Alternatives to MultiMonitorTool
Portable NirSoft utility for enabling, disabling and configuring multiple monitors. The listings below can replace it for an important use case. Each note says what changes if you switch.
The original
MultiMonitorTool
Portable NirSoft utility for enabling, disabling and configuring multiple monitors.
Replacements
Listings that take over the same core job as MultiMonitorTool.
DisplayProfileManager
Saves and switches Windows display profiles covering resolution, HDR and layout.
DisplayProfileManager is open source under MIT and saves profiles including resolution, HDR and layout switched by hotkey or tray, though maintenance is on hold.
DisplayFusion
Multi-monitor management for Windows: a taskbar on every screen, wallpaper spanning, title bar buttons and hotkeys for moving windows.
DisplayFusion adds per-monitor taskbars, wallpaper profiles and window-moving hotkeys, but it is closed-source freemium with key features in the paid Pro version.
DisplayMagician
Switch Windows display and audio setups when launching an application.
DisplayMagician is GPL-3.0 open source and switches display and audio setups when launching an application, restoring the previous setup afterwards.
Dual Monitor Tools
Suite of Windows utilities for working with several monitors.
Dual Monitor Tools is a GPL-3.0 open-source suite with hotkeys for moving windows between monitors, cursor locking and per-monitor wallpaper, but development has slowed.
Similar software
Related functionality, not a direct replacement.
PersistentWindows
Restore Windows window positions after monitor changes.
Monitorian
Control the brightness of multiple monitors from Windows.
Twinkle Tray
Adds brightness sliders for external monitors to the Windows system tray, using DDC/CI, which Windows does not support natively.
Actual Window Manager
A paid Windows utility bundling over 50 window management tools, including multi-monitor and virtual desktop features.
