How can i stretch my background over 2 monitors?

Anonymous
2009-11-21T23:14:34+00:00

I'm running 2 monitors (extended mode) and when i change my background it gets doubled. I was using win xp pro before and my background was extended on the other monitor but windows wont let me?

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Anonymous
2009-11-27T00:27:19+00:00

Hi lightningwolf71,

 I was going through some online resources and came across one workaround regarding this issue, hope this helps in resolving the issue.

Follow these steps to display a large image across multiple monitors:

  1. Right click on the Desktop background and select Personalize.
  2. Click on Desktop Background
  3. Select a background image that is at least as wide as the combined resolution of both of your monitors. For Example, I have two 19" monitors that have a resolution of 1280×1024. I need an image of 2560×1024 or greater so that it can be displayed across both monitors.
  4. Select Tile for picture positioning option. This is the only option that will display your background image across multiple monitors.
  5. Select Save Changes.

Your background image now should be displayed across both monitors instead of having the same image displayed on both monitors.

Hope this information was useful.

Naveen

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  1. Anonymous
    2017-01-26T15:40:35+00:00

    No. I appreciate you responding, but, with all due respect, you didn't answer the question I asked. I'm way past this solution you suggest. I am already using this site to download panoramic wallpaper themes, and successfully extending them over 4 UHD (4K) monitors.

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/13768/desktop-themes-featured?ocid=w8\_client\_themes

    The problem is, their resolution is only HD.

    The question is...do you have any UHD (4K) panoramic wallpaper themes available for Windows 10? And if not, do you know where I can get some?

    Again, thanks for responding,

    Marc

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  3. Anonymous
    2015-09-28T19:42:38+00:00

    This is an old thread but I haven't found any others with useful information. This fix simply doesn't work. When I select tile, the pictures stack on top of each other or fill one monitor and part of the second. If I can use a picture that doesn't fit the resolution on a single monitor by centering and adding background color to the rest of the screen then I should be able to take any picture, regardless of size, and make it span both monitors.

    I appreciate the time taken to help with this issue.

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  4. Anonymous
    2015-09-28T15:26:57+00:00

    For three monitors I believe displayfusion is the answer :0)

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