Arranging Desktops.

right click on any monitor and hit swap.

right click on any monitor and hit identify.

the numbers should have changed, if not hit swap again then identify.

once the numbers are correct, right click on the monitor you want as main,

select make primary.

move monitors around to your liking. Done.

Note: if i try adjusting any of these setting in the windows interface it reverts back to the settings i do not want.

Hope that helps.

Well, yes, this does work after swapping and identifying twice, but only in the realm of ATI's Catalyst Control Center.  The Windows interface assignment of monitor identity has not changed.  Note that CCC uses blue numbers to identify monitors, whereas Windows uses white numbers.

Additionally, another program I have, Actual Multiple Monitors, has a Monitors Layout and Settings tab that allows identification, but not swapping of identities.  It, too, shows the same identity assignments in white letters that the Windows interface provides.

I now have two programs identifying my monitors the undesired way (left--2, right--1) while the third identifies them as desired with 1 on the left and 2 on the right.

I'm sure many users who read and write from right to left would prefer this scheme, but not me.

ATI FIX:

I was able to fix this problem in Catalyst Control Center v12.4

Running: ATI Radeon HD 6850

Desktop Management-->Creating and Arranging Desktops.

right click on any monitor and hit swap.

right click on any monitor and hit identify.

the numbers should have changed, if not hit swap again then identify.

once the numbers are correct, right click on the monitor you want as main,

select make primary.

move monitors around to your liking. Done.

Note: if i try adjusting any of these setting in the windows interface it reverts back to the settings i do not want.

Hope that helps.

I have the same issue. Running an ATI 5870x2 with two lcds on the dvi ports and one on the display port. Frustrating that MS doesnt resolve this. Someone give us a way to manually set monitor identity in WIN 7 x64. Windows sets whatever monitor is on the Display port to the #1 monitor. I can't run my main monitor off the display port since the monitor's resolution is too high(2560x1600). Sure I can manually set the 2560x1600 monitor to the main display but after a reboot or after pressing win+P the settings revert back to the display port monitor being the main monitor. I have to much money into this setup for such a **** poor performance.

Same issue here.  My HDTV is always number 1 and some programs will open on 1 no matter what you set the primary display to be.

Obviously MS doesn't care considering this problem was pointed out 2 years ago.