I have an issue with the game Wolfenstein: The New Order launching in the wrong, secondary monitor. I've tried everything I could think of, but the game still won't run in my main monitor.

My setup has 3 monitors, from left to right; 1280 x 1024, 1680 x 1050, 1024 x 768 (yes, crap resolutions - they are monitors I got for free from the used ads etc). The 1680 x 1050 monitor is the one in the middle, and the primary monitor, AND the monitor the game should start in.

However, the game always start on the first monitor to the left, 1280 x 1024, with no option to change it, and the in-game resolution settings don't exceed what the monitor can support.

What I've tried:

  • Changing monitor via game settings - The option only has "1".
  • Changing monitor manually by leaving fullscreen, moving the window to the main, and re-entering fullscreen - Nada.
  • Changing monitor manually by using some shortcuts such as Shift+Win+arrow keys - No luck
  • Running the game windowed/windowed fullscreen - The resolution setting for my main monitor is missing
  • Looking for a config file with the setting for which monitor the game should use - None found

The only thing I haven't tried yet is unplugging every secondary monitors and launching the game. Reason being, I'm 99% sure that would work, and it isn't the solution I'm looking for. I'd rather not go through the trouble only to confirm if it works with one monitor since I won't gain anything by knowing that. Heh.

I'd also like to note that I do not have this problem with any other game, aside from a few exceptions which were easy fixes (Ori and the Blind Forest, for example, where Shift+Win+arrow keys were the simple solution).

Also, the game crashed on startup in 64-bit so I was forced to use the 32-bit launcher. Fucking hell, some games just don't want to be played...


Found the solution; Unplugged both of my secondary monitors, launched the game (it started in the same, wrong monitor), then re-plugged the secondaries, moved the game to my main (it was windowed) and suddenly the option to switch monitor/resolution was there.

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