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I've not found an answer to this question yet since it seems to be the inverse of what most people are after.

I currently have one external monitor connected to my windows laptop but I also like to use it for my mac.

Whenever I disconect the external monitor from my laptop to my mac ofcourse it moves all my windows from the external to the primary monitor and resizes them.

In this instance I would like them to stay on the external monitor, is there any way I can make this happen?

Thanks :)

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As mentioned in the comments, this is the expected and correct behaviour.

Most people wanting to use 2 devices with a single monitor either use the separate interfaces on the monitor or use a switch box. Either way, you are not actually disconnecting the monitor so Windows will stay where they are put.

Incidentally, I wouldn't anticipate that the Mac would work any differently?

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Another question (Windows keep changing position when disconnect and reconnect monitors) has a couple of suggestions:

WinSize2 should do what you want. Others have mentioned AutoHotKey scripts and AutoIT as well.

Comments on that answer indicate issues with configuration, but they appear to be solvable.

This answer mentions AutoResizer, which is a huge step forward in helping me maintain sanity: Windows utility to save/restore window size & position history?

The second linked also question mentions WiLMA, as created by Stefan Didak1.

We delve deeper into the rabbit hole here with a link to another SU question. There are probably other solutions, but these two may get you started.

1: Didak is the guy with the (internet-) famously complex monitor/input/computer/network arrangement in his office, which is interesting reading in and of itself.

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For anyone that's interested, the basic functions of Win Size 2 were a good solution to this issue. At least temporarily. I can now unplug the monitor and then replug it in and click on the windows and have them move back to the second monitor. I will then have to go into Win Size to unlock them if I want to move them around, but this is still a lot quicker than resizing them every time. Thanks everyone!

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