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Microsoft tool that lets you make sections of your monitor?

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I know the title's not much to go on..but folks here are clever....

 

I remember in a LTT video, some older Microsoft program that let you make up specific areas of your monitor into dedicated sections was mentioned...and it was mentioned that it was available again....I want to say @GabenJr or @AlexTheGreatish mentioned it, but that's more cuz the "this esoteric thing is back" is kind of their area...

 

Does anyone 1) know what they or I am talking about?  And, providing that, can anyone give me more information on what it does?

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17 minutes ago, Video Beagle said:

I remember in a LTT video, some older Microsoft program that let you make up specific areas of your monitor into dedicated sections was mentioned...and it was mentioned that it was available again....

Fancy Zones, included in Microsoft Power Tools.

The latter of the two being the thing that "returned".

 

https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys

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Do you mean to use a monitor as multiple desktops? Your question is not clear. If you want to snap windows easily on your monitor, PowerToys allows doing that using FancyZones.

 

 

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This is how it looks and you can download it from the link provided by @minibois.

It is a utility from Microsoft to maximize productivity and customization.

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Do you mean to use a monitor as multiple desktops? Your question is not clear.

Oh, my question was WAY unclear...I'm surprised @miniboiswas able to asnwer it so quickly.  I recently set up a second monitor on my PC, mainly because I could, and while looking into things I could do with it, (such as putting different things on the screen, multiple screen savers, etc) I just had a vague recall of the mention in the video...I tend to remember random comments about stuff like that then things like the actual video it was in....

 

Thanks to the answers, I was able to do some quick googling for additional info....not sure if this is something that might be useful to me, but it's interesting.

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/windows-10-powertoys-how-to-use-and-configure-fancyzones/

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19 hours ago, NineEyeRon said:

I just use windows + arrow keys 

what does that do?

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1 hour ago, Video Beagle said:

what does that do?

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On 11/5/2020 at 3:07 PM, Video Beagle said:

what does that do?

It will allow you to split any program window.

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