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<blockquote data-quote="teststrips" data-source="post: 268290" data-attributes="member: 69045">For anyone who is interested what else you can do with this rotating method - I've found another use for it.&nbsp; My PC acts double duty - its a PC most of the time, but it is also my HTPC.&nbsp; I generally only use one of my screens at a time... my monitor for PC duty and my projector for watching TV and Movies.&nbsp; It got REALLY old manually switching displays via Microsoft's tools, but I eventually found UltraMon.&nbsp; Ultramon allows you to set profiles, and save them as files with the extension .umprofile.&nbsp;&nbsp; I set one up for my monitor and one for my Projector.&nbsp; I originally mapped each display its own dedicated key on my remote, but now that I figured this out, I combined them and now have an extra button (which I now used to open WinAmp with my wife's favorite play list).Exact code below - its nearly the same as above, except I used different names for the temp .txt files, and simply link the .umprofile files I set up for my monitor and projector.[CODE]@echo offif exist c:\batch\projector.txt goto projectorif exist c:\batch\monitor.txt goto monitor:projector:&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Joel\Application Data\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\Profiles\Projector.umprofile&quot;echo monitor&gt;c:\batch\monitor.txtdel projector.txtexit:monitor:&quot;C:\Documents and Settings\Joel\Application Data\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\Profiles\Monitor Only.umprofile&quot;echo projector&gt;projector.txtdel monitor.txtexit[/code]I may get a bit more fancy and have IR blasted to turn on my projector when switching to it, and turning it off when switching back, but I'm hesitant due to the length of time it takes for my projector to &quot;warm up&quot;... I can do some valuable email, facebook, or ebay checking during that time.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="teststrips, post: 268290, member: 69045"] For anyone who is interested what else you can do with this rotating method - I've found another use for it. My PC acts double duty - its a PC most of the time, but it is also my HTPC. I generally only use one of my screens at a time... my monitor for PC duty and my projector for watching TV and Movies. It got REALLY old manually switching displays via Microsoft's tools, but I eventually found UltraMon. Ultramon allows you to set profiles, and save them as files with the extension .umprofile. I set one up for my monitor and one for my Projector. I originally mapped each display its own dedicated key on my remote, but now that I figured this out, I combined them and now have an extra button (which I now used to open WinAmp with my wife's favorite play list). Exact code below - its nearly the same as above, except I used different names for the temp .txt files, and simply link the .umprofile files I set up for my monitor and projector. [CODE]@echo off if exist c:\batch\projector.txt goto projector if exist c:\batch\monitor.txt goto monitor :projector: "C:\Documents and Settings\Joel\Application Data\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\Profiles\Projector.umprofile" echo monitor>c:\batch\monitor.txt del projector.txt exit :monitor: "C:\Documents and Settings\Joel\Application Data\Realtime Soft\UltraMon\Profiles\Monitor Only.umprofile" echo projector>projector.txt del monitor.txt exit [/code] I may get a bit more fancy and have IR blasted to turn on my projector when switching to it, and turning it off when switching back, but I'm hesitant due to the length of time it takes for my projector to "warm up"... I can do some valuable email, facebook, or ebay checking during that time. [/QUOTE]

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