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The tag enumdisplaydevices covers the Windows API function used to enumerate display devices. Discussions focus on its unreliability in Windows 7 for matching display device IDs (like \\.\Display1) to the monitor numbers shown in the Screen Resolution settings. Users report that EnumDisplayDevices and related functions like GetMonitorInfo return IDs that do not correspond to the expected display numbers, especially in multi-monitor setups. This tag is relevant for developers and IT professionals working with display enumeration, multi-monitor configurations, and troubleshooting display identification in Windows.
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    Windows 7 Multi Monitor Display numbers are unreliable

    In Xp and Vista it was easy to retrieve the display device ID (I.E. \\.\Display1, \\.\Display2, etc). The returned deviced ID's matched the display numbers as depicted on screens with the "identify" button....where a big '1' and '2' would appear on the monitors if clicked. In Windows 7, this...
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    • bug report display identification display numbers enumdisplaydevices getmonitorinfo graphics graphics card hardware hardware id multi-monitor random reliability resolution tech support troubleshooting user issues windows 7 windows vista
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    • Forum: Programming and Scripting
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